Smoking and Fluoxetine

[Bengal5]

After stopping the Fluoxetine and quitting smoking my restless legs have gone completely. Think the smoking has played a big part of the problem for many years (about 20) which gave me restless legs every other day at different times but when I started taking the Fluoxetine the condition was far more severe and my GP prescribed Pramipexole. The Pramipexole was a god send and I stayed on 88microgram tablets once a day for about a year. After reading all the scary stuff on here that’s when I decided I wanted off them. I started with reducing the Fluoxetine and halving the Pramipexole then started vaping instead of smoking and after about 3 weeks the restless legs were gone. I didn’t have any withdrawals from the meds but did do it gradually. Hopefully this will help some of you out there. Good luck!!!

[Kaarina Administrator]

Well done you! Thank you for sharing. Prozac (Fluoxetine) is listed on the RLS-UK website as one of the medications to avoid if suffering from RLS.

[Esme2007 in reply to Kaarina]

Hi Kaarina

Could I ask if paroxetine- also known as seroxat is on the list to avoid too .

Thank you

[Kaarina Administrator in reply to Esme2007]

Hi Esme,

Yes, Paxil/Seroxat (Paroxetine) is included in the Medications to Avoid. Here is the link: rls-uk.org/treatment