Ocd Prozac

Ocd Prozac Facts

Ocd Prozac Facts in Q&A

What does Prozac contain for a person diagnosed with OCD? I've seen that Prozac is prescribed for people diagnosed with OCD, but what are its ingredients? Which chemical helps people with OCD? OCD is obsessive-compulsive disorder.

J Z replied: "It is fluextine hydrochloride, that is the chemical in prozac."

mattfro66 replied: "Antidepressants (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine (for example, Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), and sertraline (Zoloft) are commonly prescribed to treat OCD. These medicines are taken as tablets or capsules. The medicine venlafaxine can also help symptoms of OCD. The tricyclic antidepressant clomipramine (Anafranil) is sometimes used as well. Antidepressants are used to relieve the obsessive thoughts and subsequent compulsive behaviors in those who have OCD. By increasing the level of serotonin in the brain, antidepressants help to regulate the communication between different parts of the brain."

kiwihelen70 replied: "Prozac is one of a class of drugs called selective seritonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs. Its active compound (and generic name) is fluoxetine The drugs work by increasing the amount of seretonin (a neutotransmitter) in the spaces between the nerve cells in the brain. No one is quite sure why, but this chemical change helps many people with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and OCD. I personally did not benefit from SSRIs much for my depression/anxiety but did much better on a related group of drugs called SNRIs (Selective noradrnaline reuptake inhibitors)"

elle replied: "It is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. It keeps some of the serotonin in your brain from being taken back up into the neurons after it is released. What it does is kind of regulates your serotonin system. It's complicated--not as simple as increasing serotonin levels in your brain, works on receptor regulation and everything. Why does it work? We don't know too much. Prozac is effective for many different disorders (depression, anxiety), which probably reflects both how much the disorders have in common and how prozac produces a general effect on the neurotransmitter systems--it's not specific. And what it will do is kind of relieve your symptoms. Don't get the notion that it is "correcting" a "chemical imbalance" in your brain. It's not that simple. It's actually more like taking advil to get rid of your headache. You don't have a headache because of a lack of advil, but it will still decrease your symptoms."

vatot7 replied: "all I can tell you that IT REALLY WORKS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE OCD"

i have ocd and i have been prescribed 60omg of prozac and 10 mg of clomipramine since september 2008? i have ocd and i have been prescribed 60omg of prozac and 10 mg of clomipramine since september 2008. during the time i have smoked weed and drank alcohol. nothing big really happened...i did it almost everyweekend, or everyother weekend. can anyone tell me how it is affecting me. and if i shud keep on doing it.. ?

Insomniac replied: "Damn, I'm on 30mg of Prozac"

scrubsluvah replied: "i'm on 40 mg of prozac and 100 of wellbutrin it doesn't affect the medecine, the medecine affects the effect of the high, so having one glass of wine is like having three with certain medecines. you just get higher. you can do what you want. personally i suggest not doing it, but you don't have to listen to me, it's your choice."

Blackcompe replied: "What's your worries? Are you having adverse affects after drug use? Marijuana usually doesn't affect prescription medications, but alcohol surely can. Be careful, especially if the medication are sedating per se."

Can anyone tell me how Prozac works on OCD people? I've been searching thru the internet about how Prozac works on people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I already know what OCD is, the treatment and stuff. What i don't understand is how Fluoxetine (Prozac), which deals with serotonin, specifically reduce OCD. ThX

JP replied: "OCD is a form of anxiety. Prozac is a drug classified in the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). The drugs pharmacological actions cause the leaky (in cases such as OCD) axons to contain more serotonin at the extracellular level. The increase in serotonin allows the brain to send transmission to specific receptor sites that allow our bodies to be more calm and feel good. Serotonin is a key player in diet, mood, sleep, and much more. A lack of it is associated in depression, anxiety, and compulsiveness. With more available, serotonin decreases the anxiety that leads to the compulsiveness."

