"prescribed prozac 20 mgs in 1988. in three days i felt much better. tried several times to reduce dosage, but could not stay with lower dosage. i have been on 20 mgs ever since. it gave me back my life. in 1955, i was hospitalized and given electric shock treatments for a month. then the depression returned in 1982(same year of menopause). my psychiatrist prescribed elavil, then palimor, and then prozac. i am now 81 and take the same dosage. still enjoying husband of 63 years, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. thank god, he sent prozac."