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Long Term Fluoxetine Use

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wyarip
wyarip

Hi

It's been a while since I came on the forum but I thought it would be good to share my experience.

I have been on 20 mg since Dec 2017, so more than 4 years. For the first year or so I was taking it daily then I reduced to every 2-3 days over the following 2 years. recently I am wondering if I should now stop altogether.

My previous Doctor told me that if I was down to every 3 days then the Fluoxetine is basically out of my system but I moved recently and my new Doctor has said you can taper down to even 1 every week and then to 1 every 2 weeks?

Can anyone share their experience of tapering off, and for how long you should taper off for?

Many Thanks for any replies

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