- Username
- AcceptUncertainty
- Date posted
- 426d ago
- Health Concern OCD
- BIPOC with OCD
- Somatic OCD
- Mid-life adults with OCD
Low dose Prozac
Has anyone on here ever had success with a low dose of Prozac? 5mg?
Has anyone on here ever had success with a low dose of Prozac? 5mg?
Yes, I’m on 10mg and it definitely helps. The plan is to try to move me up to 15 or 20 to get more relief but it’s still a huge difference being on it at 10. Not sure about 5mg but I would think it would do something, better than nothing. Maybe start there and see how it goes
@OCDMM I started on 10mg but it was too much for me. I decided to stop but I really want to do everything to deal with my depressive symptoms. So my doctor cut it in half. My body is sensitive to meds. It’s really easy for me to feel side effects because of how hypersensitive I am.
@AcceptUncertainty A lot of people have fewer side effects on Lexapro, not my experience but seems like for most people so maybe you could go higher on a different SSRI
@OCDMM I started on Celexa and then moved to Lexapro. Neither worked, so they then moved me to Prozac.
Yeah, I have the same problem, this is the third I’ve tried and I tolerate it the best but I seem to have issues when I moved up on Paxil and Lexapro. Hoping I can go higher on this one. I can’t seem to ever get to a “therapeutic dose”
i’m on 20mg now i was originally given 10mg but i wasn’t consistent with it because i could never remember if i taken it or not and i was scared to double dose bc i didn’t know the side effects lol but 20mgs have been okay with me so far i’ve been on it for 4 weeks now the only mild side effects i’ve noticed is weird dreams and sleeping long hours during the night.