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Hi all just wondering if any of you have had any experience with the following: I have been on 40mg Prozac for approx 4 years. After 2 years I went down to 20mg and over the last year I have been slowly weaning off by going one tablet every 2nd day, then 1 every 3rd day then off. It has now been 6-7weeks since my last prozac and I am experiencing mild anxiety. Last week was fine but the week before was a bit anxious (but nothing I couldn't cope with) and now this morning I have woken up feeling a bit anxious again and feeling sick and with diarehea (sp?). Now it could just be that I'm ill but I hate that it's so hard to know. I can get through it fine but just wondered if anyone else had experienced this and if it could just be a bit of withdrawel rather than the anxiety coming back? I must say that although I get through it is not pleasant :-( Thanks for looking

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Hi! I was on prozac 20mg for about four years and once I decided to come off it, I did not taper down, but just went to every other day and since prozac has a very long half-life (the time it takes for half the drug to clear your system), I barely noticed any withdrawal, physical especially. I had some mild anxiety but was also on xanax which helped with that. From what I have heard and read, prozac is one of the easiest A/D's to stop; of course everyone is different. If the anxiety does not improve maybe you should check with your doctor. Hope you feel better soon.