Category: Anti Depressants-Sleeping Aid
BECOME A SHREWD OBSERVER OF YOUR OWN MOODS
Just as you need to have some sense of the weather in order to know how to dress and whether to take a raincoat or an umbrella along, so you need to have a good sense of your mood in order to make the necessary adjustments to your lifestyle. Sometimes fluctuations in mood occur during [...]
CAN PROZAC BE SAFELY USED BY ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE DEPRESSED?
This is an important question, because depression hits the elderly hard. Depression is four times more common among the elderly than in the general population, and the suicide rate for people over 65 is fifteen times greater than that of the overall population. John P. Feighner and his International Clinical Research (ICR) team investigated Prozac’s [...]
PROZAC AND OTHER ANTIDEPRESSANTS, MEDICAMENTS
What are the main advantages of Prozac over the other antidepressants? The main advantages of Prozac, compared to both the tricyclics and the MAOIs, are that it has minimal side effects, is not lethal in overdose, and has much milder effects on the cardiovascular system. Specifically, it does not lower blood pressure, and it causes [...]
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEELING BLUE AND BEING DEPRESSED?
Almost everyone at one point or another experiences normal depression, a brief period of joyless, dejected, sad feelings that can accompany the usual day-to-day vicissitudes of life. In that sense, feeling blue or down in the dumps can be a normal reaction to disappointing life events if it is short-lived and transitory, lasting perhaps as [...]
WILL PROZAC AFFECT MY SEXUALITY?
It may. Although early studies indicated that the incidence of sexual side effects associated with antidepressants was quite low, recent studies suggest otherwise. About 25% to 35% of patients taking all antidepressants, including Prozac, seem to have some sexual side effects including decreased desire, potency problems, delayed ejaculation, and trouble reaching orgasm. Nonetheless, although a [...]
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE DOSAGE IS LOWERED?
About four to six months after the depression has been alleviated, and assuming the symptoms have not returned, the decision could be made to lower the dosage. If the depression does not return, fine. However, if the patient slides back into depression on the lower dose, it is better to restore the full amount as [...]
