Advice please

Former Member

Someones on prozac (two pills a day) and decides to just stop taking them. What will happen and how long will it last?

No point saying don't as its too late. I'ts not me btw

Former Member

Depends on each individual person but- nausea, dizzyness, headaches, increase/decrease in sleep and/or eating etc are most of the physical side effects.
Then theres depression, anxiety, feelings of suicide and/or self-harm etc etc.

Can last from days to weeks really.

Former Member

I would be in some great concern as to the mental stability of the person- they're obviously on prozac for a reason and just stopping it really can't be good. They should consult the doctor, or perhaps they should be persuaded to, to stop them doing anything above.

Former Member

i was told you should NEVER just come off prozac, you should gradually decrease the dose. i did, and i ended up worse than when i started. i wss ok the second time round, went onto every other day dose, then lower, etc etc

Former Member

It depends on the person.

I used to be on two a day, and got better with them. As I got better, I kept forgetting to take them, and just ended up stopping. I don't think it did me any harm, but it did make my mood a bit unpredictable for a bit. I wasn't too bad because I'd started intensive therapy by then, so I was getting alternate treatment.

It's not a good idea to do it. It will make him cranky and irritable for a bit. It will make him depressed again if he hadn't recovered. Itr will make him depressed again if he isn't receiving any other treatment.