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- 2y
Medication
Hello, so I’ve been taking fluoxetine 10 MG for may be about a month. I feel like with therapy. I am able to better manage my anxiety. Does anyone know if I can just stop taking this cold turkey?
Hello, so I’ve been taking fluoxetine 10 MG for may be about a month. I feel like with therapy. I am able to better manage my anxiety. Does anyone know if I can just stop taking this cold turkey?
If you stop cold turkey you could experience some scary side effects. You have to ween off of it under your doctor’s supervision. Weening off medication is a process and definitely needs to be done safely. Good luck!
No, don’t ever stop any prescribed medication cold turkey. Coming from a medic.
Don’t go cold turkey. I made the mistake of doing that to make sure I had ocd and I feel… not great to say the least
Oh ok do you know what’s the best way to wing off this?
@Anonymous Lower your dosages and wing yourself off of it, it’s best to ask your doctor! :)
Hi everyone, I’m 23 and have been on Zoloft since I was 16. For the past couple months I’ve been having panic attacks more and I’m sick of feeling like a zombie everyday. My boyfriend said I’m very sad and unhappy then when I first met him 2 years ago…. He thinks it’s the medicine. Throughout the years I have upped and lowered my medication, but now, I feel as though it’s not helping. Either it was too much where I didn’t feel emotions at all like very scary stuff or it wasn’t enough to help me. I was given 5mg of Lexapro to try…. I’m scared to take it. All I know is how Zoloft is. I don’t want to go crazy on it, be allergic to it, etc. I feel like I’m going to trip myself out when I take it and not actually feel the difference. I could really use some positive feedback I really just want to be a normal human😭
I was diagnosed with OCD and I started Prozac 10 days ago. I have struggled with intrusive taboo sexual thoughts for 12+ years (I’m 24) but now I feel like it’s turning into feelings. I’ve never done anything to anyone or nor do I wish to ever. I am just scared of my own brain if this is something I actually want. My psychiatrist said I should feel better/start getting clarity after 2 weeks. But I keep feeling worse and worse. Anyone else has experience with Prozac and how it went for them?
I am having a really hard time with ocd and anxious thoughts and feeling extremely uneasy. I'm home alone today so it's really easy for me to get stuck in my thoughts. I'm on day 4 of prozac. I felt like yesterday I had a period of time of about 30 minutes where I felt really focused and like the anxiety lifted completely. But then an obsession started and it brought me right back down. Hopefully I feel relief again today. I'm going to go get some house work done to take my mind off of things. Does anyone have any first hand experiences with prozac? How long until you felt any relief? Any really bad side effects? Any unforseen pluses? Much appreciated.
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