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
- 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."
- 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."
Frequently asked questions
- SSRI’s vs SNRI’s - What's the difference between them?
- What does Prozac feel like when it starts working?
- Does Prozac cause weight gain or loss?
- How long does it take for Prozac to work?
- Raya
- October 22, 2014
"Saved my life."
- 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."
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- Ffs
- January 27, 2019
"I love prozac. Life saver"
- 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."
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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."
- Don
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- August 1, 2019
"I take it in the morning with my other meds. Less OCD."
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- Mad...
- July 29, 2008
"It was good."
- 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."
- 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. "
- 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."
- Vicky
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- November 3, 2019
"It did nothing for me. Generic meds don't work"
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
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