Hi everyone,
I first want to apologise for not being around as much as I used to
be. I once again have to use the exuse that I am going through a
life changing experience that I can not discuss on the board. This
has been very hard and I am getting through it as best I can. Please
bear with me and I will be back better than ever I hope :-)

I wanted to discuss the drug Prozac/Fluoxetine thats what we call it
in the UK but you may have other names for it in other parts of the
world. I think you call it Prozac in the US too. The thing is that
I personally think its kind of dangerous. I was given it by my GP
before christmas, I think it was November and have been taking it
since. I noticed that initially it lifted my depressive mood, and
then as time went on. I started to notice in the past 3 weeks that I
had started to have strange thoughts inside my head that could in a
sense be linked to suicidal thoughts and I would NEVER do that.
NEVER. I know that these thoughts were not good and I knew that I
could not knowingly be thinking this type of thing myself and I kind
of linked it to the drug Prozac. I have since stopped them myself. I
shouldnt of just stopped taking them as I did have a dizzy reaction
and sleeping for a couple of days, that was stupid of me, but I was
so worried about the thoughts of wanting to die. when I truly do not
want to die. I had to take quick action. I am now feeling much much
better, so brighter and so much better. I know I still have
depressed feelings. Its reactive depression to what I am having to
deal with at the moment in my life. But ultimately in myself. Im
feeling good. Today I even sang as I was doing my housework.

So, to put it in a nutshell. I really felt that while the Prozac may
have helped initially as a quick fix that lasted for a very short
period of time, afterwards it led to me going deeper into a
depression that I would not normally associate myself with, and
giving me thoughts that I would not normally have. And I am pleased
to say I no longer have.

Has anyone had this experience with Prozac? I would be interested to
know. Im apologising for sending this as a special notice, but I
thought it would be beneficial to share this experience with
everyone.

Wishing you all good health, peace and happiness.
Sandara

P.S. Julie, how you doing?