Hi Guys. I’ve been prescribed 10 mg of Prozac to help managed my OCD. I’ve been particularly struggling the past 10 months more than what I used to be able to manage on my own. I’m aware of the side effects but I’m terrified since I have big deadlines in school and I also work long shifts at my job. If I get fatigue, dizziness, nausea etc. I’m worried that my performance at school and work just tanks. I don’t have the ability to take time off from school or work so it’s really scary. At the same time, I know it could also help me. I’m considering waiting 4-5 weeks for the busy period to end but there will always something new that can come up. For those who had a bad experience with Prozac what would you do? For those who had a great experience, please also share. Thanks.

Put yourself first. If the medication isnt serving you, dump it. If youre happy, school and the rest will soon follow :-)

I’m on Prozac, it really changed my life. I’m on 30mg now and feel awesome. Took me a couples meds to find one that worked though, it’s a lot of trial and error. No side effects that I can think of, it just takes longer to finish during sex lol

I took prozac for a total of 2 weeks the first couple days I felt really spaced out and tired after that I felt fine apart from struggling to stay asleep at night. I only stopped taking them because I felt like I was struggling to breathe but I realised after I stopped them that it was my anxiety that made me feel like that. Everyone has a different experience on them you might take them and have no side effects at all. I think if your going to take them try to do it at the weekend so you’ll have a couple days to see how you’ll feel before you have to go to work

Hi. I used to take Prozac and it didn’t totally work for me. I’m now on sertraline (Zoloft). However, I always recommend taking meds at night because that can lessen the side effects that you’re aware of. Obviously don’t do this if you’ve been instructed to take at a different time. Hope that helps! Good luck!

Thanks Kbug. I also heard it can cause insomnia though so morning is better? Before you switched to Zoloft, how bad was your experience? Was it so bad that it got in the way of your school and work? For example, today I was tired and I struggled getting my school work done and I struggled at work too so I can’t imagine if it was worst and something I can’t control. If it’s just minor things I can deal wit it. Thanks again for sharing your experience.

It was not that bad, no. 10 mg is also a super low dose, so you’re unlikely to experience really extreme effects. My main symptom was nausea which I found I could combat by taking the meds after I ate breakfast. It also just got better over time. I didn’t experience fatigue from Prozac at all, so I don’t have advice for that. The main reason I switched was because it didn’t really have an effect on my ocd noticeably, but that obviously differs greatly from person to person.

Thanks all! Perhaps I’m being overly cautious here but I worked so hard to get my grades up and also I’m doing well at work but both requires a LOt out of me (in addition to dealing with ocd) so I cannot have Prozac side effects jeopardize it. I guess in a way I’m very scared but I have to take the chance to get better.

Thanks Redmax. Glad to hear it worked well for you.

Thanks MB2116. I’ll definitely consider. For the first two weeks of being spaced out, how did you manage? Did you need naps and did you feel like it got in the way of work and school? I feel like if I were tired for that long my grades will drop and I won’t do well at my job either. So hard!