Prozac Options

Well, my girlfriend's psychiatrist prescribed her Prozac. She definitely doesn't seem depressed at all. She doesn't think so either. She's one of the happiest people I know. Anyway, I read up on Prozac, and it sounds dangerous. Does anyone know what the effects of Prozac are on a person who is not depressed? Thanks!

She's going to try it, and if it starts to have negative effects, she told me to tell her and she'll stop taking it.

To be quite blunt this is NOT a working solution. The rapid withdrawl experienced by stopping use of a psychological drug is far more dangerous than any side effects. I think you may have scared yourself by reading all the possible side effects. It is important to note that these are things that are experienced by very few people. Take a look at the list of side effects for more common drugs that are used by people everyday.

Ibuprofen lists as possible side effects, liver failure, stomach bleeding.

Everything has side effects but the majority of them are not experienced by most people.

You have stated you are quite young and it should be noted that you are a biased observer since you have already noted your opposition to it. You are not medically trained and neither you or her are really in a position to make medical decisions on how or in what manner she should use Prozac. If she feels side effects due to the medicine she should express them to her psychiatrist and medical doctor, and her parents. Taking your advice, stopping the medicine, and lying about it are not viable alternatives.

I can't stress this enough, she should not simply stop taking it after starting it without her doctor knowing, the dramatic withdrawl could be devestating.