- Date posted
- Yesterday
Fluoxetine debate?
Recently my psychiatrist has constantly tried to recommend fluoxetine to me for my ocd, yet every time I refuse. Here’s the thing, about a year and a half ago I was on fluoxetine for depressive symptoms, right after going on it I experienced a number of things such as inflated sense of self worth, delusions about those around me, impulsive behaviour that caused harm to both myself and others, unstable but frequent relationships, etc. When I eventually stopped taking it, most of these symptoms disappeared. This was while on the fluoxetine dose for depressive symptoms, the fluoxetine dose for ocd is sometimes higher than the dose for depression/depressive symptoms, as it has a different job to complete in your brain. But I really am hesitant about agreeing to go on it, as I fear it may trigger an episode similar to the one I experienced last time, it affected my relationship with my family, and my overall life, in ways I will never be able to fix entirely, and I don’t want to make that mistake again. I still haven’t been able to figure out why fluoxetine did that to me, but either way I wouldn’t want to risk it again, and especially not when on an even higher dose.