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I read some of the reasons Drs won't recommend a Prozac bridge going off SSIR'S and it is nonsense. Drs. are so afraid of getting sued they will just let their patients really suffer. Just take away some of the SSIR for the Prozac and wait until that SSRI is out of your system which I believe takes about 3 days. I would wait 3-5 days and trade more of the SSRI for the Prozac and again wait 3-5 days until I was only on 40-60mg of Prozac and I stayed on that for 2 months as some of the withdraw symptoms take awhile to go away but the body is physically off the SSRI so there is no Serotonin Syndrome problems. It worked so well for me and I had no adverse effect when I was in the process of removing the SSRI. I did not suffer the side effects which was worth the risk and it turned out there was no problem. I think we have to advocate for ourselves. They are more concerned about themselves than us at times. If you try it, good luck.

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@sallyo420 thanks for replying I have been off Mirtazipine three nights now and my anxiety is manageable but I can’t sleep past 3am due to histamine rush burning skin sensation so only getting four hours max for three nights feel very tired now and fear caving in. Cannot take any valerian or chamomile based support as on blood thinners. Prozac would not help me sleep either so feel a bit worried I will have to go back on Mirtazipine but that feels like failure- at what cost?