Medication Changes

I am going through medication changes right now.

Since Zoloft is not working out, I am tapering it off, so I can just stop it.

Simultaneously, I am supposed to taper and stop Clomipramine also.

Since Clomipramine and Prozac are not supposed to be taken at the same time.

Then, while I am tapering Zoloft, I have to start on Prozac.

I had tried Prozac long time ago, but I had a bad side effect.

But I am going to try Prozac again, maybe going slowly up to the higher dose.

According to my Psychiatrist, Prozac is known as "pure serotonin".

Due to these medication changes, my OCD is going to fluctuate.

I have just been giving into OCD obsessions and compulsions.

I am not able to resist the OCD urges, and I am giving into these rituals.

It just gets worst, with thoughts going into a spiral, with an endless loop of doubts.

It feels miserable.

[Elienne]

Medicaton changes can feel so uncomfortable, the tapering and adding of different drugs feels destabilizing. But thankfully, the discomfort is transitional and temporary. A good time to be kind to yourself, allowing that internal physiological and biochemical responses are driving thoughts and behaviors. Rest easy in the changes taking place... in time you will feel better.

[Dogunleashed]

I'm hoping the higher dose of Prozac will prove to be efficacious for your OCD. Are you doing ERP on your obsessions and compulsions? Together meds and CBT can really make a difference for us.

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I am on 100mg Prozac now.

It is not showing much difference in my OCD symptoms.

I have been trying to do some ERP on my obsessions.

It is not easy.