Is 40 mg to much

[rossthekid]

Well I have gave it a good go, I think, over 2 weeks on 40 mg and the anxiety increase, after increasing, is better but the last 3 days I feel drugged up dizzy and headaches plusplus. So I think maybe 40 mg is too much for me, I only gave it 4.5 weeks on 20 mg and started to feel slightly better so I tried the higher but it is to much. Any help or thoughts?

[Catherine S]

Hi ross, what are you taking 40mg of exactly?

[OncewasSupergirl]

Consult your GP before any changes but my personal thought is that if you were making improvement on 20mg that would of been adequate. The 40mg is probably just a bit much, why did you up the dose so soon? GP advice? X x

[rossthekid]

Yes Prozac. My Gp advised double of the dose after just 4 weeks with some the 40mg has taken a further 2 weeks to kick in and my head is killing me.

[OncewasSupergirl]

The initial dose should be given 6-12 weeks to see if therapeutic effect is apparent. Personally GPs seem too quick to increase doses without waiting to give the drug a fair crack at working. See your GP mate, but drop back to the 20mg if you're really struggling x

[rossthekid]

Cheers,
Yes I was at 4.5 weeks and felt some effects but not really back to normal and I was a bit surprised to learn the gp ups after 4 weeks. My heart told me as well as many people on here that the full effect would not be felt at least till 6-12 weeks. I feel I have wasted two weeks by uping and maybe longer as my system will need to adjust to the lower dose again, I hope this doesn't take another 2 weeks.

[TweetyBird2]

Going up or down on the dose ...just do it real slowly either way. I honestly believe that some people can get by on less of this stuff..especially in the beginning. You can always up it down the line.
You'll know when it's too strong a dose, or not enough... you'll feel the awful side effects too intensely or else you'll start feeling moody and sad again. We're all different sizes and have different metabolisms ....to think a "one-size-fits-all" pill will work on everyone is just wrong.