Why / How does Prozac help OCD? I'm on Prozac, a very low dose..10 mg..and it has erased almost all of my OCD. Im just wondering how it works, the science behind it? 2003bf - Haha you sound exactly like me I was terrified to take it too at first. We anxiety types are all the same lol!

epik555 replied: "It works the same way it helps depression. Low serratonin levels and it helps to re-elevate them to help the symptoms subside."

2003bf replied: "ask your health care provider or the pharmacy when you pick up your next RX. I was prescribed Prozac but i am AFRAID to take them for the fear it might counter act and do the opposite or make me worse. I am TRULY HAPPY THAT IT HAS HELPED KEEP IT UP."

Rocketman on vacation replied: "Prozac is a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI), meaning it keeps more serotonin- a neurotransmitter- in the junctions between nerve cells, allowing more signaling between the cells. OCD is an "off label" use of Prozac, which is labeled for major depression, but this improvement in signaling obviously helps with OCD, and it is widely used for this. What causes OCD? That is more controversial, but since improving the availability of serotonin at these nerve junctions helps, difficulty or delay in signaling probably is at it's heart. There are more things being discovered about the functioning of the brain every day, and as we learn more, we will have better answers. In only the last few years we have learned that the "glial" cells of the brain are not just structural supports for neurons, but are quite active in metabolism, waste removal (they metabolize ammonia), and they manufacture myelin which "insulates" nerve axons and thus help coordinate the transmissions of the neurons. Keep up on "brain news" with an on-line clipping service. It will be educational and fun! Glad it works for you!"

help with ocd prozac? First i haven not been diegnosed with OCD. Second docs reccomended prozac but i refuse to take it. Now, my problem is for about 1 month and 2 weeks i have been deeling with Obsessive problems, the first weeks i was deeling with obsessing over a bathroom problem of bowel movements. then i got obsessed over being clean after a bowel movement, after that i got obsees over ticks and thought i had a pressure feeling in my anus, later i got obsessed of an eye tick. IT seems to me like all day i analize and look for symptoms of in a way stress to much over somthing that in the first palce is not a healthproblem at all. All day i ponder of negative thoughts and how i am not feeling good and it causing trouble in my job and in my daily life by be being constantly distracted. I am usualy very very sharp minded and cannot stand the fact that all this nonsense is happening to me. Its the fact i dont belive in my slef and i keep on doubting that ther may be something wrong. WHats wrong? Ever since i got the "OCD" i lost interest in all my hobbies and donot whant to think of anything else but my ocd. It like if i felt comfortable thinking about it. Im afraid to stop thinking about my obsession, in a way i becomes a sort of threat to my mind to stop thinking about it. theres is a fear there to stop thinking taht there is something wrong wtih me. I have stoped being the sharp person i am and i am not so lazy and normal.

Lana_lienka replied: "check out my question about why my life sucks ever since i stopped taking prozac and started taking effexor."

