Posted by Cindylou on September 17, 2001, at 14:51:51
In reply to Prozac Poop out, posted by Roo on September 17, 2001, at 12:35:13
Hi,
I've experienced Prozac "poop-out" 3 times now. All three times it happened after about 2 months from when I started taking it.For me, the effect was drastic. All of a sudden, out of the blue, I felt extremely exhausted, foggy-headed, teary, etc. Almost as if the Prozac was backfiring and making me worse. This would be after a couple months of feeling pretty good. I kept trying again because I thought "maybe this time it won't happen...."
Anyway, I recently reduced the Prozac to 5 mg. (I was on 10 mg) and it helped ease the bad side effects. Now I am going to add Risperdal, which I've heard can enhance the effect of Prozac and perhaps prevent poop-out. Zyprexa is an even better choice than Risperdal, but I'm trying the Risp. since I have bad side-effect problems and Risp. should be less sedating to me than Zyprexa.
It does sound like your Prozac is ceasing to be effective -- maybe you could talk to your pdoc about adding Zyprexa?
good luck,
cindy> What's it feel like when your med "Poops out"? Does it
> have to be a complete and total poop out where it just
> isn't working at all, or can there be a kind of "partial"
> poop out, where the drug is supporting you somewhat, but
> it dosen't seem as good as when you first started it?
> I've been taking prozac for 6 years or so, and can definitely
> feel a BIG drop when I go off it, and an improvement
> when I go back on, but I still find myself experiencing
> a modicum of depression and wonder if it could be better.
> Does anyone relate to this? Am I just being perfectionistic?
> Also, I've had a tough year emotionally--me and my boyfriend
> just broke up, etc., but sometimes I feel like my meds should
> be working better than they are. (PS. I've tried taking
> higher doses of prozac, but I don't seem to notice much of
> a difference with a dose increase--I take 20 mgs).
poster:Cindylou
thread:78938
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