131 patient evaluations for Fluoxetine

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Jan 9, 2016 (Started Jun 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for mild depression)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: better mood, handle disorder better easy to take once a day low cost generic prescribtion
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

May 15, 2015 (Started Feb 15, 1991)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (tremor in left hand)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Changed treatment
Cost: < $25 monthly

Mar 27, 2014 (Started Feb 15, 1991)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (tremor in left hand)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 30, 2012 (Started Jan 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for obsessive-compulsive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Side effects: agitation, anxious mood, nausea

Jul 7, 2009 (Started Jan 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for obsessive-compulsive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (anxious mood, nausea, agitation)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Side effects: agitation, anxious mood, nausea

Jul 15, 2007 (Started Jan 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for obsessive-compulsive disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (anxious mood, nausea, agitation)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Side effects: agitation, anxious mood, nausea

  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 7, 2015 (Started May 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take

Sep 15, 2013 (Started May 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily

  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 29, 2015 (Started Jul 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive sweating)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Reduced dosage to evaluate association with sweating.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 1, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 15, 2014 (Started Feb 02, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depression related to pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily

  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2009 (Started May 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 19, 2008 (Started May 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 14, 2014 (Started Oct 06, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: makes me feel like I have few problems "don't worry! be happy!"

  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 11, 2014 (Started Mar 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 1, 2013 (Started Nov 18, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for depression with anxiety)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (decreased sex drive (libido), prostate problems)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: For me, it seemed to work to alleviate my panic attacks, but I'm not sure it helped with depression. I also think it made me prone to rare, but serious dark panic attacks. The sexual side-effects were moderate and would be worth it for bad anxiety or if it helped with depression. I stopped once I got to a place where external stress factors had significantly lessened.
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 9, 2012 (Started Nov 18, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depression with anxiety)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (decreased sex drive (libido), prostate problems)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 13, 2011 (Started Nov 18, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for depression with anxiety)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (decreased sex drive (libido), prostate problems)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: My side effects started immediately with the 10 mg/day dose, but had mostly subsided by the time I upped my dose to 20 mg / day. So, the side effects seemed to be transient. In contrast, the benefits have been growing on a much longer time scale, probably taking several weeks to notice a benefit for depression and GAD.
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 0 helpful marks
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