Posted by bassman on August 26, 2006, at 8:19:36
In reply to Re: does anyone take prozac 5 mg/day, posted by saturn on August 25, 2006, at 20:37:04
The 5 mg worked for a couple months..and then I had to go to 10 mg for the same effect. I'm at 15 mg now, it seems to be working and absolutely no side effects. Oddly, I went to 20 mg (just for he convenience of taking a 20 mg capsule; Lilly doesn't make 10 mg tablets anymore, so I'm told)-and I had ALL sorts of side effects! So I'll stay where I am.
But I had a friend with panic disorder who paced the living room night and day for months, started taking 5 mg Prozac and poof! she was much, much better. She never needed more than 5 mg. Like I said, seems like the panic disorder folks (like myself) seem to benefit from low dosages of Prozac.
UK Ed used to quote a initial study by Lilly where over 50% of the people in the clinical trial responded to 5 mg Prozac, so it seems like it is definately worth a try.
poster:bassman
thread:680112
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060825/msgs/680228.html