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Me too. I’ll be taking prozac for the first time and i’m terrified it will ruin me personally and/or sexually
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I’m taking lexapro and I’m scared About the impulsive behavior
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I take Zoloft and I had weight gain issues and minor sexual issues but I promise you those are absolutely nothing in comparison to the OCD I was dealing with
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You think irs worth giving it a shot
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@DJ I’m gonna do it but I’m so scared of the bad side affects man 😭
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@Mattinnitt Yes I absolutely do. It worked wonders for me and made me feel like I had a life again. It doesn’t have to be permenant, anxiety medications aren’t meant to be
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TRIGGER WARNING: Mental health meds will almost always cause weight gain, which super sucks, but I’d rather be curvy than want to kill myself. Keep in conversation with your doctor. Tell them how the meds affect you, good and bad. They’ll work with you to make sure you’re on the best regimen to get you and your mind healthy. I was scared of anti-anxiety meds in the beginning; I was afraid that if they worked and I relaxed then I wouldn’t be able to fight off the thoughts. Couldn’t have been further from the truth.
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Yes I’m so happy now
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How much weight gain? I have self image issues and I’m afraid that weight gain will make me even more depressed and feel ugly :(
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@worryqueen I was on 100 mg which was completely unnecessary and I gained probably 20-25 pounds but only because I wasn’t aware of the gain at the time, as long as you’re aware of it and are cautious it’s not an issue
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@Mitchell To clarify, 100 was unnecessary for me, 50 was perfect for me personally
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@Mitchell I have the dry mouth side affect as well, what other ones did u experience I feel restless and I’m yawning a bit more than usually
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@Mattinnitt I had a couple sexual issues (delayed/unsatisfying ejaculation) but besides that I didn’t have a lot it was mainly the weight
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Dry mouth was the only one that was a deal breaker the rest do fade away
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I’m worried about the impulsive behavior. It says it’s rare but it’s scary
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I’m in the exact same shoes man. I was prescribed Prozac on Thursday and haven’t taken it yet cause I’m so scared... I keep thinking about the side effects and if I’ll be better off without them instead :( wish I could decide
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So I have been diagnosed with GAD and OCD and my psychiatrist prescribed me with zoloft 🤔 but I dont know im really hesitant to start medication because im scared of the side effects and ik afraid of relying on a medication for a long time. Does anyone else take zoloft? What is it like? Any side effects?
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I am having an appointment with my psychiatrist this afternoon and I am obsessing about what to do with my medication. I think it’s also very ocd like obsessing. I am currently on 30mg mirtazapine. Ive been on this for years (because of insomnia, anxiety and depression) (15mg) and after we tried to switch to another (amitryptiline) because of nerve pain, I went down the road of insomnia and later on ocd again. So I am back on mirtazapine, and weaning off of the amitryptiline. This is/was a very traumatic experience. Because the switch caused a mental breakdown. Now my psychiatrist has mentioned to up the mirtazapine to 45mg. And my obsessive self has done a lot of research and a lot is saying that the higher the dose, the more you can experience anxiety. And for ocd it’s obviously not the first choice. I am obsessing all morning about it. I am too scared to go up. But I am also too scared to try another and to wean myself of off mirtazapine. I feel stuck at this point. Taking two meds is also not something I want. I could really use some words of encouragement right now I think. 🥹
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my psychiatrist is starting me on a low dose (10mg once daily as needed) of propranolol in two days. i’m very nervous as i really don’t like experimenting with new meds..it makes me so scared and so anxious. but i think my anxiety has gotten so bad that i need to start using stronger meds. before i was on hydroxyzine which is basically just benadryl. and then i was on buspirone 3x daily, which was basically like taking tic tacs for me. and what i struggle with in anxiety is the physical symptoms it gives me. which causes my anxiety to get stronger. which makes my medical OCD super aggressive. it’s a vicious cycle. so i’m feeling sort of optimistic that a beta blocker can help. i know it won’t take the anxious thoughts away, but knowing that it’ll help the racing, climbing heart rate, and loosen my chest muscles, AND it’ll help with my vestibular migraines? i think that’s a win in and of itself. i’m hopeful 😌🙌🏻 and i would like to point out that i know medications will never do all of the work for you, that you have to meet them halfway, but the medications i previously mentioned ^ weren’t even meeting me a quarter of the way!
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