By Simon CrabbOne thing I’ve noticed with Prozac is that any changes in dose causes side effects.
Whether you are going from Zero to 20mg, or 20mg to 40mg, or 40mg to 20mg, any changes are probably going to cause side effects.
For me the biggest side effect was dizziness. Recently I’ve reduced dose from 40mg to 20mg and I’ve been dizzy for a week. I’ve actually decided to stay at 40mg afterall!
How can you manage this? Well, it is said that one should make any changes gradually. So you might go from 40 to 20 by taking 40 5 days a week and 20 just two, and then each week increase the days on 20 by one and reduce the days on 40 by one.
You can see how you can work with this to make any changes as smooth as possible.
One final thing, make sure the change is appropriate. Don’t go changing the dose up or down unless both you and your doctor agree on this course of action.