Prozac - Rumination

I suffer from Ocd due trauma. Also manic depressive and generalized anxiety, dr recently prescribed Prozac along with Abilify. Someone tell me this will work to end the non stop chatter in my head, please tell me that it will help me sleep...thx.

[Optimists]

Give it time to see if change happens. Keep trying until something does put you in a functional place.

[Hidden in reply to Optimists]

Thanks...I have tried Zoloft, lexapro and now Prozac. At my wits end with this stuff but I have to keep trying. Do you take Prozac?

[Hidden]

I would not be able to function without Prozac. I didn’t want help but about a year ago I was talked into going to the dr when my life fell apart and I’m not saying it will make it go away but it does make it easier. I have ocd and anxiety and panic and been told other things. I still do a lot of ocd rituals but I try to look at it as just a perk. We all have perks. The day visions and crazy dreams that feel real have almost gone away and that’s huge for me. I’m trying to realize that my ocd does not control the world no matter how much I think it does. Like if I don’t touch something or say something when I feel I need to, that one of my bad visions will happen. It’s an every day battle. Didn’t mean to rant about me but I really do believe in Prozac. After I was on it for a few months my dr added a prescription called buspirine and it’s pretty intense but from what I understand it works together with the Prozac.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for your reply, how do you sleep? My sleep is horrible,,,almost non existent.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Same. I only sleep during the day really

[Want2BHappy3]

You've been prescribed it, has it worked? My doctor wants to prescribe that for me Prozac. Lately I've Not been in a good place. Looking for a new psychiatrist. I'm not on any medication right now, the psychiatrist that I had took me off medication that was helping me and gave me medication that I told her I tried before and did nothing for me but gave me no choice but to use the same medication again. So she's gone. It's been hard finding a new psychiatrist

[hlangdon]

i'm on prozac myself and just had the dosage upped due to thoughts of hurting myself but I was in a certain situation. As for sleep it was not helping me for that so my psychiatrist put me on trazodone for at night which helps with sleeping and is an antidepressant.

[FortA]

Yes, it has a good chance of working. Worked well for me as far as depression and anxiety go. Had to switch after a bit as it made me sleepier as the day went on. But it certainly helped. What behavioral techniques have you tried? It took much practice but that has been helping as well. Blessing to you.