How afraid of Fluoxetine (and its “pretty gnarly” side-effects) should I be?
Okay. These are my personal experiences, YMMV. The first SSRI I ever took was Lexapro. I was very anxious and very depressed, and it made me borderline insane and unable to have an orgasm. My current doctor says this is a pretty normal experience. Lexapro works well for people who are mildly depressed or anxious. That experience made me terrified of ever taking an SSRI. I went on Wellbutrin and that really helped the depression, not so much the anxiety, so my doctor at that time switched me to Prozac. Knowing I’d had a horrible reaction to the Lexapro, and that I was very hesitant to try another SSRI, he prescribed the drug for me in liquid form, and I’d ramp up extremely slowly. I had a headache for a couple of days, and that was pretty much it. Honestly, I don’t really remember much about taking Prozac, other than it made me exhausted (I have atypical depression and I was also taking Ativan, so that probably didn’t help matters). I was basically a zombie. I was pretty bad at taking m
