"to start off let me tell you the first 4 weeks were hell! the side effects were awfully.  the first 2 weeks being worst then the 3rd and 4th... i came very close to stopping the medication.  by the 5th week the side effects got less and less everyday and suddenly somewhere around the 6th week i woke up and felt like santa clause on steroids. my depression was 100% gone. i was my better self. i was even better before the depression hit years before. i have been on every antidepressant in the book and they all turned me in to a couch potatoe junkie. i had no motivation and no energy.  i almost lost my job.... then i went to the  doctor and he put me on prozac. it saved my life! !!"