PROZAC WITHDRAWAL COLD TURKEY!!!

I came off Prozac cold turkey after being on 40mg for 4 months. The reason is, I decided my 'crisis' was behind me and that I am a fit, strong person and a keen runner and the prozac was compromising my fitness. It was swings and roundabouts; my running and ability to compete to my best is a major anti-depressant for me, and I felt it was time to rely on that rather than drugs. 

I had physical symptoms only in the first 24 hours; acute fatigue, heavy feeble muscles, headache (like a sledgehammer hitting me, it came on quite quickly), nausea, cold shivers, accelerated heartbeat. It was quite severe and at one point was leaning out of my car trying to be sick and I considered calling for an ambulance because I thought I might die! I tried to simply pass out and have a sleep in the car, and that was the point I turned the corner, physically I was ok after that sleep and went form strength to strength. My mood swings were intense for several weeks after, though, breaking down crying sometimes and feeling severe anguish and worry. 

The thing is my depression was/is 'circumstantial' - no underlaying illness - so as each issue in my life improves so does my mood. I think the conclusion is, if you come off prozac (or any meds) you need ot be as concrete as possible in identifying the things in your life that will replace the need for it, and be sure these are effective; meditate on them daily. For me it is exercise, a new circle of friends (after catastrophic divorce), new tangible hope for seeing more of my children, and christian faith. If one or more of these fail, then I'm in danger again.

I certainly needed the Prozac for the duration of my 'acute depressive episode' as it was diagnosed, where I got sectioned for a month after a suicide attempt. I might never have got out of the mental ward (panic attacks, black terror) if not for the Prozac to stabilize me for that time That's probably it's bets use, as a long term solution it is extremely dubious (a form of chemical butchery in my opinion), as is any drug. If at all possible, do away with it, and seek real-life solutions.

Merebear6 how are you doing?! I was also on propranolol and just went off of it last week. I only took it as needed so i only had a few uncomfortable days. Today is day 2 of no prozac although I've tried to taper a million times before. I'm thinking of just flushing all of my pills. Have an appointment with psych Wednesday morning. Hope u are doing well and successfully came off the drug!

Hey guys, I know this is pretty old but was wondering if you had any more info on your withdrawal from Prozac? I was on it 7 weeks, had AWFUL side effects - heart palpitations so bad one night that I called an ambulance. So I went cold turkey (bar one tapering pill which sent me over the edge!) I ended up with the craziest mouth tics - my tongue was twitching constantly, my mouth grinding and I couldn't talk properly. I avoided humans like the plague for the following 2 weeks (which was hard as I had to bring my kids to school...) Anyway, it's now been almost 2 weeks since I went cold turkey and even though the mouth tics have died down a great deal, they are still there and quite prominent in the mornings. Also, my mood has been up and down and I am still exhausted for a large portion of each day. I just want to be back to the way I was before taking Prozac- anyone any info on how long that took for them? Thank you!!

I have been on 20mg prozac for 15 years. Thought about trying to come off them recently but have suffered a relapse anxiety attackwhich has lasted two weeks now. GP has suggested increase dose to 40mg which i did last week. Trouble is I am not sure if it is the prozac, or the anxiety that is causing my symptoms. i was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia 14 years ago which can also bring on anxiety and similar symptoms. so i am in a quandry as to what is really happening. Have another appointment with a new GP tomorrow, so hoping she can help.