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coming off fluoxetine

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Guest
Guest

Hi all,

I've been on fluoxetine for post natal depression for 10 months and feel ready to come off them. I 've been asking my GP for some time now to come off them and they have said the norm......do it gradually etc drop one every other day. I asked if I coulod go on a lower dose as I'm on 75mg but was told by the doc that there is only 2 doses, 75 and 150mg! Having just found this site tonight and with my pending doctors appointment coming up, can anyone out there tell me if you can drop down to a lower dose and how do you feel when you're coming off them. Whenever I've forgotten a pill I've felt so poorly, the dizziness etc was horendous and I'm terrified of feeling like this for weeks. I have a 15 month old and a job to hold down, so I gotta get it right!

Can anyone help?

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  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    I don't know which country you are in and if the dosage varies from country to country, but I live in UK and am currently on doses of 20 mg...
  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    Hi i also live in England and have been on a dose of 20mg for a couple of years and i also know you can get it in liquid form and cut your dose down to 10 or 5 mg because i have done this myself in the past.

    Jo

  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    Yes I'm in UK and it's so good to hear they do it in liquid form, wow! Thank you.............wish me luck!
  • hilary
    hilary

    Posted

    [quote:61a9091135]Fluoxetine is available in capsule and oral liquid form[/quote:61a9091135] taken from the Fluoxetine leaflet on the Patient UK main site - https://patient.info/showdoc/30002501/

    Patient Admin Team

  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    'i'm in uk and on 40mg a day.

    after about 9 months iwas feeling good as new, asked doc to reduce dosage he said not yet.. but i felt great. hence i decided to stop altogether of my own accord. three months later i was a real state rapid down hill in health and after a right rollocking from new doc i was put back on 40mg. feeling good again but here's my advise.. do what you doctor says and follow his advice!

    i learnt the hard way

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