john carcerano psych counselor replied: ".I will advise you how to get free and cheap counseling, and what to do to control your OCD. I learned how to get a good grip on my OCD. if you want to see a therapist and can't afford one, then call your states social services department and ask them where you can get free help. most states, especially in the big cities offer free counseling with a psychiatrist and you can qualify for free meds from the big drug companies. they may charge on a sliding scale for a shrink, i went a long time ago when i needed help and i had to pay $6.00 per session. make some calls, it's all there for you. heres how i controlled my OCD, and it has caused me all sorts of problems in my life. i bacame an alcoholic for 14 years due to the anxiety from my OCD. i've been alcohol and drug free for 13 years now. don't drink or do drugs because this will only make your OCD worse. especially as you come down form substances because of the anxiety and stress that is associated with the comedown. coke and uppers will fuel your OCD severely and stay away from caffiene because this will also fuel your OCD. i am white knuckling it now as far as not taking any meds for my OCD, but i have learned to cut out stress in my life at a very good rate. don't get worked up about things. this will cause your stress and anxiety level to rise and severely impact your OCD symptoms. I should go on meds because when i took 100 milligrams of Luvox my OCD symptoms were reduced by 70%. i also learned to drink caffiene free teas at night and sometimes when i feel a bit anxious I will add cava cava or Valerian root to my tea. I will even at times take melatonin to help me relax at night. i even learned to practice ignoring my OCD when it demands that I perform rituals. It's hard to do at first, but when you ignore the obsessions by not giving in and performing these rituals, the OCD will greatly subside. over a few months time of ignoring rituals it will become easier and easier to not do this. Then it will become more of a maintainence for you to not do rituals. The strength of the OCD symptoms will now greatly reduce. I also learned to do rituals in my mind so I don't look funny to other people doing strange movements. you can learn to get a handle on this. as i got into my teens i was able to hide my symptoms from others by shifting focus of the rituals being performed in my mind. after you have shifted this focus then you realize that you can control, ignore and cut down on your symptoms. good luck. ; ocd is a really wild and wicked disorder, is it not? cut down on stress and work on ignoring your ocd, when you get the impulse to do a ritual like shake your hands or touch something, don't. and say to your ocd, "i know thats just you ocd and your not gonna disrupt my life" focus your mind elsewhere so you can shake the anxiety of not doing a ritual. it gets easier to ignore over short time."

misunderstood replied: "Ok. first of all I do have OCD. I count my stove burners,and when I shut the door I will pull on it and count how many times. One Dr. I had sugg. drugs but I am dealing with it w/out any. You need to relax and walk away from the problem. After chilling for a minute rethink... at least that's what helps me"

ultra1niner replied: "please find a hobby or someone to talk to and basically your mind has nothing to elevate with. take a walk somewhere and don't turn back until you reached a small walking goal. take a long walk. take yourself out of your own element and what your used to. make yourself uncomfortable. go out of your box. it feels different but not necessarily bad. i believe adding more chemicals to a problem only layers the problem with another one."

Athene replied: "You explained on another thread that you felt better when away from home. I suggest this is for one or two reasons : the change of scenery gave your brain something to think about other than potentially-trivial negative matters, and/or that your home environment does not suit you. Perhaps there are pollutants where you inhabit. Perhaps whilst in Vegas you weren't sitting around doing very little. Can you will yourself to be more active, from home? Having insufficient fresh air is a common cause of perseverance (obsessive behaviour) BTW, in my experience Prozac increased perseverance. But you might find that it suits you. Ax ."

♥ Black Adder replied: "You are asking for medical advise on Y?A yet will not listen to a doctor who prescribed medicine for you? Duh! Take the damn Prozac!"

Can people suffering from depession (not OCD) take prozac? Can people suffering from depession (not OCD) take prozac?

dances_with_unicorns1955 replied: "Yes; Prozac is a well-known treatment for depression. It does not help everyone, and in some people, it stops working after a while, but for others, it is very effective."

ashley p replied: "Yes they can....it balanaces out the serotonin and other brain chemicals..."

Melanie A replied: "They can, but be aware there are side-effects and risks. Talk with your doctor."

kattsmeow22315 replied: "Yes, Prozac is an antidepressant that has been around for years. I have taken Prozac for almost 30 years of and on until 3 months ago,. My doctor switched me to Lexapro, a newer antidepressant with fewer side effects."

scj1719 replied: "Yes, Prozac is a widely used medication for depression!"

On_A_Diet_Again replied: "I was prescribed Prozac about 9 months after the birth of my first child. The doc said it was "depression." It really helped me to feel better after the first 2 weeks."

