I have been taking 40 mg of Prozac for the past year and a half or so. I've been doing really well but have gained weight, so my doctor has suggested going down to 20 mg and seeing how it goes (I'm hoping that from there I can attempt to taper off altogether to see if I do well, but that's for a later day). Since I have capsules, she wrote me a new script for 20 mg that I can fill.

However, I am going on vacation in a few days for a couple of weeks - and I'm concerned that I'll have withdrawal symptoms that will ruin my trip. I've had times before where I've missed pills for a few days and it was very unpleasant. Would it be best for me to just wait until after my trip to fill the script? Does anyone have experience going to a lower dose?