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Coming off prozac
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Just wondered if any of you have & how you have felt afterwards.
I took my last one yesterday after following the doctors orders on how to come off them eg one every other day ect.
I took my last one yesterday after following the doctors orders on how to come off them eg one every other day ect.
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Everyones different, but I had no problems at all. I wouldnt have thought you would, especially as I remember you starting them:)
remember nightmare on elm street?
like that but worse.
whatever you do, DON'T just quit. taper down. half your dosage one week, then again, as low as it will go, then take them every other day, then every 3 days.
be prepared to feel really strange for a while. that's normal. you might get some really odd symptoms (like the brain zap. you'll know what that is if you've had it.) but it'll pass. don't feel like you have to go back on the pills to make it go away, it'll go away on it's own.
i was fine again after about 2 weeks.
of course, there are loads of people who quit cold turkey without any symptoms at all. bastards.
my doctor upped my dosage and put me back on them within three weeks
i think its different for everyone, atm im scared of coming off them again
Ahh, I'm glad I never took mine now.
hell on toast.
brain zaps, dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, horrid nightmares, night sweats...
good news: it only lasts about a week.
He had nightmares and other awful side effects.
You aren't supposed to just "stop" taking any anti depressants. It is extremely dangerous, and you can actually feel more suicidal just coming off such drugs than before you were on them!
thats exactly how i felt :nervous:
was horrible i felt so low and all i wanted was a pill to make me happy
Miss one every 3 days for 10 days
Miss one every 2nd day for 10 days
Take one every 3rd day for 10 days & then you are off.
So far i feel ok. I know what i felt like when i came off Cipramil a few years ago, so i know what to expect & that was just a case of stopping!