My dr just increased mr prozac from 20 mg to 40 mg .i just started taking the 40 mg about an hour ago.?!


Question: My dr just increased mr prozac from 20 mg to 40 mg .i just started taking the 40 mg about an hour ago..?
will it make me feel mental or weird//.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
No it will not. It is being increased gradually- and you will feel an effect just as gradual. It wont feel as if your on a drug - no high feeling... It will help with your depression and thats what you will notice.
Be well =)
BrooklynnHealth Question & Answer


Prozac has been around 22 years, i know because i researched it 21 years ago when i startd it!..
Prozac and PaxilLike cousins, but paxil makes you sedated and you gain weight
) are the only anti-depressents i can take..the usual dosage being 20-80mg.a daying, less chance of sleep problems..
used for eating disorders, panic disorders and depression..40 mg. is a standard dose, and lessens side-effects, an excellent dose, but don't take it more than a few years if that long, and NEVER stop cold turkey(wean off), or unpleasant things like seizures, nausea and vomiting, etc. could result.
How it works: When we feel happy, like after a good work out, we get an 'endorphine high'...meaning our own brain get an increase in a chemical called seratonin. (after a good work out
we get the same thing, like the runners high)..so starting to excercise will also be very helpful, along with a balanced, no junk diet...and talk therapy.
runner;s high.whatever lasts a few hours, but what this little pill Pozac does..is it stops the seratonin from exiting the body, and in so doing, we have a 'constant seratonin high'..this doesn't mean you'll be doing cartwheels every second, you will just feel more in control of your life and emotions, your thinking will be clearer in your thinking, and not overwhelmed so easily. depression will lift, people will notice the difference. But no boogey men, or weirdness!!!)and you will have more energy...that's why it's so popular. Blocking seratonin from leaving the brain, is not harmful, but in the case of depression, eating disorders, panick, whatever..we usually have an inbalance in the chemicls in our brain, and this breakthough has saved many lives. A very, VERY few people out of millions have been suicidal, usually before the drug was actually started working
(and its like 0.1% of the population if even true)!(remember how it took many weeks before there was a high enough blood level of prozac to have any effect.?)..take that with a grain of salt!

ii am just sorry that the prescriber didn't tell you all these things, and/or had the pharmacy give you the info.

So here's to feeling a happier, more balanced, you.. and the drug just helps you through this 'storm/or challenging period you have been going through). personally i would make another appointment and get everything explained to me over the phone or in the flesh, AND get the pharmacy, or several different pharmacies write-ups..its takes less than a minute for them to print it.
let the fear go, i hope this has been some help..i don't usually take this long for to answer, but my heart was touched by your question and i wanted to tell you as much as i could.
pink

as you know, when you started taking it, is took about 4-6 weeks to notice changes, the good ones, being feeling happy, depression gone or nearly, increased energy, etc. the neg. ones are insomnia and agitation..sometimes decreased libido(
mine went up!
)
(some have nausea and weight gain, but i have taken to many people, and they never had this problem)
(in some people, mine went up!)..so please relax and don't fear, the increase will take weeks just like at the start, and many are ion double or triple the dose you are on. the reason for lower doses, is the 2 negative side-effects i mentioned, insomnia and agitation, which i didn't experience except in very high doses. paxil is the other ssri, like a cousin to prozac, but people tend to sleep all day and gain weight. i lost a lot of weight on prozac, and was very high energy, however everyone is different. trust your dr., he should have given you more info, but any drug store will print out everything known about it, for 'lay people', or you can do a net search. your dr. increased it because it musn't have been that helpful at the lowest dose, but it shows that you tolerate it well, so i hope you will be feeling bettter, probably in 2-4 weeks.
You will not feel mental or weird, you will just be yourself, except a lot happier, and with more energy, and increased appreciation for life, and probably and increased desire to connect with people that may have been supressed while depressed.Health Question & Answer

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i hated prozac, when i took it it felt like my brain was shrinking into a ball. look into natural remedies like: 5-htp & gaba.

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