Anyone on prozac for ocd intrusive thoughts?

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Im on zoloft but having nightmares. So thinking of switching to prozac. Anyone take and it helps with ocd and dont have nightmares from it?

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I’ve had patches of really bad nightmares and I’ve used a medicine called prazosin. Works wonders. It’s miraculous. Ask your pdoc about it.

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As I understand it Prozac and Zoloft have a similar profile, and both are effective in dealing with OCD symptoms. I wouldn’t know about nightmares and it’s not something I had to deal with with with either.

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Yes i used to be on prozac, it helped me with intrusive thoughts

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What were your intrusive thoughts like? How long did you take it to find relief?

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Why did you stop taking it? Did thoughts come back?

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I had constant sexual thoughts like whoever i would look at, my brain would imagine me having sex with that person. I think prozac starts working within few weeks.

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All the ADs always made me hallucinate. So I do biofeedback instead. It has really helped control my intrusive thoughts and OCD. Honestly, I did it for 12 years or so, but I haven’t had to do it since last year. It’s just not a struggle for me anymore.

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No since my relapse, I’m on different meds now.

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So the prozac took that away?

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yes it did
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For me Prozac was a great medicine for my OCD, I was on 80 mg but they bumped it down to 40, so I’m not to happy about it. Anyway yes try Prozac, Fluvox was also good.

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When I was in jail in Tennessee they were giving some of the inmates 10 mg of Prozac a day. One of those guys started talking about how good he suddenly felt, but he didn’t connect it with the Prozac. If you’re feeling good in jail something is helping you. I wish I had thought to tell him that it probably the Prozac.

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Did you have intrusive thoughts though

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Yes intrusive thoughts, rituals, magical thinking, and repeating words.

The official diagnosis is obsessive compulsive repetitive thoughts or something.

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What were your intrusive thoughts like befor prozac?

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How long did it take to find relief?

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Before they were more realistic and annoying constantly, it was horrible i could be doing nothing and imagine gruesome things that made me agitated. Now on meds it is better besides the voices and the OCD being unbearable at times I’m fine;.

Took some times for me like 3 weeks or so

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So does the prozac help you with the intrusive thoughts im confused

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Yes it does what I was saying is it takes a while for it to kick in. But my OCD is under control now thanks to Prozac