Re: Med increases = increased anxiety?

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In a message dated 5/24/2006 12:26:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

dina.n.jones@... writes:

upping her Prozac from 30 to 40 mgs. She is 2 weeks into this and

having a really hard time. I remember her having a really hard time

getting on it initially and it took about 6-8 weeks and then all the

anxiety was gone. Is it the same with increases?

Dina

We've had a couple different experiences with the Prozac increases. We

noticed that within a few days of starting the increase she had some wonderful

improvement days... then a backslide (not real bad though... just like the new

improvements acquired just disappeared) for about a week or so... then

improvement again that stuck with her. We had a really bad right around Easter

vacation (but I understand most people did on the board) it was so bad, I

called

her doctor & asked if we could up her dosage by phone before the next appt

(this would have taken her from 40 to 50mg) The doctor said no because at

only 3 weeks, we haven't realized the full benefit of the last increase. She

said it takes a full 5 - 6 weeks to realize the full benefit, so we waited.

Looking back on it, I almost have to wonder if the quick improvement we've

seen within the first week of an increase is possibly a psychological effect

of taking the higher dose -- or if it was just the first " blast " of increased

meds, then an evening-out period before her body adjusted to it.

LT