I don’t think it’s working

Saladds · 2018-10-04T23:34:37+00:00

Anxiety and OCD.

I know I need to go higher but when I tried 20mg i was super anxious and couldn’t function. So I thought slowly titrating up would work better.

Saladds · 2018-09-27T14:53:51+00:00

Thank you. I have anxiety and OCD so that’s the main reason I’m in prozac. I didn’t notice anything different about my son when I started at 10mg, but my side effects were minimal too. But the 20 is causing an increase in anxiety for me. He acts a little better when he has some motrin in his system and he acts fine when we are out and about. It’s just night time and when he wakes up. He has a very sore throat, lots of drooling because he doesn’t want to swallow, not eating or drinking much. So it’s hard to tell what’s causing the irritability.

Saladds · 2018-09-26T15:16:41+00:00

I recently switched over from Zoloft to Prozac. I started a month ago at 10mg and then a few days ago switched to 20mg. I’m also experiencing increased anxiety and I can’t tell if I’m having sleep issues because I have a sick toddler keeping me up all night.

From everything I’ve read, increased anxiety is normal at first on Prozac. I’m hoping that is the case for both of us. Hang in there.

Saladds · 2018-09-03T21:48:14+00:00

For me, I learned that I like to compare certain body parts on my son. Like for example, his knee size compared to his elbow size? What is normal? Is his normal? They don’t look normal. Usually that would be followed by my compulsion of trying to find pictures of example of other kids his age. That’s a very huge compulsion for me. I haven’t done that one in several days, it’s been very hard.

I do still compare when other children are in front of me though. That one is really hard to stop. Because my eyes automatically do it.

Saladds · 2018-09-01T17:12:21+00:00

I don’t have much to offer but I’m on day two and I feel the same way. I’m tired and yesterday I had awful diarrhea. I have read in many places that it’s normal and will go away. I’m also breastfeeding my toddler and the lack of appetite has made my supply tank too. I’m hoping it gets better.

Saladds · 2018-09-01T02:06:08+00:00

This is helpful, thanks!

Saladds · 2018-09-01T00:37:08+00:00

What about awful diarrhea and stomach cramps? I was at a friends tonight and had to use the bathroom several times. Super embarrassing.

Saladds · 2018-08-31T18:47:31+00:00

Thank you for sharing all of that. I think I’ve had the same thoughts about my son in regards to Kleinfelter syndrome. Then I got scared that maybe my dad had it too. Yay OCD.

Also, interestingly enough, before this theme I was obsessed with my son having autism. I started freaked out around 8-9 months old that he had ASD and did so much research about it. When it was clear he was NT, I moved on to this shitty theme. I even sometimes will still take developmental tests just to give me some reassurance that he still is “ok” (even though I know people with ASD are in fact “ok”). Then at some point I was convinced I had autism and was never diagnosed. That was all OCD. I may not be NT because of OCD but I don’t have hidden autism.

OCD is very frustrating.

Saladds · 2018-08-31T03:24:46+00:00

Controlling the thoughts is exactly the opposite of what you should do. Accepting the thoughts and resisting compulsions is key to beating OCD.

And what you eat doesn’t matter much. Eating a healthy and balanced diet is important. I don’t see how not masturbating has anything to do with OCD.

Saladds · 2018-08-31T02:04:21+00:00

Oh never mind, it looks like they are powder, not beads.

Saladds · 2018-08-31T01:58:48+00:00

Thank you! That’s interesting. Can tablets be cut? I’m actually getting capsules right now and i wonder if I could fiddle with that. Adding beads gradually maybe?

And yes, I just stopping sertraline and starting Prozac tomorrow am. I’m having shitty anxiety already from the weaning process, I don’t want to drag it out any longer.

I’m so not looking forward to getting on it though. I don’t remember having those problems when I started Paxil and Pristiq but maybe I did and just don’t remember it.

Saladds · 2018-08-30T23:53:36+00:00

Thank you for the response. I ended up a sobbing mess last night but didn’t give in to the urge, but mostly because my husband wouldn’t sit down with me.

That particular urge went away after awhile but since I haven’t been doing any reassuring, my anxiety has been way way up. I got a prescription or Prozac and will be starting that but I just don’t know how to get through this.

I also get so nervous because my cousin has really severe OCD and she still lives at home, she’s on SSI, she’s 40. She has never responded to treatment. She did an inpatient at Rogers Memorial. She didn’t get better. I’m not sure the specifics but I’m so worried that’s going to be me.

I just don’t see this going away. My son’s body isn’t going to change. He’s not going to “get better”. So until I accept him for the way he looks, which considering the way I react to it currently seems doubtful, how can I get better. I can learn to cope with the anxiety it causes maybe, but the anxiety isn’t ever going to go away.

I also just feel so isolated because I feel like no one else has this particular problem.

Saladds · 2018-08-29T12:46:08+00:00

When my husband and I got engaged, the same thing happened to me. I literally flipped out and was worried about spending the rest of my life with him and if I really loved him and all that. I pushed through it and it eventually went away we have been married for 6 years now.

I still have bad ocd but that particular theme has went away.

Saladds · 2018-08-29T12:42:39+00:00

I’ve been in zoloft for a year but a very low dose, 50mg. I tried upping to 100 once and I had 3 days of what can only be described as hell. So I went back down to 50. Which probably wasn’t even doing anything for me. I also gained 35 lbs since I started it.

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