Anonymous
- Date posted
- 42w
Medication for ocd
I have been taking Prozac 40mg daily it seems to be helping my ocd . I read that 60-80 mg has seemed to help people more with ocd Wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Thanks
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 42w
ecerytime i take medication my mind tricks me into thinking it’ll react badly so i have to stop. did prozac have any bad side effects for u?
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 42w
@Anonymous I have felt the same way as you for many years. I reluctantly started at the lowest dose and Dr raised dosage slowly. Seems to be helping some. I had some anxiety side effects
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 41w
My OCD was worse this past year when I was on 40mg of prozac, I went up to 60mg in the summer and my depression has gotten better but I'm still struggling with my OCD. I'm keeping the prescription at 60mg though and glad my psych suggested I increase my dose.
TexasOCD41TexasOCD41
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 42w
Everyone is different so you cant really compare meds. It has been documented that OCD sometimes needs a higher dose than would be recommended for anxiety or depression but that doesn't mean its true across the board. Im on a relatively low/mid range dose of my medication and its working great. You have to remember meds are the cure all, they are there to reduce the anxiety so you can do the work to treat your behavior. upping the dose wont make the OCD go away more if you're not doing the ERP and behavioral work along with it.
marcygirl23marcygirl23
- Date posted
- 42w
I take 20 and it seems to be helping mine
BigZoBigZo
- Date posted
- 41w
I've been on 40mg Prozac since 07 it's help a lot, I thought about upping it to 60.
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