Thread: 80 mg Prozac?
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Old Oct 13, 2017, 01:00 PM
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hi. 80mgs is on the high end of the usual dosage range. what are you remaining problems? any adverse effects from the prozac?

adding a drug sometimes helps. abilify, rexulti, seroquel, even low dose risperidone. lithium, buspar, wellbutrin, stimulants, gabapentin, lamictal, trileptal, depakote...on and on it goes. it depends on your problems, your response to drugs, your history, and your doctor's preferences, too.

i guess maxing out the prozac might make sense. at least that way you can know for sure it isn't the drug for you (?). prozac has a long half life, so even if/when you drop it, i think it hangs out in your system for about 5 weeks, kinda self-tapers.

if prozac doesn't "cut it" at 80mgs, I'd kind of think/assume your next drug selection should --not-- be an ssri. ssri drugs work differently, have different effects, etc., but if you do not get the results needed out of the max dose...id see about talking to the prescriber about moving on to another class of psych drugs.

hope this helps. good luck.