u/Tall_Coast9598

I’ve been on Prozac for about a month and a half. First 6 weeks, no fatigue at all, actually felt more energized. Then out of nowhere it flipped and now it’s making me tired.

I recently switched my dose timing to nighttime, so I’m trying to figure out if that’s the cause or if this is just something that happens with fluoxetine even without a change. Tonight I took my dose and started feeling tired pretty quickly after, so at this point I’m fairly convinced it’s the Prozac itself and not a coincidence.

Curious if anyone else had a stretch of feeling totally fine and then suddenly started feeling wiped out, and if so, did it go away or stick around?

I’ve been on Prozac for about 7 weeks, started at 20mg. For the first several weeks it was genuinely good, I felt like myself, had energy, was social. About a week ago that started slipping: more tired, sleeping a lot, losing motivation to go out with friends even though I’m usually a social person, more anxious, and having trouble falling asleep.

Met with my doctor and we decided to increase to 40mg. I just took my first dose today.

I loved how Prozac worked for me at 20mg starting out, so I want to stick with it if I can. But I’ve been reading through this sub and seeing a lot of people describe a rough couple weeks after increasing dose, jitteriness, worse anxiety, feeling off before it levels out, and now I’m nervous.

Has anyone else had a similar pattern (good start, symptoms creeping back, then a dose increase)? What was the adjustment period like for you going from 20 to 40? Trying to get a realistic sense of what to expect over the next couple weeks.

I took my first dose today after I recently made the switch from Cymbalta. I only took one dose of the Cymbalta because the side effects were way too strong and it made me feel like crap so now I’m taking Prozac and feeling pretty good and no symptoms. It makes me feel really hopeful about my future for the first time in a while. I was so depressed and so anxious. I was probably at the lowest point I’ve ever been in my entire life and that won’t be forever. I will get better and I know it’s still super early, but I’m just feeling really happy and really grateful.