Need advice on medication dosage

@Wilvye Congrats! Advocating for yourself can be difficult; I am proud of you 🥳

Update, my phsycyatrist finally is allowing me to change my meds!!

As some one disabled by psych meds and irresponsible psychiatrists, find a better psych doctor and a good therapist. Research what they prescribe, and if you have the money genetic testing can tell you exactly which meds to avoid as you will most likely react poorly too. Wish this option was talked about or more affordable. But try to keep the dose low and come off a med slowly tapering before slowly titrating the next one. Learn about Akathisia and the Tardive movement disorders so you can look out for signs as it can be reversed if caught earl hope this helps.

I went through this too and I recommend changing to a different one if your current one isn't listening to you

@Janie Wow, same. I quit Prozac cold turkey too. Not a good idea. Been on Cymbalta since 2014 and it's better for me because no withdrawal effects if I ever decide to go off it. Also it's not an SSRI, which most antidepressants are.

My psychiatrists used to do this with Prozac, it took me going into a manic stage and stopping all of my meds cold turkey before they finally realized it wasn't the right med for me.(I wouldn't recommend that tho lol) If you truly don't feel like this medication is doing it's job it might be time to see a new psychiatrist or ask about weening off of it.

Trust your own judgement. Most doctors nowadays only go off of textbook experience. They don’t understand your body or how you feel and only you can truly gage what you feel should be in your body or not. If necessary, ask what the appropriate methods are for weaning off, then give your body some time to level again before attempting another medication if you’re hoping for one.

I would recommend seeing a different psychiatrist. if you can't, you might have to be assertive, if you haven't already. it's intimidating, but sometimes it's the only way to get them to listen

Can you see a different psychiatrist?