Can fluoxetine make you feel numb?

Can fluoxetine make you feel numb?

On antidepressant medication, it is possible that you might experience a sense of feeling numb and less like yourself.

What happens when you reduce Prozac?

Stopping fluoxetine abruptly may result in one or more of the following withdrawal symptoms: irritability, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, nightmares, headache, and/or paresthesias (prickling, tingling sensation on the skin). Depression is also a part of bipolar illness.

Is 10 mg Prozac enough?

Adults—At first, 10 milligrams (mg) once a day in the morning. Your doctor may adjust your dose as needed. However, the dose is usually not more than 60 mg per day. Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.

How long does it take for 10mg of Prozac to leave your system?

Fluoxetine itself should clear the patient’s system by 99 percent in 25 days; however, there are metabolites secreted while taking Prozac (known as norfluoxetine), which will take 22 to 82 and a half days to clear.

How do I wean off prozac 10 mg?

Prozac Tapering Guidelines Include: You can cut the 10 mg pills in half for smaller dosing. You can even try to cut them smaller. Prozac is rather forgiving if the cuts are not exact. Dosage cuts have to be adjusted for personal tolerance and sensitivity, but a good range would be in the 10-25\% range.

How long does it take to wean off fluoxetine?

Tapering usually lasts 4 weeks, but a doctor may suggest tapering the medication over 6–8 weeks to reduce the risk or severity of symptoms. Due to the long half-life of Prozac, some people may not need to taper off and can simply stop taking it.

How can I decrease my Prozac dose from 30Mg to 20mg?

In your situation, where you are decreasing your Prozac dose from 30 mg to 20 mg, your doctor may recommend simply dropping down to that new dose, without tapering. In fact, it is difficult to taper Prozac by 10 mg or less, as 10 mg is the minimum dose increment commercially available.

Does Prozac have withdrawal reactions?

Due to the long half-life of Prozac, withdrawal reactions should be relatively mild if only decreasing 10 mg, if they occur at all. It is important to remember however that it may take some time to realize a decrease in side effects (again, due to the long half-life of the drug).

How long does it take for 10mg of Prozac to work?

10mg of Prozac is usually a starting dose and if I remember correctly Prozac doesn’t usually become effective in a week. I don’t think most doctors would up the dose to 20mg within a week’s time period. Those are still at the low end of the dosage range but a week is too short a time to judge whether the drug is going to be of benefit to you.

What are the side effects of Prozac and fluoxetine?

Because Prozac has an extremely long half-life there should not be any withdrawal side effects but your underlying depression may gradually return. I agree with Dr. Cho. Fluoxetine has an extremely long half life, with some active metabolites half-lives measuring in weeks.