Does anyone have OCD/intrusive thoughts and celexa helped? I'm thinking I have ocd from PTSD and they gave me cit but I might need a different med. I was on prozac before which I should have never stopped taking because it took it away but last time I tried to go back on it I had awful side effects.
I just started celexa last night for the same thing. the dr and counselor swears itll help so I hope so!
I think I read your post earlier. I had it last year after miscarriage at 5 and 1/2 months and was put on prozac. It worked amazing. It took the thoughts away and I went off it 2 months later so I could become pregnant again. I once again had a miscarriage in June. I have been fine then a traumatic death in the family happened a couple weeks ago. In the blink of a eye last week my world came crashing back down. I'm so upset and just feel like crying. I just want the thoughts gone again.
my thoughts came out of nowhere in September and caused a panic attack. it was awful. I went to a naturopathic dr because I was trying to avoid antidepressants and she gave me lavender oil pills and a cortisone manager. I took it for a week and was soooooo much better. but that put me back to my "normal" anxious self and now I'm getting help for that. I still get these intrusive thoughts and I kinda learned to ignore them but I just want to not have them at all. they made and still make me feel guilty for even thinking them. because it's thoughts I never would imagine having. but I was so scared and still worry that I'm this evil person all of a sudden. I pray we both get relief and soon. preferably with no side effects!
Amen to that girl! I hate them also and just pray this med takes them away because it's ruining my life. I'm obsessing over them 
I even feel like I'm pushing my daughter away because I'm scared.
I felt the same way about my daughter too. made me feel even more guilty. I'm a Google addict. I google everything. so just know that after all my research I found that if the thoughts we have scare or repulse us then that's a good thing. because that means it's anxiety thinking those thoughts not our normal selves.
That's such a relief. Did they mention that it might be OCD to you? I'm just wondering? I've had a couple of harming myself but I would never do that and don't know why they keep popping in my mind. My biological father committed suicide but I wasn't raised by him or ever around him. I guess maybe thinking about it.
I actually came up with ocd diagnosis myself. doctor agreed. said ocd was an anxiety disorder. Before this i always thought ocd meant being a clean freak.
Are your thoughts bad like that too, or am I awful yes I self diagnosed also. That's why I'm worried Cit won't work. Prozac worked the first time but it's an OCD and Cit isn't. It says it can help but it's for depression.
my counselor(no affiliation to the dr that wrote these) said this medicine is the best along with lexapro for anxiety. so I think it will work. I know 2 ppl that use zoloft for the ocd thoughts. and 1 that uses Paxil for them. so I think they all work for that it's just finding the right one for each individual.
I'll pray for us both. Tonight is my fifth night taking it. It's been up and down. They say it gets worse before it gets better. I'm hoping it kicks in soon. Keep me updated please.
tonight is my second night. what side effects have you experienced? I can't tell if Ive had any because im also sick with a sinus infection and it's that time of the month for me.
I take mine at night because I woke 7-4. The first night I had insomnia and woke up every couple hours. I also felt like my heart rate was up a little but it does that from anxiety anyways. The rest of the nights I've woke up around 12 and 4. It's made me be have anxious thoughts first thing in the morning and then around 10 I start to calm down until about 6 or so then my anxiety comes back in time for bed. I've been a little shaking and was extremely tired the first 2 days. My stomach has been a little upset with lack of appetite. Hopefully soon the morning anxiety leaves because it's the worse but I can deal with the rest as long as it helps. I'm only taking 2.5 mg because I'm extremely sensitive to meds. Then I'm going to do as the instructions said and do 5mg for 3 weeks then 10. If need be because if I find 5 works then I will stay there. Hopefully, fingers crossed!
I am on 10mg. I take my at about 730-8pm. they said to go up to 20mg if I don't have any side effects but I'm gonna stick with 10 for atleast 2wks before I go back to the dr
Posted in wrong site. How are you today?
I posted back. I'm ok. about to take my 3rd day. I'm nervous about the side effects because i heard they started around day 3-7. when did yours start? I hope your anxiety calms soon. just try to think about good thoughts and reassure yourself it's just the anxiety. easier said than done I know. but hopefully itll help!
You probably won't get any because I've had increased anxiety every morning since I took them and waking up 3 or 4 times a night did they give you anything else for anxiety. They gave me xanax but I'm to scared to take it.
you know I had anxiety the first night I was going to take them but I put it off until the following night. and I woke with anxiety that night too. your fear could be causing anxiety? or it could be the meds? I have a few xanax. but haven't needed them. if you have some just one. it'll help you. what mg xanax did they give u?
I have woken up multiple times a night but i also did that before the meds sometimes so I don't know if it's the meds doing that.
So you have been getting increased anxiety too? Are you in the US. Just curious since your husband is military. My husband works 24 hours shifts as Firefighter/emt and I feel like I'm driving him crazy. I'm so embarrassed.