Has anyone out here ever discontinued Prozac? Did you have side effects?

Question

I have recently discontinued taking Prozac and was wondering if anyone else has done this and if so what side effects you experienced while you were "coming off" of the medication?

I feel great, no depression what so ever, have more energy, but every day, it's like as my body is ridding itself of the medication, I feel something a little different. Weird huh?

Anyway, I was just curious. Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

I stopped cold turkey.. I didn't like depending on a medication to be happy. Nothing happened to me but I've heard of many people having problems even just stopping it slowly. I think everyone's body is different and we're all going to have different side effects of coming off of these drugs.  

Answer 2

Uh, I'm pretty sure you're supposed to come off any of those SSRI's VERY VERY slowly (like taper off the dosage over a period of a couple months). That's what I have heard anyway, so you might want to talk to your doctor about that if you haven't already. You didn't say how long you have been on it, or how long you have been off, but you may not be feeling the effects yet.