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Stopping Fluoxetine

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kim31778
kim31778

I've been on 40mg of Fluoxetine for twelve weeks now and have only gotten worse. I don't have a doctor at the moment and wondered would anyone think it would be okay to just stop? It's a capsule or else I would cut it down...I'm miserable;cried all day today(ongoing issue)...felt spacey....couldn't think

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  • Faithful30
    Faithful30 kim31778

    Posted

    Wow, if you haven't felt any better within the time period the medicine is suppose to work then, maybe its not the right med for you. And if you go cold turkey and stop it, you'll defienitely feel the withdrawal effects of it. You might need to find you a doctor to discuss coming off of it and or change to a different med. Some meds may not work well for you as it could in someone else. So, maybe you'll have to try something else. Also look on you tube for natural ways to help with anxiety.

    • kim31778
      kim31778 Faithful30

      Posted

      Thank you...I appreciate the insight; yes, I'm definitely going to find a new doctor. I've never felt so badly in my life...I won't go cold turkey....going to open the capsules and decrease that way....thank you again.

    • monica62597
      monica62597 kim31778

      Posted

      They make it in tablet form too if you need to cut dose down that way
    • kim31778
      kim31778 monica62597

      Posted

      Thank you Monica...I wish the pharmacy could switch out for me...may check
  • paul89462
    paul89462 kim31778

    Posted

    It took months for mine to kick in and still have the odd bad day. Stick with it
    • monica62597
      monica62597 paul89462

      Posted

      Paul how long did it take for you to work?I am on 35 right now.I have been going up so slowly since November and was at 20 at Christmas and now am at 35 and still feel like I obsess and worry about past mistakes and things I don't even remember well.Dont know if I will recover actually

    • kim31778
      kim31778 paul89462

      Posted

      Thank you Paul...I just have never felt so badly; spacey daily, depressed mood and crying spells...I wish that it would work...so tired of this sad state of being.
    • kim31778
      kim31778 monica62597

      Posted

      I really hate the spaciness; makes me feel I can do nothing; a huge mental block.
  • kenney4lyfe
    kenney4lyfe kim31778

    Posted

    I agree prozac is a drug that takes a long time to work, but I just stopped fluoxetine after 13 weeks of it not working and switched to Lexapro, best decision i've ever made. All my depression and anxiety went away in 2 weeks. Lexapro was a life saver for me

    • monica62597
      monica62597 kenney4lyfe

      Posted

      Interesting!!I did awesome on celexa for five years which is the sister drug to lexapro and and when I tried to go back on celexa it made me worse immediately and had to try Prozac!I wonder if I could handle lexapro though!Did you notice a difference switching from Prozac to lexapro and had Prozac done anything for you?
    • kim31778
      kim31778 kenney4lyfe

      Posted

      Thank you for your insight Kenney; glad Lexapro worked for you. For some reason, it failed to work for me. It was the first ssri I tried.
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