[en] The construction of a frictional time-dependent Schroedinger equation is reviewed for harmonic motion in a restricted framework, i.e., demanding the conservation of the Gaussian shape of wave packets. The evolution of the quanta fluctuations is discussed in a time-independent model, and it is shown that such a situation does not correspond to damped harmonic oscillations. The role of fluctuations in providing dissipative behavior is discussed and the time evolution of arbitrary wave functions subject to damped motion as described by Schroedinger-Kostin equation is analyzed in detail