Is prozac prescribed without a diagnosis of clinical depression?
My boyfriend’s ex-wife is leaving for Boot Camp next month. She tried to kill herself two years ago (2008) , wrote out a suicide not and had to be rushed to the hospital to get her stomach pumped. I havev known this man for half my life, so this is why I know the history. Anyway, she harassed me on several occasions when she was married to my boyfriend and he was in the military.
She physically abused him while they were married on several occasions and woul call the military police-no records exist. In 2006, she concealed an entire pregnancy while living on base on got no prenatal health care, physically exerted herself in hopes of a miscarriage and binge-drank alcohol on multiple occasions during the latter half of the pregnancy. What is strange is that her first pregnancy was a C-Section, and following that she had an abortion. These two circumstances make it all the more strange that she hid the pregnancy. She told nobody including her identical twin with whom she is close and lived with during the first half of her pregnancy that she was pregnant. I saw her when she was 71/2 months-she just appeared “fat” like she did with her first pregnancy-this isn’t just heresay. Some time following the surprise birth-again nobody knew she was pregnant until going into labor-at some point she was prescribed Prozac. When she was on her meds she did not abuse her spouse or harass me. After a while though she refused to take it. The military grants waivers for depression meds(which takes time), but she was processed so fast that I don’t believe the suicide attempt or the prescription meds were ever addressed. As well, she does other unsettling erratic things. A cursory glance at her Facebook suggests she is joining the military for attention from Army men and her ex-husband. She is neglectful of the children, appears largely disinterested and not bonded but uses them to manipulate her ex-husband. I am hard-pressed to believe she revealed any suicidal history or depression to the MEPS. She isn’t a very nice person, she is an alcoholic, but even so, her children don’t deserve to have a dead mother. If her civilian life made her put her own life at risk, certainly military life would add pressure. Again, I doubt these things were revealed to MEPS.
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Prosac does not work in combination with alcohol.
You story was quite long, but if I am understanding you correct, your title sums up what you want to know.
YES, you can be prescribed Prozac without an “official” diagnosis. The reason for this is a source of annoyance to me as a mental health worker. Prozac, just like any other medication, can be prescribed by any doctor, and sometime even nurse practitioners, even if they have no psychiatric training whatsoever. An internist, OBGYN, cardiologist or any other MD can prescribe any medication, and they can do it spur of the moment without any requirement for a proper exam. I feel this this a serious problem with the way the prescription system works, but that’s just how it is.
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what i knw is prozac works for insomnia..cos i have taken ..
Yes, it is sometimes prescribed to those with other forms of depression and/or no diagnosis of depression. It doesn’t have to be clinical depression.
you can even get it for bulimia. . . .