I have a question about other people’s experience with Prozac or any antidepressant meds I’ve been off of Prozac since I was 21 however Prozac made me feel like I was invincible I wouldn’t sleep and it felt like I was intoxicated I’d laugh at everything I flooded sinks I did inappropriate stuff that I don’t wanna say I also used to taken more than prescribed I’m wondering if Prozac induced intoxication is common among people with Schizoaffective disorder bipolar type
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I got high off Wellbutrin when I was on no other meds back in 2010. Also an antidepressant
If I took 1 I’d be stoned, 2 I’d trip balls, and 3 would take me to another galaxy with bugs crawling on me and ■■■■
This ultimately lead to my first hospitalization
I’m also dxd schizoaffective bipolar type
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It sort of sounds like the Prozac made you manic. I’ve gone manic on several antidepressants. I even had to be hospitalized. But I’ve tried others that didn’t cause mania. And it also depends on the dose, you have to get that right to. Now I take a max dose of Cymbalta and I have no mania and it treats my depression and anxiety very well.
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I was going to say the same thing. Antidepressants can make you manic, if you’re bipolar or schizoaffective bipolar type. I can’t take antidepressants anymore because they screw up my mood even more. I just take a mood stabilizer now.
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What about visual hallucinations. Wellbutrin caused me to have visual hallucinations
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@Blossom from what was explained to me there’s very little risk of mania with Cymbalta for whatever reason. If you end up depressed keep in mind for something to try.
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Well, I’m not sure about antidepressants (for me), but other random medications caused me to visually hallucinate pretty hardcore. Like a pill asthma med, Singulair. That messed me up.
But yeah, I could see why the antidepressants could make you hallucinate.
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I started Wellbutrin again a year later.
I said to my doctor “well whatever u do dont give me Wellbutrin”
Then immediately he convinced Wellbutrin was the med for me
It was fine at first until I stopped my zyprexa
Was still on lithium, lamictal, klonopin and Wellbutrin
Started having the Truman delusion and lead to me getting arrested in a psychotic episode, gun pulled on me by the cops. I just laughed the whole time he had a gun pointed at me
Then the same pdoc put me on clozaril ASAP.
Was a rough time.
All I needed was abilify so I can be on a med without side effects.
I had tried Thorazine, haldol, zyprexa. They all worked but I stopped em all in contest of the bad side effects and my poor insight. So he puts me on clozapine. Ridiculous!!!
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That experience sounds horrible! 
I’m sorry you went through that.
But it sounds like Abilify is working? If so, that’s great. 
I’m taking Latuda. It’s helping, for the most part.
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Yes I’ve been recovering from a lot of things making progress every day since I started abilify February 3rd, 2014. Definitely was a game changer for me, as well as my naltrexone. And Thorazine prn is helping too.
There’s been set backs but I’m happy where I am now. Glad latuda helps you also!!
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Yeah Prozac made me think I was a professional wrestler and I had visions of saving the world but I take Wellbutrin max dose and a very small dose of Zoloft to much Zoloft will mess me up big time I usually rapid cycle and get mixed episodes