Please Help! After stopping Prozac I’m actually kind of scared. I stopped taking Prozac recently and I was on a very very low dose. And to be honest Prozac was actually helping me a lot with my anxiety. However I began feeling Apathetic after a while. So my Doctor told me to stop. BUT it’s been 5 days ever since I stopped and I think I’m having Withdrawal. My intrusive thoughts are coming in big time and I’m starting to feel scared, paranoid, depressed, and crazy. I think I’m getting new intrusive thoughts and I keep thinking what if my brain is talking to me and I’m developing schizophrenia or what if I go crazy and listen to the thoughts when I know they are not true. What should I do?

B@2019

Date posted: 5y

I had a rough go with withdrawal symptoms after I tapered off Effexor. I can’t say what’s best for you, but I can say the withdrawal symptoms dissipated after a week or so. I did eventually go back on a different medication, Paxil, plus Lamictal, and that is helping me. Hang in there and be gentle on yourself. I think OCD makes withdrawal symptoms even worse because it feeds the “what if” thoughts. You’re not alone. ❤️

Mkazmercyk

Date posted: 5y

I recently got off 40mg of Prozac. It has a long half life so it should take weeks or more something to leave your system. You may be responding to not having it and are worried about being off it and your OCD is acting up. The withdrawal from Prozac is not bad compared to some other meds especially at a low dose it should be minimal side effects I had lots of brain zaps. It seems like it was a very low dose and you will be fine and have the support and okay of your doctor. Good luck!

lulu23

Date posted: 5y

Searched and found this post as I’m going through similar things. How are you now if I may ask.

lulu23

Date posted: 5y

Stopped cold turkey 20mg and its day 6 some things feel better but my ocd makes me think I’m going crazy

JBird88

Date posted: 5y

Also what helped me was going to work and keeping as busy as I can. When you really stay focused and dedicate yourself to a hobby or task it takes SO much stress off of you

123Ella

Date posted: 5y

When I stopped taking this, I did it gradually. Did you do that? At first I stopped taking it once or twice a week, then only ever 2 days, then i only took it once or twice a week until I was just taking it randomly every 5-7 days until I stopped taking it completely. I would recommend going back to your doctor and discuss this with them.

JBird88

Date posted: 5y

Thank you all!! I’m trying to stay as busy as I can

JBird88

Date posted: 5y

Hey ! So This was a while back and honestly I DID GET ALOT BETTER. It takes time

lulu23

Date posted: 5y

Thank you for the reply. Having such a rough time currently.

JBird88

Date posted: 5y

@lulu23 You’re welcome! Are your thoughts all over the place? What symptoms are you having?

JBird88

Date posted: 5y

I would give it like ... 1 week or 2 in order to feel normal again. If you just stopped cold turkey I would watch your thinking habits carefully. do you have a doctor? If you have close friends and family I recommend staying close to them to feel better. It helps. But you will have uncomfortable side effects

lulu23

Date posted: 5y

So did u eventually just accept what you were going through and get through it? Sometimes I have no idea what’s going on or how to explain it

Mika05

Date posted: 21w

Worried about not being anxious?

These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.

reezwell

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 18w

prozac stories

can anyone give me some insight on this? i was given 20 mg of prozac by my doctor to help me calm down while i wait for a psychiatrist appointment for ocd (i went in for an ekg because i was worried. nothing was wrong) yesterday was the 2nd dose, should i expect anything? i almost feel like it keeps me up at night since i take it around 7 pm, and i already have been sleeping poorly for a week or so.

eb123456789

Date posted: 13w

Medication Symptom Management

This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I don’t want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldn’t be my only fix. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment I’m doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I don’t actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/I’m secretly a terrible person

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