TaperCommunityValium — Started 02/2025, max of 20mg — current 10mg - holding | Lexapro 5mg - Started 9/25 | Prozac 10mg — Started 8/13/26 — Ended 9/2 | Cymbalta 20mg - 1 month, 40mg - 6 months, 60mg - 1 month, 90mg - a few days, 60mg - 1 month, 40mg - 15 days, 20mg - 3 weeks, discontinued 8/13/26 | LDN 4.5mg - 1 year - discontinued | with clinician
"I am actually on day 1 of the Prozac, my longer term drug I am having issues stopping is duloxetine. Doctor suggested a switch after discontinuation symptoms became intense at 20mg per day." — @Flyguy10So your doctor had you do a direct switch from Duloxetine to Prozac? Prozac takes a long time to build up in your system and it may not prevent you from going into severe withdrawal from the Duloxetine. Please proceed cautiously and see my response to your other post. Doctors generally do not have experience in psychiatric drug withdrawal and how these drugs work on the brain. Another option is to stick with the Duloxetine since your brain is used to that, do a very long hold at the 20 mg so you can stabilize, and then do a very slow taper off. What do you think?
Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg
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