Posted by sandygirl2 on October 18, 2005, at 10:15:35
In reply to Re: Stopped taking Prozac on my own...........???, posted by valene on October 17, 2005, at 9:55:22
Hi. I slowly started tapering off the 40mg/day dose to 40mg/10days over about a year's time. I took my last pill in early Sept. For the last two weeks I have been going through woozines/dizziness and insomnia (delayed sleep induction). You need to give your body a few months to adjust and modify your behaviour so as to not intensify the withdrawl symptoms and other symptoms that got you on the meds in the first place. I would talk to your doctor/therapist about behavior modification and alternatives to taking meds to ease symptoms, or find a new doc that does this. Some people have to be on meds because their body naturally doesn't produce the chemicals needed to function normally. I hope you can find out which treatment is best for you.
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