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Hello All, I’ve been on Prozac for a while now and I feel that I’m not happy.  I’m on 60 mgs. a day, after a recent 20mg increase and have been on it for a couple years at lower doses. I also take1000 mgs of Depakote twice a day and .175 mg of Synthroid. I have everything to be thankful for and I can’t even get a real smile out. My sex drive sucks big time and I’m basically facing each day with no emotions. Has anyone experienced anything similar to this ? Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to cope with this besides changing medications ? Any help will be greatly appreciated. TIA

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>I have everything to be thankful for and I can’t even get a real smile out. >My sex drive sucks big time and I’m basically facing each day with no >emotions.

There are many substances used to counteract SSRI induced sexual disfunction. Ginko Biloba is one that has a good reputation with delayed orgasm or impotency. Try about 200mg/day for a couple of weeks then titrate up or down as needed. Yohimbe helps with desire. Try 2,000mgs only as needed and CAUTIOUSLY increase the dose if needed…Yohimbe can be too energizing for some people. You also might want to look into a different type of AD. Many people find that SSRIs act more as mood anaesthetics than as anti depressants…ask about Effexor, Wellbutrin, Remeron…

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I sure feel less, as i complained in other posts…but, I do feel anger and being upset (and yes, sometimes a little happy)…i seem to be less crying, and to be able to ‘controll’ my anger more As i write this down, it’s like i’m happy with the prozac-result…but i’m not: i still feel down and the negative feelings still have the upper hand , only the sharp edges are rounded, and i guess it’s easier to live with me (as i’m more in controll) i’m having so many ambivalent thoughts on this prozac-cure…i expected ‘more’ of it late – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hello All, >I’ve been on Prozac for a while now and I feel that I’m not happy.  I’m on >60 mgs. a day, after a recent 20mg increase and have been on it for a couple >years at lower doses. I also take1000 mgs of Depakote twice a day and .175 >mg of Synthroid. >I have everything to be thankful for and I can’t even get a real smile out. >My sex drive sucks big time and I’m basically facing each day with no >emotions. >Has anyone experienced anything similar to this ? Can anyone offer any >suggestions on how to cope with this besides changing medications ? Any help >will be greatly appreciated. >TIA

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I sure feel less, as i complained in other posts…but, I do feel anger > and being upset (and yes, sometimes a little happy)…i seem to be less > crying, and to be able to ‘controll’ my anger more > As i write this down, it’s like i’m happy with the prozac-result…but i’m > not: i still feel down and the negative feelings still have the upper hand > , only the sharp edges are rounded, and i guess it’s easier to live with > me (as i’m more in controll) > i’m having so many ambivalent thoughts on this prozac-cure…i expected > ‘more’ of it > late > says… >Hello All, >I’ve been on Prozac for a while now and I feel that I’m not happy.  I’m >on 60 mgs. a day, after a recent 20mg increase and have been on it for a >couple years at lower doses. I also take1000 mgs of Depakote twice a day >and .175 mg of Synthroid. >I have everything to be thankful for and I can’t even get a real smile >out. My sex drive sucks big time and I’m basically facing each day with >no emotions. >Has anyone experienced anything similar to this ? Can anyone offer any >suggestions on how to cope with this besides changing medications ? Any >help will be greatly appreciated. >TIA

Damn, I thought I was depressed until I started reading here!  I’m not even sure I wanna take this crap.  I just started about 5 days ago and feel rather "dull" myself….anyone ever have good results using it or is it always just a dead end street?  I dont want to end up thinking about killing my boss (Well maybe later ;-) ) and I guess I’m happy sometimes at least a little while every day……  

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