So in the past week or two I've been seeing an improvement in intrusive thoughts coming but not sticking. I started on the 20mg four weeks ago and got increased to 60mg in the past couple of weeks. However, this week so far I've noticed my anxiety creeping up again and the thoughts being more noticeable and sticking. Is this normal while your body gets. Adjusted to the fluoxetine or should I be worried?
Yes, but monitor it. Prozac can also increase anxiety which in turn can spike OCD.
Did you have to switch when that happened or did it stop?
Neither. They lowered my dosage to 40 and augmented with buspirone. Prozac at high dosages made me jittery my mind couldn't stay on one task. I couldn't tolerate the 60mg surprisingly though it didn't lessen OCD symptoms any more than the 40mg.
@NotAnonymous Ok I have a feeling i might need to have a side med along with the prozac for the OCD. I've been feeling pretty tired too so not sure if that's the weather or what
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.
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.
I’m working with a new psychiatrist for medication. She suggested both prozac or luvox. wondering what has worked for people or any suggestions
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