Stopping Fluoxetine

Hi there, i started fluoxetine 3days ago but am already feeling side effects and want to stop. Will the withdrawals still occur even after only taking them for 3days? I was prescribed 20mg for post natal depression and anxiety. I dont think i want to be on then as want to try and perservere with brwast feeding which ive been told i have to stop as soon as im on them. I dont know what to do.

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In 2002 I didn't think i'd be able to breastfed because I took SSRI. However, a major Chicago pediatric practice said it was fine to nurse and take Zoloft, so I did, to give baby a good start. Supplemented with 2 bottles Enfamil a day, just in case. Also reduced Zoloft to 100mg instead of 150mg. on my own initiative, enough to get by, I thought. Had post partum depression, and later terrible insomnia. Saw two psychiatrists, both took no issue with my breastfeeding and Zoloft usage.

See if there's an antidepressant withnwhich you can still breastfeed. These things change all every 5 or 10 yrs. time. By the way, my baby is 14 yrs. old now, Honor Roll student.

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What side effects are you experiencing? The NIH lists the typical ones for this medication as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth, and weight loss...and it is generally not considered dangerous, while breast feeding.

Have you started taking it, yet?

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