My name is Susan and I am a 28 year old housewife. I started having problems when I was separating from my first husband. I was in the military at the time. I was first started on doxepin for depression in March of 1993. I did very well on this but I gained a lot of weight and because of this side effect I was started on Prozac as well as doxepin in June of 1993.

My memory of this time is not very good .From my medical records I know that shortly after starting the Prozac I started a downward spiral. Between June 93 and September 93 I had 3 different hospitalizations for suicidal behavior or attempts. Before this I had 1 hospitalization for a suicidal attempt before I was ever on any antidepressants. During my time on Prozac my thinking was so turned inward that all I thought about was myself; the outside world wasn't there.

After I got out of the military I stopped taking the prozac and doxepin. I did not feel myself until about a year and a half after being off the antidepressants. It has now been five years since I was on Prozac and when I look back on who I was when I was on Prozac it is like I was someone else. I have a hard time believing some of the things I did when I was on it. I just wish someone had made the correlation between my downward spiral and starting on Prozac. If you would like to email me you can reach me at roden@mohaveaz.com

You can write to Susan at: roden@mohaveaz.com