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Can proxac stop working after 9 weeks?

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Anyone had prozac stop working? Ive been on and off Prozac for 20+ years. Last year i weened down from 40 to 5mg. anxiety and catastrophic thinking came back. went back up to 20mg on 9/8/19, then to 30mg on 10/8, then 40mg on 10/26. Felt good from 11/26-12/27. Since 12/27 feels like im back tk square one and its not working. Having to take .5mg of lorazepam once a day the past four days to get by....ugh.

Anyone else have this happen? Not sure if its a blip, or i need to increase dosage again or try a new med

Can prozac just stop working for people?

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Hello, please do not play about with the dose of your Prozac, I did that and it got me in trouble, my Dr. explained to me I needed it just as a Diabetic needs insulin. So I was happy on it for 10 years, then I built up a tolerance. My psychiatrist put me on Zoloft, it worked well for 10 years then I had the same problem, now I have been playing pill roulette, fighting horrible depression/anxiety. Last Sept I went on Cymbalta, it has worked for me, started off on 20 mg a day, then upped it to 50 mg, it is a combined antidepressant and anti anxiety I have got myself back and am feeling great, I also have a wonderful therapist who has helped me So much. So yes we can build up a tolerance, talk with your Dr. get the help you need, you do not need to suffer. Hope this is of help for you. I send you courage, strength, peace, love and hugs, along with a Happy New Year and Healthy 2020. Sprinkle 1.......

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This was all regulated by my psych. I was just wondering if it's a blip in recovery in week 10 since I felt good weeks 7/8/9.

As Sprinkle stated, don’t be self dosing. It’s not up to you to play with the dose of a prescribed medication especially of all things as an antidepressant. If your psychiatrist is tweaking the dose that would be appropriate but somehow I doubt that the MD would be making all of those tweaks within such a short time span.

Get back on your actual prescribed dose of Prozac and leave it alone. You’re wreaking havoc on your system, not allowing the medication to take full effect. It could very well help you but only if taken appropriately.

I suggest an appointment with your psychiatrist, you may need to actually start over with a low dose and slowly increase again per the psychiatrist’s orders.

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The Dr told me to go up on those amounts so I have been following. The last month was good and now on week 10 it's bad. I'm just wondering if it's just a blip?

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Ohhhh ok! Thanks for clarifying.

I’m surprised that the psych changed it from 10/8-10/26, that seems like a really short time and a quick change without even giving that dose a chance. Of course I’m not an MD, so I cannot say!

It could very well be that the Prozac just isn’t a good fit for you anymore and that, yes, a new med may need to be tried.

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lorazapan sure feels good, but I know its not good for you. I tried Prozac also but sexual side effects were terrible. Maybe Cymbalta will help.

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Hi JamesDean, Ive been on Prozac for 30yrs. Experimented with lowering the dose, because it seemed to stop working. I had to increase the amount back up to what it was, and also add welbutrin. Those two together seem to work for me. Although i still have my rough patches. Good luck to you, hope that helps.

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I was on Prozac for about 3 months and it never worked. I know that you are not suppose to just stop using it but to me it was just a waste of my time and money. I would later learn that almost all antidepressants do not work for me. I should include that I am a survivor of a Traumatic Brain Injury so maybe the chemicals in my brain are just too messed up. In 2013 I began to have difficulty sleeping and my Endocrinologist is a very sneaky way prescribed me the Antidepressant Celexa. In about 20 days it began to work and I have never felt better in my life. 3 months after starting it, it just stopped working one day and I came close to jumping off a 12-story building. My Doctor got away with nearly killing me, but she can rot in hell. In the summer of 2018 I became suicidal, and I was ready to hang myself. My wife caught me and took me to a mental hospital where I was treated. They straightened out my twisted brain, and they put me on Celexa, and later on heavy doses of Zoloft and a few other antidepressants, but they never worked. In the summer of 2019 the branch of the Mental Hosp where I was suggested that I have TMS Therapy which is a form of Magnetic impulses that is supposed to stimulate the neurons in my brain. It was a 7 week program but after it was done, it failed to take effect. I now refuse to take any drugs or anymore therapies. I have accepted that my Brain is just different and I have accepted the way it now works. Drugs can help and for many they work wonders but every brain in different and mine is just incurable. I have accepted by fate in life and I do not think that I will hurt myself. No guarantees though. All the best and just keep trying!

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