I was switched to Prozac from lexapro and today marked 1 month of the Prozac and I think it was causing my anxiety to increase. I have been dealing with two relationships one being an ex and one just a fwb and I have been obsessing about the fwb for the last two weeks so bad that it’s made a pit in my stomach and I’m constantly nauseous. I went to urgent care and the ER and convinced myself it was something internal. All tests came back fine but I can not stop thinking about my ex being in a new relationship and my fwb seeing other women. I create assumptions and I don’t know how to make it stop. I want to focus on myself but I can’t. Distracting myself doesn’t help because I can still think about my stresses. Then the anxiety kicks in and I cry and all I want to do is sleep so that not thinking about anything. I can’t eat and I’m sure I’m starving. This is a mental hell and I hate it!

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

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.

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!

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.

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!

Seriously!

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.