Posted by Conundrum on November 23, 2010, at 22:43:01
In reply to Re: Prozac: Now I'm really worried, posted by ed_uk2010 on November 23, 2010, at 15:26:27
If they make prozac, like when I was on it, you can just pull the capsul apart and take like 75% of it for awhile and then decrease and put it back together again. Also you can get 10 mg pills and break them up. For me the lowest dose that still had any effect was 2.5 mg. After that it might be able to stop completely. I'm sorry you are having a rough time. Some people, unfortunately, are very sensitive to med withdrawals.
> > Withdrawing from Prozac. Taking 3- 1 mg lorazepam
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> Lorazepam can cause dependence rapidly. The withdrawal symptoms from lorazepam are usually much more severe than from Prozac. There is really no justification for using lorazepam to help you get off Prozac.
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> Prozac is not generally a difficult drug to stop, you just need to decrease the dose gradually. There is a syrup available which can help. You can simply reduce slowly eg. if you were on 20mg per day reduce to 16mg for a few weeks then 12mg for a few weeks and so on. You can use an oral syringe to measure the dose.
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