has anyone come off Prozac after many years successfully?

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My GP is lovely but can't get an appointment and also genuinely feel a bit like the GP just googles same articles I can myself!

I've been on Prozac for YEARS (15yrs +) and just can't get off the bloody things. They have saved my life but I'm now in a great place, v happy and want to come off them.

I've been weaning very very slowly - taken 5mths to get from 40mg to 20mg and now withdrawal has kicked in big time. I feel horrendous. Nausea, diarrhoea, fatigue, fuzzy head, terrible anxiety, rage, weepy - comes in massive waves every few hours. I cut down to 20mg 4weeks ago and suddenly these awful withdrawal symptoms have started and are getting worse everyday.

I KNOW this is a chemical reaction because 4wks ago I was happy and great. I also recognise this feeling as why I always end up going back up a dose because it's unbearable and I start feeling like I'm losing my mind and can't function.

Has anyone ever got off these tablets for good? How long do I stick it out?
I've read you can switch to a different anti depressant and then try and get off that?

(I want to come off them because whilst they have saved me they also leave me a bit numb and I can't orgasm which is v important to me - also Im in a really good place in life and want to just be me!)

Any help or advice would be great - i think that people who have actually been through it know more than GP and articles on internet.

I did but after 30 years of on and off and different types. I only managed it after I retired though.

I found that supplementing with pretty large amounts (that is as recommended by experts rather than NHS) magnesium and a Vitamin D3 protocol, really helped.

Having said that I still occasionally get brain zaps but they are becoming less and less frequent. I stopped taking them, after cutting down over a year about 6 years ago now.

Thank you for sharing! It's a bugger isn't it?