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As a fellow ocd suffer , If it’s cool to ask , why does it bother you for him to be with another ? Just as he moved on so will you and I’m sure you’ll find a great person again to :) I do feel the medicine switch may be a factor as well but not sure Either way I wish u well
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I also take prozac for my ocd and I feel like it makes me more anxious. Medications make a huge difference, but remember that there are other things you can do to calm yourself down. I’m not going to tell you that those thoughts will go away, because i know ocd isn’t something you can just ignore.
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That’s a great idea! I’ll do that now! So far I’ve just been living on Xanax and Ativan to keep my mind from racing. Thank you!
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Thank you so much. I just obsess over anything and it makes me sick to my stomach with worry. It could be a random pain in my chest or something with my dog... it’s aggravating and I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. I hate being trapped in my own head and the worst part is no one undestands in my life and I I never have anyone telling me everything will be ok.
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Thank you! I actually spoke with my doctor and we decreased my Prozac to ween me off. I’m going back to my original medication lexapro. I thought switching would have been a better idea but I’m just gonna stick with what I know works for me. I hate how my brain just doesn’t shut down. Then when I’m at work I feel trapped and can’t leave which is agonizing and I end up calling in. Mental health is horrible!
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Seriously!
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Have you don’t any script writing around these obsessions? I know one exercise that helped me in a breakup was to write a fake letter to them telling them everything I wished I could say and that I was worrying about and feeling. Every time I started to obsess, I’d read the letter and then afterwords I’d realize I have nothing else I need to think about because I’d just read it all. After a few weeks, I stopped thinking about it anymore.
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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?
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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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Ok so this all could be for reassurance but I’m rlly upset en and need help. So to preface, I had ocd when I was younger her and when I started dating my current bf it suddenly returned but ig I didn’t realize it was rocd bc I never knew it could present itself in this way. All I knew was “go away I just wanna love my bf and stop liking other guys” when my brain would get me so confused. A couple weeks ago I started on Luvox and I thought it was rlly working bc I also started seeing an ocd specialist and she gave great tips on exposures and the Medication in conjunction w that jus felt like it finally make me myself again. However, yesterday I had some gwneral intrusive thoughts in the morning and right before that, I was on top of the world so happy bc I was myself again. When the thoughts came I was like ew oh whatever. UNTIL my brain was like nagging me and making me feel guilty for having those thoughts. So I dove into em making sure they weren’t true etc. bc that never fixes anything it kept progressively getting worse and I forgot my exposures in those moments bc I just wanted to make sure I loved my man and didn’t do smth against him. Towards the later day, I was swimming w my siblings and my bf and the whole time I had a blast bc he’s the best, but I had nagging thoughts and feelings saying some guy from my new job is similar looking but slightly better looking and he’s the one guy I’ll leave my bf for. And it’s been saying that and variations of it from over 24 hrs now and I feel so awful. I feel guilty and to make things worse. Last night bc I spiraled/ relapsed so hard my thoughts also said I wanna leave my bf bc I no longer love him and I miss those old feelings but I can’t jus forget how awful I am as a gf to him bc my thoughts and ocd feelings. I feel terrible and I jus wanna be fixed😓I don’t wanna like that guy my man is my bsf and so cute and handsome and perfect. Why am I still “confused” if I don’t wanna be etc. my therapist said to go toward my goals and Values and not let ocd stop me from it, but I feel as if I can’t til I make sure I don’t like the other person or wanna but all I want is to be me but I feel like a liar 😞
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