Does Prozac cause you to gain weight? Also does it cause you to desire to harm others and urself?

Question

Does Prozac cause you to gain weight? Also does it cause you to desire to harm others and urself?

Answer 1

In about 20-25% of people prozac causes mild weight gain, about 10 lbs tops. In extremely rare cases it causes more.

During the first few weeks prozac can cause in increase in suicidal ideation as depression starts to fade. This is temporary, and the reason for the black box warning and why you need to be under the care of a doctor when you take this medicine. This is attributed to the lethargy of depression ceasing before mood improves - in short a suicidal person gets the energy to carry through with the act.

It does not cause an increase in desire to harm others, or increase violent tendencies. It can however induce mania in a bipolar person - mania is a separate issue though. And this is why bipolar folk are not put on just an antidepressant.

Answer 2

the only thing i have heard about is that in very rare cases, prozac can make you want to harm yourself or worsen thoughts of suicide. it actually helped me to lose weight becasue it makes me nautios whenever i think of food lol i wasnt warned that it can make you violent towards others, but you should ask a doctor or just go to longs and ask a pharmacist.