20 mg vs 40 mg of prozac

[Cirqueme]

Hey yall, I was recently on 20 mg of prozac but was still responding anxiously to outside stressors
....so, my dr thought I'd benefit to upping my meds to 40mg. Has anyone gone from 20mg to 40mg and had it help with anxiety?

 

[Missy]

Hey yall, I was recently on 20 mg of prozac but was still responding anxiously to outside stressors
....so, my dr thought I'd benefit to upping my meds to 40mg. Has anyone gone from 20mg to 40mg and had it help with anxiety?

Yes, I was on 20 mg and my doctor increased it to 40 mg. It does help but I have found for me that therapy along with it helped better.

 

[Cirqueme]

What was the biggest benefit from upping it that you noticed?

 

[Missy]

What was the biggest benefit from upping it that you noticed?

For me, I really didn't experience depression, which is why I was prescribed it to begin with. Like I said the therapy has helped with the anxiety. I tried some anti-anxiety meds such as hydroxyzine HCL, which helps with the anxiety but it really made me sleepy. So I took it at bedtime as needed. I was also prescribed Buspirone, which did help somewhat but in a different way. I did not take the hydroxyzine HCL when I took the Buspirone. Everyone is different.

 

[E.B]

Hey yall, I was recently on 20 mg of prozac but was still responding anxiously to outside stressors
....so, my dr thought I'd benefit to upping my meds to 40mg. Has anyone gone from 20mg to 40mg and had it help with anxiety?

I did the same jump but it was with paxil. I did notice it helped initially...and it didn't give me any bad side effects