What if I accidentally took 2 Prozac?

What if I accidentally took 2 Prozac?

Call a doctor straight away if: You’ve taken too much fluoxetine by accident and experience symptoms such as: being sick (vomiting) shaking. feeling sleepy.

Does Prozac take away your personality?

Medication can definitely change people’s personalities, and change them quite substantially. Paxil is rarely prescribed now, because of concerns about side effects and withdrawal, says Tang, but other SSRIs (such as Prozac and Zoloft) are likely to have the same effect on personality.

What happens if I accidentally take two antidepressants?

When someone takes too many antidepressants or takes them with other medication, they may experience serotonin syndrome. When a person takes two medications that increase the release of serotonin at the same time, too much serotonin may build up in their body.

Does Prozac cause violent behavior?

Prozac (fluoxetine) was most commonly linked to aggression, increasing violent behavior 10.9 times.

What happens when you miss a day of Prozac?

Missing doses of fluoxetine may increase your risk for relapse in your symptoms. Stopping fluoxetine abruptly may result in one or more of the following withdrawal symptoms: irritability, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, nightmares, headache, and/or paresthesias (prickling, tingling sensation on the skin).

What can you not take with Prozac?

Do not use fluoxetine with buspirone (Buspar®), fentanyl (Abstral®, Duragesic®), lithium (Eskalith®, Lithobid®), tryptophan, St. John’s wort, amphetamines, or some pain or migraine medicines (eg, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, tramadol, Frova®, Imitrex®, Maxalt®, Relpax®, Ultram®, Zomig®).

Can Prozac cause personality changes?

People taking Prozac or other anti-depressants may experience personality changes for a range of reasons: The stress of waiting for improvement may worsen their mental state or the anti-depressant may produce symptoms of a different, undiagnosed mental illness. Finally, depressed people often abuse drugs and alcohol.

Can Prozac cause extreme anger?

Prozac also has been associated with an increase in anger or aggression while taking it (see, for example, Fisher et. al., 1995, but not while discontinuing it).