Posted by hitman60 on May 15, 2008, at 5:38:51
In reply to Prozac burn-out, posted by pajoco on May 10, 2008, at 12:32:33
I took Prozac once for three years and then I switched to Serzone, but my shrink took me off that after 2 years because of liver issues that were reported. So I went back to Prozac. Like you it started to lose its potency, but I did NOT want to switch, so I got off slowly.
One year later, I thought perhaps I was a bit depressed- seasonal affective stuff, so the doc said try Prozac again. I had lost 30 pounds, was running 4 miles a day and doing good stuff for my body. After 5 dozes, I experience serotonin surge, and was sweaty, anxious, paranoid and agitated to the max. He told me to stop immediately. The explanation was since I was exercising so intently I had probably built up my serotonin level, coupled with the wt loss and my body did NOt need serotonin.Point is those SSRI's can be tricky. I am finished with them. My big problem now is tapering off this .5 mg of Klonopin..what a bitch that is!
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