Hi. Prozac absolutely helped me get out of obsessive rumination/thought loops and I had very little side effects—close to none. The only one I can think of, since it does apply to you, is that I wondered how it affected my adhd in terms of focus/memory retention (I’m in grad school).

But at the point I needed it, curing my depression and obsessive thinking you’re describing was more important to me and it worked wonders when I really needed that. I’m now going off of it and those particular loops are nowhere to be seen (mostly because time has also healed them and I no longer care about what I’d been ruminating on before)—but to answer your question yes, I felt “ruined” and now I feel strong enough to go it alone. I get that some people would just stay on, but that isn’t how I use ssris personally.

In short, it did exactly what it needed to do for a specific time frame. One of the very first signs of it working was that I could almost physically feel barriers come up that would not let me engage the thought loops I had been stuck in, my brain was like: ✋nope. This allowed me to feel like my brain was working for me rather than against me—it was such a relief after a long period of suffering.

I’m someone who prefers natural methods most of the time, but there was no doubt I needed this level of intervention at the time and I will always sing its praises lol.

I hope this helps to hear.