Thread: 80 mg Prozac?
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Old Jun 07, 2012, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Maliya View Post
I've been on 60 mg prozac for the past six weeks with no significant improvement, still many low periods and a lot of anxiety as well as days where I am able to "crash" completely, and go back down to a mood point of 1 or 2 (where 0 is the worst and 10 is the best).

My psychiatrist wants me to go up to 80 mg prozac, but I've rarely heard of anyone being on this... does that make me extremely crazy? Or "broken"? Has anyone ever been on 80, and if so, what was your experience like?

I'm just afraid because I think its the ceiling dose and if that doesn't work, there's no where else to go...
I recently had the same problem. I started on a low dose (20mg) of Prozac about 2 years ago, and every 5-6 months I've had to up the dose to get the same effect. I increased to 80mg and noticed no improvement from 60mg. We decided that a different med is the way to go, so I've just started Cymbalta. The SSRI's tend to not do the job for me. Good Luck!
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