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Q: Prozac side effects

asked by: ArmyWife521 on April 17th, 2008

New User

My doctor put me on Prozac (well the $4 generic stuff at Wal-Mart) like 3 months ago, and for the past like month I have been "flushing" REALLY bad... like I get so hot I feel like my skin is boiling and sometimes it's even hard to breathe. And then here more recently (probably within the last week or so) I have noticed that my hair is falling out. I mean, I can just rack my hand through it to get it out of my face, and a hand full will come out!!!! ARRGH!!!

Could these be side effects of the Prozac? If they are, I thought side effects were a "you get them when you first start the drug, but then they wear off" deal? Why are they coming on later?

Replies(2)

Georgia59

replied on April 23rd, 2008

Especially eHealthy

I would definitely check that out with your prescribing doctor. You will want to make sure it's not doing bad things to your blood pressure or anything (which sounds like flushing/feeling hot). Yikes!!
Some side effects wear off, but you will want to make sure you aren't endangering yourself now. Definitely ask your doctor.

BullZye

replied on April 28th, 2008

Experienced User

Don't worry, I guess Prozac just isn't the right medication for you.

I had the exact same problem but even worse. The weather here in Canada was pretty cold recently while i've been taking Prozac. Ever since it got hot I felt weird off Prozac. I felt extremely hot and it felt hard to breathe as well, it felt like I was controlling my breathing manually at times.

Not to mention, I felt really restless as well, I couldn't sit still or lay down during the day and had to constantly be doing something.

Just let your doctor know that you feel this way and you can try a different medication.

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