Prozac

kahndee · Post by **kahndee** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:54 pm

How soon after stopping prozac should one start experiencing changes?

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:45 am

Kahndee, what kind of changes? In mood, RLS, or side effects?

I hope you tapered off of it slowly - I think unless you have only been taking it for a few days or so, you need to stop it slowly. You probably already know all that, but just in case, thought I'd mention it.

Ann

kahndee · Post by **kahndee** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:33 pm

I know it takes 7 weeks to get out of your system. I was thinking about changes in the RLS. The first day I didn't take it I was able to tolerate working with very few problems.

I can't taper off because I was on the lowest dose to begin with.

Thanks for you help.

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:48 pm

As long as you are feeling well having stopped it, that's all that counts. Just for reference to anyone else tapering off a med at the lowest dose, if the med has a long half-life, you can switch to taking it every other day before stopping it completely, then every three days if necessary.

Boy, I don't know how long it would take to stop affecting the RLS, but would think it would be relatively quick. But if it takes 6 weeks to get out of your system (wow, that is long), then maybe you won't see a complete effect for awhile. It has to do with how the SSRI interrupts your brain's 'normal' creation and use of serotonin and dopamine. Once it normalizes, the RLS will abate some. It may not completely go away, unless the RLS was completely caused by the SSRI.

Ann