is prozac making me feel 'emotionless' or is the PND?

[divastrop]

hi.i was on prozac 20mg a day from week 12 of my pregnancy,started to feel better after about 6-8 weeks.

i got really really low again when dd3 was about 4 weeks old,and briefly tried a change to seroxat,but couldnt cope with the drowsiness,so was put back on prozac at 40mg a day.

that was about 10 weeks ago now,and i do feel better than i did,however,i dont feel like 'me'.i dont seem to be able to feel exremes of emotion like i used to,which is good from the POV of not getting angry with the kids,but i also dont seem to find anything funny.dp and i had a huge row on saturday night but i didnt even get angry,i just got upset and thought 'oh well,i suppose i had it coming'.

not getting angry is a good thing,i know,but its the whole 'cant be arsed' feeling i cant cope with.i just feel flat,and like 'whats the point?'.

is the prozac causing this,or is it just part of the PND?

Could be either. Go back to your Gp and tell him how you are feeling.

the only way i can see of finding out is to stop taking the prozac,but then i risk feeling really low again.i think my gp has given up hope with me as im so obstructive.

aaarrggghhh ive been on and off ad's for 10 years now and i cant even remember what my personality was like to start with,so how can i know if im ok?

im such a freak

Hi there divastrop - well I certainly know that "I feel a freak feeling". I have taken myself off of venlofaxine this year as it too was just making me feel emotionless and just a bit weird.

These ADS are great in some ways but are not a miracle cure are they ??!!

It is so hard to explain to other people what that feels like. My DP is fed up with the whole "on ads/off ads" discussion.

Well since coming off ads I have been a bit on and off really and at one point I really thought I had full blown PND again - called the doctor, he also tried to prescribe me prozac but instead he gave me a prescription for sertraline (never going back on to venlofaxine it is hideous to come off of), I then told partner that I was going back on ads.

But, I did not take the sertraline and I am not sure what happened in my head but I just thought I would just try and keep busy, see friends, just do little things like go out for walk, take a shower and also I started taking Kira St Johns Wort and lots of B vitamins- and now four weeks after that call to the doctor I am feeling loads better.

So I would recommend St Johns Wort to anyone - but obviously we are all different and it may not be for you!

Hang in there divastrop - try what you feel is right for you and just dont forget there are loads of us crazy mamas out there !!!!!!!!