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EddieCB - Tapering Fluoxetine


EddieCB

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Hi All,

 

I'm hoping that by documenting my journey here, it'll be helpful to someone else, and probably to me too. :)

 

History:

 

Been on SSRIs for almost 20 years.  Started with Sertraline, now on Fluoxetine.

 

So far, all of my attempts at titrating down from either of them have induced some level of withdrawal, of various intensity.  Major symptoms of withdrawal I get are a "sloshy head" feeling, like my ears are ringing and my head is full of some kind of liquid.  Sounds weird, right?  Also brain zaps, but not terribly frequently.  Most annoyingly, panic and insomnia, usually at the same time.

 

This time around, I decided to go slooooow.  Starting from 20mg Fluoxetine, I tried to cut down to 15mg.  9 days later, panic, but somewhat mild.  Decided I'd to a 10% reduction (18mg), and try that for a month, and if all is well, I'll try 10% of that off, etc. - in other words, a logarithmic 10% taper curve, I guess you could say, with at least provisionally a month between steps, barring issues.

 

-Eddie

 

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Mods:  Did I say something wrong or in the wrong way here?  Seems weird I post an introductory message days ago and it never makes it out of the mod queue.  If there's a "right way" to do these I missed, please let me know!

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Welcome, @EddieCB

 

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How long have you been taking 15mg? FYI Tips for tapering off fluoxetine (Prozac)

 

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Thanks,

 

I tapered from 20mg to 15mg on July 15th, and on July24th started getting mild panic attacks.  On the 25th I went up to 18mg.  Have had one more mild panic attack since, but I'll hold at 18mg for at least a few weeks as long as I'm OK.

 

I'll read the tips you posted a link to as well.

 

-Eddie

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