Can prozac effect creativity?

Like the Soma of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Prozac was making people "better than well". Kramer wrote of the "personality transformations" that occurred in a substantial minority of those taking the drug, briefly pausing to speculate as to what impact this might have had on their creativity. read more

Yes. Antidepressants can have both positive and negative effects on creativity and motivation towards creating. Your personal experience may differ from that of others, and it cannot usually be predicted. If it does affect your creativity, the intensity and length of that influence is likewise unpredictable and may be significant or debilitating. read more

When I questioned him about the specific impact of Prozac on creativity, he described serotonin-related drugs stimulating "energy, concentration and an expanded mental horizon", although he added that, in the decade since writing the book, he had become convinced that Prozac and related SSRIs were much less effective than once thought. read more

I'm having a similar problem, I'm currently taking Prozac and Abilify and I can never seem to think of creative solutions for problems for school. I have bursts of creativity here and there, but I have to really rack my brain. read more