Posted by bleauberry on January 22, 2012, at 18:09:18
In reply to Feeling very down despite Fluoxetine 20 mg 3 wks, posted by Gerri on January 20, 2012, at 23:29:58
Well, any of the meds we take can actually create or worsen the very feelings you are experiencing. Sometimes just not do anything. Those are the chances we take. But hey 20mg is fairly low. 40mg and 60mg I think are more common doses. I actually know of someone taking 200!!! Now ok let's say you increase your dose and then feel even worse than now. Well then you have a pretty good clue the med itself is the problem and it needs to be swapped out for something else. Or another option is to just try to give it some more time because sometimes it can take 6 weeks or more to even get a hint something is happening. I dunno, I was on prozac for 8 years, then I switched to other meds for a couple years, and then when I went back to prozac it was not friendly to me at all. Somehow things had changed on the second go-around. That doesn't happen with everyone but it happens enough to mention it.
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