My mohter, who is in her early seventies has been taking Prozac for about 2 decades. I know that she takes a high dosage and it has been increased over the years.
Lately, she has been "too happy". She doesn't seem to have any control over her actions, or what she says. She talks contantly, either to stangers on manipulating every family conversation. Everything is a joke to her and we are constantly having to treat her like an hyperactive toddler, telling her to sit down, lower her voice etc and to stop making a fool out of herself.
Please understand that I am not trying to deny her happiness, but she is taking it to the extreme and we are concerned about her. We are concerned at the conversations she has with complete strangers and we are concerned about how she acts at family events.
I am at a loss of how to handle this and am wondering if perhaps her Prozac dosage is now too high- it just seems like a explaination for how she is acting.
Any help appreciated.
2007-02-17 13:05:57 · 3 answers · asked by jaye580 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
talk to her doctor if you that concerned...and let her doctor know what your seeing and how you are concerned...thats your best bet.
2007-02-17 13:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by oxygenO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they did the same thing with my dad and found out that when you get older you need to reduce the dosage as it can become to strong. they ended up reducing my dad's dosage as it was too stong because he got older and they left it and didn't think it would interfer with age but it does. see if they can do a blood level as they did that with my dad and then decreased his level.
2007-02-17 13:18:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know people taking anywhere from 10mg to 160mg a day. It depends on A)tolerance
B)body mass
2007-02-17 13:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just let her be happy!
2007-02-17 13:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by Sven B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