Can you decrease Prozac from 20 mg to 10 mg?
In your situation, where you are decreasing your Prozac dose from 30 mg to 20 mg, your doctor may recommend simply dropping down to that new dose, without tapering. In fact, it is difficult to taper Prozac by 10 mg or less, as 10 mg is the minimum dose increment commercially available.
How long does it take to taper off Prozac?
Tapering may not be necessary with Prozac due to the long half-life. I have been on 30mg of Prozac for two weeks, I was increased from 20 to 30. I felt good for ten days, but then became very tired. We are dropping back down to 20 mg. How long will it take for me to get back down to 20 mg?
How long has Prozac been on the market?
Sharing the Research: When patients ask about the long-term use of antidepressant medication, the truth is there really isn’t any. Prozac has been around since the 1980s but published long-term studies of antidepressant medications range from 3 to 15 years.
What are the long term effects of Prozac?
Prozac was the very first medication I tried in 1995. Luckily for me, Prozac worked wonderfully. It cleared up years of depression and dysthymia. I had minimal side effects. It takes a good 6–8 weeks to fully work. I took Prozac for 4 years and then stopped taking it when I got pregnant.
In your situation, where you are decreasing your Prozac dose from 30 mg to 20 mg, your doctor may recommend simply dropping down to that new dose, without tapering. In fact, it is difficult to taper Prozac by 10 mg or less, as 10 mg is the minimum dose increment commercially available.
Tapering may not be necessary with Prozac due to the long half-life. I have been on 30mg of Prozac for two weeks, I was increased from 20 to 30. I felt good for ten days, but then became very tired. We are dropping back down to 20 mg. How long will it take for me to get back down to 20 mg?
Sharing the Research: When patients ask about the long-term use of antidepressant medication, the truth is there really isn’t any. Prozac has been around since the 1980s but published long-term studies of antidepressant medications range from 3 to 15 years.
What did taking Prozac do to your emotions?
The Real Life of Emotions: Taking Prozac for decades has taught me that while my severe depressive symptoms, like negative thinking, hopelessness, and despair were reduced, I was able to still feel a range of emotions. The notion that antidepressants dulled one’s emotional life was more myth than fact.