this is getting realy old...

ok for 2 months i suffered from absolutly 0 energy and was starving myself with only 1300-1500 calories a day. I was also diagnosed with depression (also a factor in the 0 energy). so i was given prozac to help me with this. all my doctor would tell me to do to fix this was to eat alot more. so for the past month i havent counted calories and i eat roughly 2500-3000 calories a day. now it took about 3 weeks for the prozac to kick in and i had a full week of almost my normal full energy. but now for the past four days, my energy has been significantly lower and i find myself exausted. I take prozac as advised (1 pill a day) and i have not droped my calorie intake at all (if anything, even increased it more). I drink enough water...what on earth is going on? im starting to get realy annoyed becuase i thought i was done w. this shit!?

Prozac kinda works for the first month (it's like that w/ all SSRI's), but it will work much better after a few months. There really isn't anything instant you can do. :( It takes time.

In the meantime, try and get in touch with some hobbies, even if you don't feel like you are enjoying them.

Maybe getting some caffeine from green tea would help. Eat the right foods, just not all junk food. Get better soon!

There are many studies suggesting that mindfulness and mindfulness meditation are extremely effective at helping to change or monitor depression and anxiety.  Write me if you're interested.  Also, are you seeing a therapist who specializes in these issues?

Also, add 2000mg of fish oil, 3x per day.  This can enhance your mental attitude as American's brains are quite short of the omega 3's they need for proper functioning and mood.  It may take over a month to notice a difference but the change could be significant. 

yeah...i do have a theripist btw and i absolutly love sushi. (probably having it for dinner tonight). Im starting to think there may be a problem with my blood sugar levels as well even though im not sure... on another note dose eel or octopus have the omega-3's? because there my favorite ^^

http://www.mercola.com/article/omega3.htm

Check out this link.  Also, there are now international warnings about mercury in fish.  Go easy.  May be safer to utilize a supplement that's clean.

Don't hold me to this but I believe that if you take fish oil with your meals it can help keep your sugar from spiking... essentially almost works like lowering the G.I. of your food.

Like I said though, I'm not sure I'm remembering that correctly.  Best to do some research.

Have you had a complete checkup. Sounds like there could be more going on. Have your thyroid checked and blood work done. If these things are normal, you may need to have your antidepressant changed. What works for one person may not work for another. Hope you feel better soon.

Hi, I suffered post partum depression after i had my son adn i was perscribed anti-depressants as well. I can't remember which ones but i know they weren't prozac. Anyhow, mine made me really tired as well. What time do you take yours at? maybe you should take them right b/f bed!?!

Good Luck:)

Amy:)

Your situatin is quite comparable to mine...

I've been on 80 mg, gradually increased from 5mg every few days for the last year and a half, great energy after the first month, crash and burn after that. I have practically no energy whatsoever, my depression and suicidal tendencies have gotten WORSE since I started them, I've gained weight, I'm ALWAYS hungry but I have so little energy I have to take Zantrex 3 to exercise. My doctor won't listen to me and think about changing.

Anyhoo, talk to your doctor, If Prozac helps your depression, maybe they can just give you a mild upper to get out of bed in the morning. The only thing I DO NOT reccomend is doctor shopping for meds- That will only make you very sick, miserable, and confused.

Yeah, sorry about my rambling, good luck =)

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u sound like me I started taking welbutrin 1 1/2 months ago and was doing great motivated felling good losing weight. Well now I feel like shit again and am hungry and probably gaining it all back. I'm going to take 2 a day instead see if that works Well good luck

how many mgs in your one daily dose?

First of all, it takes 4-6 weeks for an antidepressant to work.  Sometimes longer.   So you can't expect instant results.  You could increase your exercise, a simple walk will help get your serotinin going.  It also may be that prozac is not the drug for you.  Do you take it at night?  That sometimes helps.  Lack of energy and excessive sleeping and weight gain are side effects.  There are tons of newer SSRI's out there.  Ask your doctor for something else.  You should be having a follow up appt right about now anyway. 

Calorie intake...I too am eating about 1300-1500 cals a day.  I eat 5-6 small meals a day.  Now it seems that I am hungry all of the time.  Not stomach growling hungry but hollow stomach hungry.  So I eat every 2-2 1/2 hours.  I eat a yogurt and some almonds or a low fat muffin or a banana and the prepackaged high fibre oatmeal.  These are snacks and I eat a healthy lunch and dinner (well dinner sometimes falls off the wagon, but I try).  Eating small meals throughout the day also helps to keep your blood sugar level.

I have experience in this.  I was diagnosed with double post partum depression 12 years ago.  I wasn't diagnosed with the first child and it only got worse with the second.  I was on prozac to start.  What a disaster.  I think that I slept for 6 months straight.  I also work in pharmacy.  So I am fairly familiar with this stuff.

 

 

 

I asked the doctor if I could use a newer SSRI and he suggested not to.  Really I've been on prozac for over 10 years, but not consistently, but moreso than not.  I asked if I could take a vacation (meaning weekends) from it and he replied why would you do that?  He didn't believe it put on pounds because I'm not that overweight, just about 10 pounds.  I'm 5'3" and 135 as of this morning.

What other SSRI would you suggest?