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I have been taking fluoxetine for 3 years and this year starting 6 ish months ago i decided to stop. so i have gone from 60mg slowly to 10mg a day. and im doing awful. should i go back up? or keep going and find a new med once im off?
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Contact prescriber: I think that would be a good choice probably to return to what had been helping. Meds don't solve everything so it is common to not recognize the + effect the med is having until off it. but you need a professional to work with to help you manage the medication adequately. Some who knows your history and can help you optimize your treatment. Best Wishes
Answered 11/28/2019
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Call the doctor, and: Doctor will likely say come in for a recheck, and restart the same or a new medication, to get rid of the bad symptoms of teen depression or anxiety or OCD... and thus have better, improved growth and development. It's good to have gotten treatment, and become a better adult than if treatment were missed. Each teen only gets one shot at growing up, so we want her in good psychological shape.
Answered 11/28/2019
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