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Fluexotine - Prozac for obsessional thoughts / OCD

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Hi,

When I was with the autism diagnostic team they picked up that I had ocd traits. It mainly affects me with supermarkets and not being able to do my food shopping so I can plan for meals or maintain a healthy diet. At the moment not managing food at all sometimes, skipping meals frequently because of poor appetite from taking Mirtazepine for anxiety and depression.

I feel my autism plays in with my problems at supermarkets, so solving OCD traits is not going to be the total solution.

Would like to from others who have been prescribed ProZac / Fluoxetine, and their experience of the drug

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    I've been on fluoxetine a couple of times, but it didn't help: it just made me really anxious and worsened my already pretty bad insomnia.  I found sertraline and citalopram (same class of drugs, but they all seem to have somewhat different effects) worked much better for me.  Unfortunately both gave me huge carb cravings, which is not cool considering I'm diabetic (and trying to lose weight, with limited success) so I had to give up on them too.

    One thing I have learnt from speaking to people about these drugs is that they really do affect people differently: in fact they can even affect the same person differently over time.

    I can't speak with any sort of authority about OCD, however: it's something that's never been added to my expansive portfolio of diagnoses!

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    I've been on fluoxetine a couple of times, but it didn't help: it just made me really anxious and worsened my already pretty bad insomnia.  I found sertraline and citalopram (same class of drugs, but they all seem to have somewhat different effects) worked much better for me.  Unfortunately both gave me huge carb cravings, which is not cool considering I'm diabetic (and trying to lose weight, with limited success) so I had to give up on them too.

    One thing I have learnt from speaking to people about these drugs is that they really do affect people differently: in fact they can even affect the same person differently over time.

    I can't speak with any sort of authority about OCD, however: it's something that's never been added to my expansive portfolio of diagnoses!

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