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Prozac for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder User Reviews (Page 5)

Prozac has an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 from a total of 110 reviews for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 77% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 14% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Prozac

  • Shonna
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • January 10, 2024

"This medication is amazing! It has truly changed my life for the better. I'm a better person personally and professionally."

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 9, 2012

"It was very disappointing when Zoloft and Ability didn't work for me, but Prozac began working within 4 to 5 days of taking. This medicine is working good for my OCD."

9 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • April 7, 2008

"I love it! It helped my anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder without a lot of side effects or even changing who I am."

10 / 10
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  • Raya
  • October 22, 2014

"Saved my life."

9 / 10
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  • Alexa...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • November 17, 2023

"Prozac is my savior. I had terrible OCD for the first sixteen years of my life. I had a plethora of obsessions and frequent intrusive thoughts. Prozac completely got rid of both of these."

10 / 10
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  • Ffs
  • January 27, 2019

"I love prozac. Life saver"

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • February 3, 2011

"I have been on Prozac for almost a year. Although my dose has been upped a couple of times, I feel like I have my life back. I know what quality of life is now."

9 / 10
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  • RayRay
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • June 26, 2020

"I'm starting Prozac today and I'm currently on Zoloft but I've been weaning off of it. I tried about everything except Prozac so we'll see how it goes. Zoloft did help my OCD by didn't cure it."

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  • Don
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • August 1, 2019

"I take it in the morning with my other meds. Less OCD."

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  • Boris
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • June 12, 2019

"Took Prozac two days. I felt like my soul and conscience were being stripped away. Very hard drug. Dangerous."

1 / 10
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  • Max
  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • July 2, 2018

"Absolutely loved it. Towards the end, I was put on lithium as well and started having adverse effects. But when I was on prozac alone, my OCD was immensely curbed."

8 / 10
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  • Hope
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • July 9, 2021

"To those waiting for Prozac or other to kick in - if you’re miserable ask your doctor to give you .5 Klonopin in the morning as an interim, it’s immediately effective and short term use is ok."

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  • Mad...
  • July 29, 2008

"It was good."

10 / 10
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  • Yellow
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • June 5, 2019

"Awful. Couldn't sit still for a minute onProzac, couldn't sleep, got kicked out of the cinema for moving too much. Had to get off it after three days, it was too much."

1 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • November 15, 2011

"I took this medicine for OCD. It helped however I put on 30 pounds in 2 months and that's with not changing my diet or exercise. I've been off it for 3 months and the scale hasn't moved at all. "

5 / 10
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  • dorde...
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • February 9, 2019

"Relieves anxiety slightly, not enough to render you a functional human being and definitely not worth the side effects."

3 / 10
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  • Vicky
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • November 3, 2019

"It did nothing for me. Generic meds don't work"

2 / 10
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  • Lily
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • November 4, 2021

"2 weeks in and now I have suicidal thoughts and my clitoris is completely numb. Everyone will have a different experience but unfortunately mine hasn’t been great."

2 / 10
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  • mihulka
  • June 8, 2021

"If you are having sexual issues with your SSRI get your doctor to prescribe some cyproheptadine. It temporarily blocks the effects of SSRI medications."

8 / 10
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  • Jose
  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • January 20, 2022

"I took it for 18 months for severe OCD it made a difference but not enough to keep taking it. The tablet would mess up my stomach the whole day I couldn't take more than one 40 mg."

6 / 10
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