Medication advice

[mossyParticipant]

Hi how long should it take for 60mg Prozac to start making a difference please? My friend is really struggling with her daughter and insists that things should be better after 4 months on different meds different strengths. Now 4 weeks in on 60mg she wants an increase and doesn’t understand why nothings changed.  I don’t think she’s given them enough time. Any advice gratefully received. Thx

[johna2Participant]

Could take up to 12 weeks to see a real change.

[mossyParticipantParticipant]

Thx johna2. I am trying to explain to her that 4 weeks at 60mg is not long enough and that increasing/decreasing/changing medication can be disruptive to the brain but she is desperate for help so not receptive. Even tho she started medication 4 months ago she’s been on 2 types and started on a very low dose. It’s only now after seeing a psychiatrist she’s on 60mg.

[johna2Participant]

They do take a while to kick in. I was on 20 mgs of Citalopram. After 6 weeks my panic attacks ceased, but it took longer to smooth out my anxiety and really impact my ocd.

After another year or so I reduced and came off as I had started to experience side effects.

Really the medication is supposed to work alongside therapy. For ocd it’s cbt/erp.

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