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Posted by OCD on November 4, 2004, at 14:09:44
I was on prozac for OCD (thoughts) for 6 months and got off of it and started to feel better. Then I got a bad anxiety attack when I found out about something in my girlfriends past (really wasn't bad at all) any ways I started haveing really bad obsessions about her past and her. I went back on prozac for about 6 weeks and the thoughts were persistent. My doctor perscribed lexapro and have been on it a few days, however, i feel like i have no emotion especically towards my girlfriend who i was so in love with. I still have obsessive thoughts and I can't tell whethers its how i really feel that I don't wanna be with her or that the medicine has made me emotionless. Can these drugs prozac and lexapro cause you to become emotionless? and are the bad thoughts that I have everyday coming from my heart or from my OCD. The thoughts seem so real, but I don't want them. I'm not sure what to believe because I have no real emotion so I can't trust my heart. I'm so lost and it kills me to think I might have to loose her because I feel this way. Any Help out there?
Posted by juliette on November 4, 2004, at 14:36:07
In reply to lexapro, posted by OCD on November 4, 2004, at 14:09:44
i took lexapro for a year i was the same way the first week give it time if the feeling (no emotion) still continues tell ur dr and switch.
Posted by mattsit on November 4, 2004, at 15:22:48
In reply to Re: lexapro, posted by juliette on November 4, 2004, at 14:36:07
OCD,
Im on Lexapro for the second time around, week 2. I also feel "unfeeling", "lathargic", and "unmotivated." I remember last time around (a year ago) I got a little better after a few weeks on it, and everything seemed to be going great. Things were going so good that I went off the medicine because I thought I didnt need it anymore...Anyway, the thoughts are your OCD...I have them too. Not a day passes that I don't think about how I'll never be able to make it, support a family, afford a house, etc etc. Keep on the Lexapro for a few weeks, and see how you feel.
Posted by Mariposa on November 6, 2004, at 16:43:07
In reply to lexapro, posted by OCD on November 4, 2004, at 14:09:44
sounds like initial side effects, that feeling did go away for me after a couple of weeks.
Good luck~~~8|8
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