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I never had that problem when taking Zoloft or Prozac, it’s not like birth control. You can take it anytime and even skip a day and you’ll be fine
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Anytime dear ❤️ we are in this together and sometimes it sucks :( but i always advice to ask your do ctor they know best. Im just sharing my experience. Lots of love
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I will say that I went through the same thing about a week ago and I always feel like I have to keep close tabs on my hormone fluctuations just so I know that my anxiety is coming from that and not something going on with the Zoloft ( I have been on it for a month now). Again, this is one big struggle with anxiety so it’s difficult to be the person in the battle and realize when you are creating your own turmoil or it’s really an external factor like medicine or timing or periods etc... I thought me adjusting my time to an hour earlier of taking Zoloft had made me feel different but then again I also thought it could have been my hormones. The things I suggest are to definitely pass it by your doctor but also to track very closely your fluctuations and cycle because this is a huge player in a woman’s mood/anxiety levels! Best of luck to you! :)
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i'm just afraid to bring this up to my mom ... i'm not suicidal but i recognized how a bad reaction to wellbutrin gave my OCD a new theme and thats suicide, i got suicidal thoughts on the medication and i've never experienced them before and they scared me which is why we switched to zoloft, i don't want to die at all, but at random times i'll just be sitting in my family room and my mom will talk to me about how we're going grocery shopping in a few days and my head all of a sudden will go "not if i'm 6 feet underground" and it scares me because i'm not suicidal :(( but the trauma from the bad reaction to the wellbutrin set this new theme in...
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@Lex i can explain into further detail if it's confusing...
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It’s all in the way you present it to her. Think it through thoroughly and present it in the best way you can. Also remember, your anxiety is making it harder because your imagining the worst when you do tell her! It’s all in your head. Explain how much anxiety you had about bringing it up to her and even how you didn’t want to and see what she says! Don’t let you anxiety tell you any different, it’s the best thing for you I swear!
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thank you so much :(
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I think that if you take your med at a later time than usual you might have some side effects as you are still in your early days of taking the medication. The side effects will last for 4-6 weeks although this differs between everyone.
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Hmmm I take mine around an average time like 10am -11:30am I wonder if I need to take it strictly at one time only to benefit from it. Intrested to know what others say on this thread. Hope you have a better day today
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ask your doctor.. they must provide the answers. I think that this thought itself is an anxiety
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And has nothing to do with your late medication
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@I’m not my OCD so i'm just manifesting you think?
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@Lex If you are pmsing so it is normal to feel more anxious. But just as someone commented that zoloft it is not a birth controle so it won’t be a big deal if u forgot and took it a bit later. I think its the doubt/anxiety ..
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@I’m not my OCD ah okay, thank you... i'm not sure if i'm getting my period since my periods are very irregular but thank you for commenting :)
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I absolutely understand you! I feel like I had that similar theme pop up out of nowhere about a month or two ago and it’s scary as hell because you question why all of a sudden it pops up and then your anxiety tells you “it popped up because it’s real!” And then this creates the anxiety cycle to start. Also, I feel like in my case the more I know, the worse I am because I was very scared to start new medication knowing there’s potential (but rare) to have suicidal thoughts. I by no means want to die, dying is actually one of my lifelong fears that has created intense anxiety since I was 15 years old. Having OCD has literally created harm OCD which then made me ask “what if” questions about self harm OCD. That has been scary to say the least. It’s crazy because we can know that certain things are creating it for us yet we are still scared and feel like it’s out of our control. As you said, you know that the trauma from your bad reaction has set that new theme in...so there IS a reason. Keep remembering this when it gets bad and know that it was created from stress and trauma and not something you want and that this stress created OCD and once it’s OCD it makes it feel real when it’s NOT! I’m here for you and I promise that telling your mom will make you feel so much better in the long run because then you get rid of the anxiety about “telling” her! :)
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i want to tell her because i trust her with all my heart but i'm also afraid she won't take me seriously and she'll think i'm actually suicidal :(((
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You can also show her videos or articles explaining how people who are NOT suicidal struggle with this type of OCD to help her understand!
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You’re very welcome, I’m here to help anyone struggling because my experiences have really opened my eyes to help other people! <3
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