|
|
"I wish that the Public could be warned against this horrible drug."
Hi,
My name is Anita. I am 42 years old and I have been on Prozac for 9 years. I was given Prozac to deal with a situation related depression and told that there were no side effects. The initial reaction was great. I felt strong and energetic and lost some weight. Soon, I felt as if I did not have a care in the world. As the time passed, I noticed that my short term memory was gone, that I became socially isolated – meaning I did not have any need to have relationships with people I knew, I became a reckless spender of money and got charged with fraud – stealing another person’s credit card information, got into affairs with men I would normally not look at and which was always against my principles. It was as if I could not stop and was driven by some kind of an impulse, controlled by something else. I lost a fortune in a real estate gamble, forged my husband’s checks and experienced extreme anxiety at the same time. My mind was clouded by a “glass” made of indifference and a total lack of objectivity.
When I stopped taking Prozac, I had the most awful withdrawal reactions such as: extreme fatigue which was so debilitating that I could not get out of bed, extreme depression (which I still have), mood swings, panic attacks, weight gain and sleep problems.
I got off it cold turkey (I was up to 80 mg. a day) and I am still experiencing withdrawal (4 months later). I am mainly very anxious and panicky. I also have a sense of shocks going through my body, especially at night. My finances are in ruins, my relationships are gone, my job situation is stagnant. I feel as if my brain was on speed. I know that I am withdrawing but still, the experience is horrible. I wish that the Public could be warned against this horrible drug.
Anita Kozlowski
akozlowski@iglide.net
780 922 1924
|
