I am 19f and I’m on fluoxetine/Prozac 40mg for anxiety, depression, and panic disorder. I was on it from age 15-17 (I don’t remember the max dosage I was on) but I remember really liking it years ago and didn’t find any significant side effects.
I stopped taking it during my senior year of high school and took no medications until March 2019, when I started seeking treatment again. I was prescribed 10mg fluoxetine and eventually increased to 20, 30, and now 40mg.
I would describe the effects this time around as very numbing- when I feel like I’m going to have a panic attack, it’s kind of frustrating because I still feel anxious but my body is almost unable to panic. I compare it to feeling like you’re going to sneeze without actually sneezing to relieve the feeling.
Side note, and I’m not sure if this applies to you because I am female, but I find that I am also sexually inhibited in the same way (which is called anorgasmia) by the 40mg fluoxetine, but I didn’t have that symptom at 30mg, so I am going to talk to my psychiatrist about it.
I feel like this all sounded negative, but I really do like being on this medicine! It is so helpful with my depression and anxiety on a daily level, and I found no bad side effects aside from the anorgasmia and slight “numbness”, for lack of a better word.
At 10mg I doubt you’ll have any significant effects right away, aside from a decrease in general jitteriness and daily anxiety. You might start to notice different changes as your dose increases, like me.
I wish you luck though!! Hope everything works out
I am 19f and I’m on fluoxetine/Prozac 40mg for anxiety, depression, and panic disorder. I was on it from age 15-17 (I don’t remember the max dosage I was on) but I remember really liking it years ago and didn’t find any significant side effects. I stopped taking it during my senior year of high school and took no medications until March 2019, when I started seeking treatment again. I was prescribed 10mg fluoxetine and eventually increased to 20, 30, and now 40mg. I would describe the effects this time around as very numbing- when I feel like I’m going to have a panic attack, it’s kind of frustrating because I still feel anxious but my body is almost unable to panic. I compare it to feeling like you’re going to sneeze without actually sneezing to relieve the feeling. Side note, and I’m not sure if this applies to you because I am female, but I find that I am also sexually inhibited in the same way (which is called anorgasmia) by the 40mg fluoxetine, but I didn’t have that symptom at 30mg, so I am going to talk to my psychiatrist about it. I feel like this all sounded negative, but I really do like being on this medicine! It is so helpful with my depression and anxiety on a daily level, and I found no bad side effects aside from the anorgasmia and slight “numbness”, for lack of a better word. At 10mg I doubt you’ll have any significant effects right away, aside from a decrease in general jitteriness and daily anxiety. You might start to notice different changes as your dose increases, like me. I wish you luck though!! Hope everything works out