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What is the best way to get off prozac (fluoxetine)? i have been on antidepressants for 6 months. i want to get off of them.

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Discuss: with your doctor your symptoms and your reason to quit the medication.

Answered 8/31/2014

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Dr. Carrie Cannon answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ask doc: With help from your physician. If you have had more than one major depressive episode, it would be better to stay on them longer because it recurs at the rate of 50% after 2 and >90% after 3 episodes. Prozac is so long acting that it tapers itself for the most part, but you may feel muscles jumping independently and other withdrawal symptoms while decreasing your dose by 10mg every 2-3 weeks.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It is best to taper: off the prozac (fluoxetine) under the supervision of your physician/ psychiatrist.

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