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Can Prozac Be Abruptly Discontinued?

Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2017

Question: Hello, my psychiatrist and I have recently decided to up my Lamictal from 100mg to 200mg as I was feeling really down. I also started back on 20mg of Prozac which I've only taken for a week now. I'm happy about the increase in Lamictal however I feel the Prozac has put me in a mild manic state where I want to have sex all the time. I actually took it upon myself to start back on it which I feel now was a mistake. She said since I had already started taking it t then continue. I want to stop taking it and was wondering if that would be alright since I've only been on it a week? She actually let's me make my own decision as to whether or not I want to take this or that anyway. Would there be any problem in stopping it? Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No problem in stopping it.

Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking from healthcaremagic.com

I can understand your concern. You have take Prozac for a week only that too in low doses. Stopping the drug abruptly will not cause any serious issues. So there is no problem in stopping it.

Thanks and Take care

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar