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Posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 6:21:01
About 3 years ago I was put on prozac, but it made me feel horrible. I didn't feel any emotions (I.E. love, happiness) and lost all motivation ( I was hypermotivated before) Now I'm just a lump and have been this way for the last 3 years, and I haven't taken prozac in the last 3 years. and I don't even feel orgasms anymore, ejaculating is not better then urinating( wondering if this is from the prozac and dopamine depletion). So that kind of leads me to wonder if I had a neurological condition before I took the prozac, and the prozac just made me worse maybe. Has this happened to anybody else? thanks a lot, Chris
Posted by Buckeye Fan on May 12, 2004, at 7:24:26
In reply to Blunted Emotions after taking prozac, posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 6:21:01
Dear Brakeguy,
Three years OFF Prozac is more than enough time for any of its effects to be completely Out of your system.Your problems are NOT related to Prozac, after a 3 year period of "Prozac Free" time.
Seek treatment and look for answers in other area's.
A 3 year ago trial of Prozac is not the cause.
Posted by ramsea on May 12, 2004, at 14:13:37
In reply to Blunted Emotions after taking prozac, posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 6:21:01
It sounds like you are still really suffering a lot. I agree with the first poster, Prozac is almost certainly not the problem, but can you get to a medical team and get checked out? You may well have an illness that can be treated. For example, thyroid disorder or depression, vitamin deficiency, amnemia.
Your symptoms sound rough to bear and you may want to reconsider the level of support you have now since it doesn't seem to be adequate to meet your needs. Hope you are able to sort this out soon.
Posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 17:19:22
In reply to Re: Blunted Emotions after taking prozac, posted by ramsea on May 12, 2004, at 14:13:37
Hey, Thanks for the replys. 3 years seems like it would be enough for the effects of prozac to tapper off. the only thing is, I was taking double what I should have been, but still, I would think by now that the effects would be gone. Could it be possible that prozac damaged me in some way?
Posted by ramsea on May 13, 2004, at 3:43:05
In reply to Re: Blunted Emotions after taking prozac, posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 17:19:22
I'm no expert, just speaking as a consumer, I doubt very much that Prozac could as such damage you physically in a permanaent way, in the sense you describe. Of course all serious medicines can have serious side effects--it is always the case. Even aspirin kills and maims. But blunting your emotions would mean having experienced a very specific brain damage, in a specific area of the brain. I would never say never to anything, coz it's true enough that strange things can happen with medicines, and companies can hide information that they dislike.
But Prozac has been used for like 15 years and by millions of people around the globe. I figure if sustaining brain damage is possible, in the emotions area of the brain, it would be mentioned. You could check Medscape on-line, you don't have to pay, and it is frontline info doctors use. Also check RXlist on-line, for the doctors info, and go through all the side effects. Remember though that some of the side effects listed are only associated with the drug, not proven.
May people take higher doses of Prozac and appear better for it. Others stop and side effects go away. I know anti-psychiatry people would probably say, yeah sure man, that drug could have wiped out your brain,, but I have to admit my own belief is that they have a missionary zeal that doesn't always accord with the facts. Onthe other hand, I am obviously a lover of words and think debate is great and useful in free society and people who are anti-psychiatry have a right to their beliefs. It's just my belief that we don't normally suffer known brain damage from our meds. Like drinking booze may kill some brain cells, which is brain damage, but for most who have had this it isn't noticable to them or others. Lithium actually causes brain cells to form, I have read in science/medicine sites.
So you have brought up a very interesting question, but I know you have suffered much over this. It's not theory you want or some comsumer in cyberspace yakking at you. It just strikes me though that even if Prozac caused some damage, I would have thought you'd have recovered by now. We don't grown new brain cells (except with long-term lithium, apparently), but as with strokes and other injuries to the brain, we usually redirect and make up for loss unless it was a very severe injury. Did you notice a serious brain "event" at any time? Have you had a MRI brain scan? Maybe it's time to have one??? I am not trying to be scary, just thinking of what I might do. Also, I would think about what caused me to go onto Prozac for a year at a high dose. Could that reason have any connection to your present state? Sometimes people who have been through a lot of distress lose emotional connection, or have this blunting, as a survival tactic that kind of goes too far.
There is a reason behind your difficulty, or a combo of reasons. It might be Prozac-related, it might not. If it is brain damage, I really think a neurologist might be able to confirm this.
Take care, ramsea
Posted by Bill LL on May 13, 2004, at 9:20:48
In reply to Blunted Emotions after taking prozac, posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 6:21:01
I have done a whole lot of reading on Prozac over the years and have never heard of it affecting someone for 3 years after discontinuation. It generally would have no lasting effects after 3 weeks.
Also, it doesn't matter what dose you were on. The starting dose is 20 mg, but a lot of people take 80 or 100 mg.
I think that the best thing for you to do is see your doctor and see what he/she thinks.
Posted by KimberlyDi on May 13, 2004, at 17:08:35
In reply to Blunted Emotions after taking prozac, posted by BrakeGuy20 on May 12, 2004, at 6:21:01
The blunted emotions scared me and that's why I stopped taking it. I seemed to be able to stop taking it without any lasting damage though.
KDi
> About 3 years ago I was put on prozac, but it made me feel horrible. I didn't feel any emotions (I.E. love, happiness) and lost all motivation ( I was hypermotivated before) Now I'm just a lump and have been this way for the last 3 years, and I haven't taken prozac in the last 3 years. and I don't even feel orgasms anymore, ejaculating is not better then urinating( wondering if this is from the prozac and dopamine depletion). So that kind of leads me to wonder if I had a neurological condition before I took the prozac, and the prozac just made me worse maybe. Has this happened to anybody else? thanks a lot, Chris
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