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Fluoxetine Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most Popular Types: Prozac, Lovan, Lorien (Show all)

Generic Name: Fluoxetine

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118 patient evaluations for Fluoxetine

jpamccoy

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 6 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Relapse: Severe

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by jpamccoy
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**Purpose:** Depressed mood *(Started Dec 11, 2007)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 26, 2008	20 mg Daily	Moderate	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Sep 26, 2008
Advice & Tips: Stay on it even if you think you are feeling better.
Cost: < $25 monthly

0 helpful marks

ladypd

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

Parkinson's: 11 yrs

Hoehn-Yahr 1 Type: Parkinson's disease

Mouth/throat: none

Arms: none

Chest: mild

Legs: mild
by ladypd
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**Purpose:** Depressed mood *(Started Sep 09, 1996)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Sep 09, 2008	20 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

change

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

MS: 4 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by change
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**Purpose:** Increase effect of another treatment *(Started Mar 01, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 26, 2008	10 mg Daily	None	None	Sometimes	Not at all

0 helpful marks

spider

Sex: M

Data Quality: 1 star

ALS: 12 yrs

Wheelchair

Bulbar: mild

Arms: severe

Chest: none

Legs: moderate
by spider
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**Purpose:** Emotional lability *(Started Jul 03, 2006)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 23, 2008	40 mg Daily	Major	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

nikkijo

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

OCD

Depression: 2

Mania: 1

Emotional: 2

Anxiety: 3

Compulsion: 1

External Stress: Severe

Rx

40 F

Function: Moderate

Distress: Moderate
by nikkijo
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**Purpose:** Treat my mood condition(s) *(Started May 30, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 19, 2008	40 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

picspec

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

Major Depressive Disorder

Depression: 4

Mania: 1

Emotional: 4

Anxiety: 4

Compulsion: 4

External Stress: Overwhelming

Rx Therapy

42 F

Function: Low

Distress: High
by picspec
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**Purpose:** Treat my mood condition(s) *(Started Jan 04, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jul 16, 2008	20 mg Daily	Slight	None	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

hriffe

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 8 yrs

Relapse: Severe

Sensation: Severe

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by hriffe
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**Purpose:** Other *(Started Aug 03, 2006)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 01, 2008	20 mg Daily	Slight	Moderate	Always	Not at all

0 helpful marks

paperclipcat

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

Bipolar I

Depression: 2

Mania: 2

Emotional: 2

Anxiety: 4

Compulsion: 4

External Stress: Overwhelming

Rx Therapy

25 F

Function: Moderate

Distress: Moderate
by paperclipcat
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**Purpose:** Depressed mood *(Started Aug 13, 2007)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 15, 2008	60 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Severe	Always	A little

Side effects:: Dysphoria, Agitation, Mania, Suicidal behavior

Date: Jan 15, 2008
Advice & Tips: God awfull medicine wich made me a raging loonatic and ended up in locked psychward. Managed to get in a lot of trouble both financially and socialy. Got deeply scarred emotionally and physicly. Bloody hate this meds!

0 helpful marks

new ASD member

Data Quality: 1 star

Autism

24 years

Female

Good
ATEC
- Speech: 4
- Sociability: 10
- Sensory/Cognitive Awareness: 4
- Health/Physical Behavior: 27
- ATEC score: 45
by janedoe89
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**Purposes:** Major Depressive Disorder and OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) *(Started Oct 01, 2007)*
Date	Dosage	Major Depressive Disorder Perceived effectiveness	OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 05, 2007	40 mg Daily	None	None	Severe	Usually	Not at all

0 helpful marks

jenniT.

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Most

Fatigue: All

Sleep: All

Stiffness: All

function: None

external_stress: Some

Stickman: all
Description:F34y
FM:5y Dx
CFS:?y
by jenniT.
See jenniT.'s full Fluoxetine history

**Purpose:** Fibromyalgia *(Started Oct 22, 2007)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Oct 25, 2007	20 mg Daily	None	Severe	Always	Not at all

Side effects:: Sexual dysfunction, Nausea, Headaches

Date: Oct 25, 2007
Advice & Tips: Made me feel like morning-sickness sick all day for as long as I took it. Made sex "numb" for awhile after I stopped taking it even. Gave me a wicked headache.

0 helpful marks

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