I'm surprised your pdoc didn't wean you off the Prozac, especially after being on it for 11 years. Maybe you should call your pdoc and let him/her know how you are feeling. Sorry I can't offer any more help. (((hugs)))

they have been weaning me off-its partly made worse by 2 males in my life who are jealous of my new relationship! sounds vain, but the case! Ivan and Bryan both somewaht selfish and narcissistic (havent told them this@@) pretend to want what is best for me but if not best for them....I get the abusivbe emails from one severing our relationship, and the silent treatment from the other. my roomie. Ray is in Australia looking after his dog...! lol. cant come to see me, Im ok but wish people who arent professional stay off my case. I've known Ray since 1975/6 . he is so kind! loves helping people.esp since surviving cancer over past 3 years.thanks for your inputbeckyp!!!!!!

I hope that it goes well Dinah..... If not you've tried and you can always go back on it if it helps you.... Big hug..... xo

Sounds like a Lifetime Christmas Story. (Your 2 guys) Maybe your doctor can give you something to help calm your anxiety from being off the Prozac?

Yowza! When I was hospitalized back in October I came home and was smoking a pack a day when before a pack lasted 5 or so days. Make sure pdoc knows the side effects of tapering off this drug

Girlfriend, cold turkey at 20mg's is too much. You should be tapering down to at least 5 mg over a period of at least a couple of months before you try and stop, at 5mg or 2.5 mg (cut a 5 mg in half).

Withdrawals of Psych meds are tougher than narcotics due to the Psychiatric part of it. Not only is your body physically dependent on the medication, your brain has a need for it to regulate your emotions and anxiety. So Prozac requires a nice slow taper. There's no need to rush it, and you need to be dedicated to doing it slow and getting off of it completely.

If your just going to replace it with something else then you don't need to do a slow taper you can replace it after a 10mg lessening with a drug in the same class.

Take care and I hope your able to get off this properly.

I think I was on the prozac for depression, and have been a bit forgetful as we say with no real probs.
a bit anxious, teeth touching and sweaty hands etc, but nothing I can t handle.
I have some zopiclone as a backup for being in love with the new bf-
and got 6 or 7 hours last night.
i am tapering off epilim one pill a month and staying on lithium for a year.
I liked the pdoc and trust him to help me achieve my goals.
it can happen to go into remission frombipolar- I didntt realise before.
like cancer.
love to all who'd like some DS hugs Merry Christmas- awesomely happy 2018 xx

Sorry you don't go into Remission from BiPolar. You can become Stable on Meds and Therapy. And then you adjust your meds to a Stable dose. I've been able to do this for a few long periods, I'm talking 10 yrs. at a time. But If I'd have stopped all of my meds, the Stability would have stopped.

You don't go into Remission where you can just stop all of your meds. Unfortunately I fear you'll understand this when you wean off of all of your meds...

Ill look into this and come back.Hopefully a fruitfuldiscusion will be had.. Merry Christmas to all. DS Love and Stregth and Hugs all round eh.