I knew I need them when I could not get up and function anymore, I would work 1/2 the day and be so down I just went home and went to bed.
Prozac gave me a new lease on life, prior to taking it I had a very very bad temper, I would go from fine to ready to come to blows in 30 seconds.
I joke that prozac was "fuse cord" for me took me alot longer to get mad and alot longer to get sad also.
Please know there is no shame in taking anti-depressants, when I see people who I have not seen for awhile and they remark about the change in my personality I brag on counseling and prozac!