Re: Fluoxetine Suddenly not working
Originally Posted by
Jamie123
Hi Guys, so I have been on fluoxetine for around 26 days now and I have definitely seen improvements in the past 3 weeks however in the last 2 days as well as this morning it feels like it has just stopped working, I feel the same as I was before taking it
Fluoxetine is unlikely to have stopped working because it probably hasn't even started yet. It typically takes 4-12 weeks for SSRIs to kick-in and because fluoxetine has a very long half-life, about 6 days for the med itself itself and up to 16 days for its active metabolite norfluoxetine which does most of the work, fluoxetine often takes longer to become effective than other ADs.
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