Hello, everyone. I'm new and haven't posted before.
I was diagnosed with depression at age 12, two years after coming out about the sexual abuse between my Grandfather and me. At age 18, I tried killing myself by overdose of pills. Since then I have been off and on prozac and while it makes me feel less hopeless, I found that it also makes me feel a bit detached from myself. It eases most of my fears and anxiety, but at the same time allows me to make poor decisions because I don't "feel" as much therefore don't consider the consequences... It has also caused me to feel a bit schizo simply because I move around like a robot, and the "real" me (the depressed me) is hidden below....Does any of this make sense? And has anyone else on prozac felt like this?

various medications effect people in different ways - I myself can not tolerate porzac - but another me calle topamax given to me for clinical depression and panic attacks did the same thing you describe here - depersonalization - I was sitting there but feeling like there was a ghost in the machine and I was not me - it was kind of erie.. I quit taking topamax that very day - anyway found other meds down the road - but remember they all have side effects to some degree - in most all people - even things that take years to realize - so its mostly a matter of what you can deal with or tolerate - I think if you approach your doctor in a matter of fact way and tell him you don't want to deal with these side effects from porzac and want to try something different they would go along with - speak up for yourself and don't let a doctor mandate to you what your to be on - visit places like this and educate yourself on meds and indeed when you can help educate yourself as much as possible - sometimes helps if you talk about different situations you find your self in and how you respond - as you can see there many others here in the same boat and it helps to understand you not alone in misery...

Hello, everyone. I'm new and haven't posted before.
I was diagnosed with depression at age 12, two years after coming out about the sexual abuse between my Grandfather and me. At age 18, I tried killing myself by overdose of pills. Since then I have been off and on prozac and while it makes me feel less hopeless, I found that it also makes me feel a bit detached from myself. It eases most of my fears and anxiety, but at the same time allows me to make poor decisions because I don't "feel" as much therefore don't consider the consequences... It has also caused me to feel a bit schizo simply because I move around like a robot, and the "real" me (the depressed me) is hidden below....Does any of this make sense? And has anyone else on prozac felt like this?

Emotional blunting and depersonalization are common side effects of Prozac; download the drug PDF info from their website for details.