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
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.
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.
They make it in tablet form too if you need to cut dose down that way
Thank you Monica...I wish the pharmacy could switch out for me...may check
It took months for mine to kick in and still have the odd bad day. Stick with it
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
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.
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
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?
I get the spacey feeling too!
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.
I really hate the spaciness; makes me feel I can do nothing; a huge mental block.