Prozac dosage?

Question

Is there a restriction on how high of a dosage you could perscribe of Prozac to a 14-year-old girl? I've been on 40 mg for 3 months waiting to see an improvement, and I've seen a little difference, but I think that bringing the dosage up might help. I take it for depression, panic attacks, and anxeity. Do you think my doctor would bump up the dosage?

Answer 1

In general 10 mg of Lexapro should be more than sufficient for anyone. Although they are not lethal in large dosage, taking any medication over the prescribed amount is never a good idea.

Please consult you doctor regarding this issue. Different people have different level of tolerance to drugs.

"Too much" Lexapro, alone or in combination with other drugs and/or alcohol will cause you to experience dizziness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, tremor, somnolence, sinus tachycardia, and convulsions.

As usual, long term usage of the same drugs will reduce its effectiveness as you body develop a tolerance. I STRONGLY advice you not to increase your dosage any further. Please consult your doctor at once, he will most probably be able to prescribe another type of medicine for you.

Most importantly, medications will only ease symptoms and give you a well needed break from feeling so terrible each day but they will not cure you of all your problems or symptoms.

If you go on medication but do nothing else constructive to help yourself, you may find the initial symptoms reoccurring once you stop the medication.

Do not expect medicine to "cure" you, they cannot do that! If you want panic attack to stop forever, the change MUST come from you. No amount of medicine can help you here.

It is possible to recover without using medication at all.

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