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Fluoxetine (Prozac): How to get off it?

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 26, 2021 | Replies (49)

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I've been on 10mg of fluoxetine for 2 almost 3 years. I was pregnant for one of them. I'm having major memory problems. I just don't feel like myself anymore. I wish my therapist would have helped me instead of just putting me on meds. BUT anyways. I tried to go cold turkey but was just about having a psychotic break. Very much don't recommend. Any ways i got my prescriber to do the liquid so i can start tapering but i don't even know where to start. Im not time crunched or anything so ill go as slow as needed. Please no negatives or talking about your withdraw symptoms because if i read about it adopt those symptoms. I think its just a mind thing I'm not sure I've done it since i was a child lol. any help really appreciated.

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Recommended withdrawal from prozac is 25% 1/4 dose reduction per week. Some doctors prefer a 6 week withdrawal. Withdrawal symptoms are said to be completed 7 days from the last dose.
You may want a slower withdrawal rate. 1% 1/10th per week might make be an easier transition.
Fluoxetine liquid comes in a concentation of 20mg fluoxetine in 5mL of liquid, (check your bottle to be sure) meaning there is 4mg of fluoxetine in 1mL. If you are taking 10mg Prozac now, the liquid equivalent would 2.5mL. If you want to take 9mg of Prozac, you would take 2.25mL of the liquid
1 mL= 4mg
0.5mL = 2mg
0.25mL = 1mg
0.2ml = 0.8mg
With the only warning that raising two small children can cause loss of memory and loss of self. It's temporary until they are about ten years old.
Best wishes

Some doctors and pharmacists know, some don't. From what I have learned from in-depth online research and from reading "The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs," one can taper too quickly but not too slowly. The slower you go, the more likely you are to succeed. If you feel withdrawal effects, then you know to take a step back. Two steps forward and one step back will still get you to the finish line. Best wishes.