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Old Jul 06, 2012, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Red_Cyclops View Post
Hi. I just came off of Prozac after about 2-3 years of use. I started at 10 mg and then slowly had to keep upping the dosage to get the desired effects. Eventually I got to the max recommended dose of 80 mg and it just did not work anymore. This "poop out" can happen with any antidepressant. I think Prozac is a good starting point - it did wonders for me for awhile and had very few side effects. It is also supposed to be one of the easiest to come off of because of a long half life.
(Prozac never worked for anxiety for me).
So the Prozac is more of an upper than anything? Just to boost my mood? I'm looking to be on as few medications as possible, but my anxiety/panic attacks are my biggest problem; they're usually what sends me into my depressions.