Prozac
Can you fatally overdose on Prozac? If so, how many 20 mg tablets would it take to land you up in hospital? *If you're not going to leave a straight answer, don't answer at all*
Prozac
No,you cannot overdose and die on Prozac. If you take way too much you will be very sick for a few days and be vomiting a lot- but it is not fatal. Neither is Valium or Xanax. You probably wouldn't even go to the hospital.Phenobarbital's are what people use to overdose and end their lives.
Could my prozac cause this? I've been on 10mg of Prozac for about 3 months now. It has truly helped a lot with my OCD and depression. At first, I had no problems with insomnia, but not getting into the third month, I can't sleep. I take my pill in the evening. I don't drink caffeeine or eat a lot of sugar, but the past two weeks, I can't fall asleep till at least 3am, sometimes 5am.I always thought the first side effects of prozac were insomnia, then they go away. Why are mine just starting to happen?
Prozac tends to take a long time to build up in your system to take effect, in fact it takes probably the longest of like medications. Sertraline/Zanex only take around 3 weeks to build up, and they tend to make you more sleepy than alert, but maybe that's just me.Each medication tends to affect each person differently, if it's not working, try something else. I'm on 100mg of Sertraline/day, and it really helps,
My boyfriend is depressed...help for me? hello everyone. my amazing and unique boyfriend of 2yrs & 2mos suffers from depression. it comes and goes but he is down more than he is up.from the time i have known him, he has been in long strings of a depressive state. the triggers are usually money, his job, etc. he is in his early 20s and works at a job that he got after finally putting out apps EVERYWHERE, meNing he doesnt have actual passion for his work and his boss is extremely rude to him and seems to use him as a target. both have his friends are busy (one is a single father to a two yr old and works full time and the other is engaged works full time and wrapping up in hoise hunting with his fiance). also we live in a small town that doesnt offer much in the way of things to keep us busy so i know he is bored of his every day routine.the way he desribes it to me, he feels he is a failure that is doing nothing with his life and an embarrasment to his family and friends. he says he is sick of his life and isnt happy anymore with anything. when he gets really depressed he starts pushing me away and at one point he started telling me he didnt even like me or want to be around me anymore. i knew it was the depression talking so i pushed thru. that was about 6-7 mos ago and after that he became really happy and satisfied with things up until about a month ago. he is feeling terrible again and is losing his zest for life. i abslutely cannot stomach watching such a beautiful and caring person suffer in his own mind so i am suggesting that we take up a new hobby together as well as he join me on my hikes and geocaching from now on. he has tried both zoloft and prozac but has decided to try it without meds this time.can anyone share any tips for me as well as pointing me in the direction of some support groups for me to help get me thru the difficult roads ahead? i love him far too much to let his unfortunate disease win.thank you!!!! :)
ok, first thing you have to realise is that you don't understand how it feels (unless you have gone through it yourself that is), so don't try the i know how you feel, because you don't.second thing is that he needs some external help (this time he has said no meds, so that part is out), maybe he should seek professional help without the use of meds. Maybe you should ask him about his problems and try to help with them, and if you can understand an individual problem, solve that one.thirdly, don't expect it to happen all at once, it's not a miracle cure, it take a lot of time to fix, there's no quick fix, it's slowfourth, try to find little victories, like having a cup of tea, or a single smile, or chuckle etc. So don't try for big things, many little wins are generally better in these situations than 1 big win
Your BF REALLY needs to rethink his objections to medications. It isn't a sign of weakness to have to take insulin, and it also isn't for Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.(SSRI). There is also the SNRI class, or the older TCAs. Google them for more info. One peculiarity of SSRIs that is VERY important for you to note, is that that their effect varies from individual to individual. What might work with one, won't work with another. That is why finding an effective SSRI is very much a trial-and-error process. So is the effective dosage. So it takes a lot of time and experimentation to find something that works. It means absolutely nothing that zoloft and prozac didn't work except that he stopped looking WAY too soon. I would suggest looking at Paxil, Lexapro, and Effexor. The addition of Klonopin or Ativan may be necessary. The benzo's work on most anybody. The SSRIs/SNRIs are individualistic in effect. Only the doctor can make the final decision, but it doesn't hurt to ask and point. There are also studies that suggest that therapy can help, along with diet and exercise. Your instincts are correct, keeping him from isolating and collapsing in on himself is important in the short term. He is fortunate to have someone close to him that is caring. I did not. It's always hard to distinguish when to intervene and when to leave him alone. He needs both. It isn't easy to tell from the outside which he needs, and he can't tell you that either. His first inclination is always going to be to isolate from people. That is not always what he most needs. As you discovered, one thing that almost always will work no matter how much he wants to push you away, is close physical contact with someone he cares about and who he knows cares about him. Google oxytocin. Sex works temporarily, which is what I presume you meant by "pushed thru". Just don't let him become dependent on that as his sole source of treatment. But using it to bootstrap him to a better place where he can find a more permanent solution is perfectly acceptable and admirable. Impossible to describe to somebody who has never been there what it is like down in the depths of the abyss. Utterly impossible. You're down in the deep dark bottom, the walls are so high, and you feel so all alone, miserable, and despair of it ever being different. I can say the words, but you're never going to know the horror and bleakness of it unless you've been there too. There can be an overpowering tiredness of all the pain that makes you just want to give up and die, all so you can just stop hurting. You may be sensing that growing in him, which is why you seem desperate to find an answer for him soon. It may not be too late for him. He's lucky to have you there for him. Your boyfriend is beyond your power to fix on your own. Based on what you have told me, it is going to take a psychiatrist to do so, and there are no guarantees. He needs medication. He's not going to want to even go. Make him. Use your feminine weaponry to get it done. He's fortunate he's still working. If this isn't fixed, employment isn't going to last. He will become increasingly isolated and hostile to others, never go out, let chores/hygiene/bills slide past due and won't even care. See links for a couple of helpful but generalized wiki articles. What concerns me most about what you have told me is the paragraph where you stated "he says he is sick of his life". To me that sounds very much like the beginnings of suicide ideation. Doesn't have anything to do with you, sweetie, so don't take it personally. I know what it takes for a psychiatrist to diagnosis a problem via DSM criteria, and your boyfriend is well past that point. He's down too far and it's lasted too long for it to be temporary. You didn't mention eating/sleeping problems, but I suspect those are present here as well, as well as a possible loss of interest in sex and not wanting to go out. Change of personal habits is also common, as in abandoning things that he has always enjoyed doing and a lack of hygiene. If all of this is striking a chord with you, get him to someone who can help, pronto. Ask your friends/family for a name. Only one I know that can help is a psychiatrist. Promise and do whatever you have to do to get him there. Drive him there naked if you have to, but make him go, and make sure he gets there. It takes about two weeks for the SSRIs to kick in and even then it will be gradual. But it WILL get better once the right meds are found. Good Luck.
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