Lost_one replied: "http://www.cchr.org/index.cfm/8771"

Trish replied: "Yes,Prozac was originally used to treat depression before it was found usefull for OCD as well."

hobo replied: "Yes My husband takes Prozac for Depression It suits him & its cheap"

Candy Yams replied: "I did before I was diagnosed with OCD."

guatemama replied: "Yes, I was on Prozac for about a year for stress related migraines. Eventually the prozac didn't do much for me. But I had absolutely NO side effects. They switched me to Lexapro and after 3 days I quit because of all the side effects. It's weird how different meds effect people differently, so be sure you're under a doctors care as you find out what works best for you."

mnemosyne0 replied: "Yes. It was used to treat depression for years before it was used to treat OCD."

robthomasjr2000 replied: "8 million children are on prozac. Get real help. Your psychs want to drug you for profit. watch the videos."

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Prozac?? Ok so i just got diagnosed with OCD today. Its really affecting my life....i cant even drive! or sleep or do anything.....and my doctor talked to me about Prozac??? Does anyone know anything about this disorder and Prozac...i really wanna know as much as possible about it. so any help will be appreciated!

Devin D replied: "Prozac is an selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain"

ivone v replied: "Prozac is a drug!"

namenotpickedyet replied: "Prozac is just one of many drugs approved for OCD, there's Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, & a few more that i can't think of right now. Many people have different types of OCD. Some have more compulsions, & some more obssessions. If you have more compulsions you'll usually do more rituals, if you have more obsessions you'll usually just have obssesive thoughts that turn into major worries ect. Just search the internet, there are lots of sites. But here's what i'll say about obssesive compulsive disorder, to some, they can act like hypochondriacs. And what i mean is sometimes it's better not to know what others are going through. For instense you might not have a problem but so & so is then you start worring about that & all of sudden you start doing that shit too. So sometimes less is more. Main thing is that you don't let it rule your life. You don't go into your problems that much so i'm not sure what to say. Personally & this is just me now, none of the medications have worked for me. They can help i guess, but it usually depends on what you do, more than the meds. And i've decided with my job to get on the cheapest form of drug in that group, because in my estimation they're all the same so if your short on cash just buy a generic 4 dollar medication in that group at walmart. Here's another thing about OCD. Have you ever seen that movie Doctor Doolittle & there's that obsessive compulsive dog that's like give me the ball give me the ball, & the rat goes you can't save em all doc. I mean i don't want to frighten you or anything but ocd is not like some of the other ailments people have. They really haven't come out with a medication that does a super duper great job. Prozac is used for OCD but it's mainly a drug for depression. So are most of the other drugs used for OCD. As far as therapy goes, most people say cognitive therapy is good, but that doesn't work so well for me, cause i get pissed off when some guy that doesn't know me so well starts saying that something i'm saying is irrational. He doesn't know me, best thing is to find somebody that lets you talk, not someone that loves to hear themself talk. Also there are many, many forms of OCD. Let your doctor tell you the one that you have. And you might have more than one. But don't let it control you. You can email me if you want. My sister has it too, but shes got a different type than me. And it used to be super bad, but now she's got a husband & three kids & she does alright. Nobody ever thought she'd be able to accomplish all of that, but she did! Anyway sorry for the huge run on paragraph, i've got to go eat lol."

ocd and prozac? i have ocd/aniexty disorder and i have been taking prozac for about 2 weeks now.It does help but makes me really tired and feel like a zombie, and i dont give a shit about anything.Should i stop taking the meds?and can i get better withouth the meds?

Doug S replied: "don't stop taking them, talk to your doctor first and see if he/she can either change what you are taking, or change the dosage to something that may work better for you"

Susan E replied: "When I first started taking Lexapro I had similiar side effects. Have you tried taking it at night? And early enough in the evening? I don't think you should stop taking them. Check out some books at the library on ocd and that might help you in conjunction with your meds. You'll probably find that you'll be a lot more agreeable and easier to get along with. Make sure taking it is worth it though if you want to stop. In other words, is the relief of your ocd symptoms worth you being tired for. Hope this helps."

