I have taken prozac for about 10 years.
Currently I am taking 20 mg a day. I fought taking it--considering it an easy out, and an admission of failure of character. I tried to quit it several times, but sunk further each time into depressive episodes.
With Prozac I am *normal*.
I remember thinking shortly after beginning prozac: so this is what normal feels like! I had always thought from the time I was 5 or 6 years old, that my depressive feelings were what everyone felt! Now I know different.

Drugs have literally saved my life several times: from recurring bouts of pneumonia and from cancer, heart attack and massive peritonitis. Yes, exercise diet, and healthy eating is important. But it can't prevent all sickness. It is not an admission of personal failure if you use antidepressants.


Work with a good doctor to find the antidepressant regime that works for YOU.