~Sheila~ replied: "OCD/Anxiety Disorder is an illness and I am sorry to say it has to be treated with medication especially if you want to have a normal life, well as normal as it can get with this illness. I don't know how much Prozac you are taking but when my sister was taking it, the doctor had her at a low dose and she was able to function normal & was cool & calm with her kids but when she went back to the doctor, she told him that she had not felt this good in a long time so what did he do? He increased the dosage and she started as you say acting like a zombie, ignored her children and she freaked out so bad she had me to take her to see a specialist. She didn't even have the energy to get up & play with her children. She finally got a doctor to take her off of it and she was given zoloft, she does ok with it at least she is able to deal with her kids. I wish you the best of luck because I know what you are going through only because of my sister and me being there for her. But please don't stop the meds on your own, this could be dangerous to you and you don't want to harm yourself."

mz.thang replied: "well im on prozac and if you are feeling like that you better tell the doctor so he can take you off of it because you shouldnt be feeling like that"

diyta replied: "That happened to me when I first started on Zoloft for OCD, my doctor had me on the max dose. I tried a bunch of other meds but they didn't work as well as Zoloft. I ended up going back on the Zoloft. I was ok for a few months off of it, but then the anxiety and OCD got wicked bad again. You kinda have to pick your poison, it sucks. I didn't care about anything either, but that went away eventually. I definitely wouldn't stop taking them before you tell your doctor. It's possible to get better without the meds, I tried cognitive behavioral therapy, but it just didn't work for me. However, I know plenty of people who loved it. It's worth trying so you don't have to be on meds for the rest of your life. I take Xanax for the anxiety because I get physical symptoms as well, and it works well for that. You'll figure it out, there's a lot of trial and error before you find the right combination. Good luck!"

Has anyone here taken prozac for ocd? What did you think of it?

mirit s replied: "i have indeed taken prozac for OCD. It didn't work for me, but that could have been a reaction with my other medication. i sugjest that if your docter wants you to try it, you should because every body is different. Good luck!"

nicole replied: "I did, and it didnt work for me, i didnt see any difference. it might just depend on the person though. i also took zoloft for ocd and depression and i didnt see any difference with that either."

YA Junkie replied: "Hi: I suffer from major depression, and I have a friend who has severe OCD. No drugs have helped him, but I hope your case is less serious than his. What I do know is that the following meds have been used fairly successfully to treat OCD: luvox, prozac, paxil, celexa, zoloft, anafranil, and effexor. As you may know, the 1st five meds are antidepressants called SSRIs. Anafranil is an older drug (a tricylic antidepressant). It is probably the first and most widely researched med for OCD. Effexor is an SNRI that recently is being studied more and more for OCD. I copied the info below from the link that is in the Source. I'm sorry I can't give you first-hand info on prozac and OCD. If you asked about meds for depression, I could write a book about it. Hope this info helps. __________________________________________________________ t appears that for most people high dosages of these drugs are required to obtain antiobsessional effects. The studies done to date suggest that the following dosages may be necessary: Luvox (up to 300 mg/day), Prozac (40-80 mg/day), Zoloft (up to 200 mg/day), Paxil (40-60 mg/day), Celexa (up to 80 mg/day), Anafranil (up to 250 mg/day). Where a lower dosage was listed, some studies have suggested that a dose lower than the minimum was not significantly better than a placebo. I have also seen a small number of patients who have not responded to large dosages of each of these medications. Some improved on extremely low doses, such as 5-10 mg/day of Prozac or 25 mg/day of Anafranil. These patients have not been carefully studied: and, to my knowledge, these low-dosage responders are not reported in the psychiatric literature. If patients fail to improve with high dosages of the above medications, it is probably worth a trial of a very low dose."

10 mg prozac i have ocd and have aspergers should i still drink beer? hahahahaha!? I LOVE BEER SO MUCH! and i drink any time i get and was on 20 and 40 mg for a few years lol and heard that the prozac can make you act frunk after 2-3 beers hahaha!

Tony replied: "In moderation, and it wouldnt hurt to ask your doctor"