Posted by Cindy W on April 7, 2000, at 22:22:55
In reply to Re: to cindy and anonymous, posted by anonymous on April 7, 2000, at 11:19:47
> > i contacted my doctor when i had the bad experience on paxil and thats when he said he would put me on effexor and i didnt go get it yet because i dont want it to give me the thoughts i had about my kids and family that paxil gave me. he said he never heard of the drug doing that to someone but after knowing someone else had the same reaction i know its possible im making an appointment to see a pyschiatrist and am going to stay on klonipin in the meantime. i was diagnosed with ocd last year when i was pregnant but the doctor said it was mild. i wasnt doing drastic behaviors.
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> >Mine was not postpartum. Maybe yours is. Maybe Effexor won't have the same result as the Paxil. I was only trying to say that yes I had that experience from a med. Every drug works different
> on everybody. But it is probalbly wise to stay in constant contact with your doctor when going through something like this. It's scary to handle on your own and there are people on this board who are willing to help you out. They did me when I went through this. Thanks to everyone here!Stef, if you have OCD, make sure to talk to the psychiatrist about that. Certain medications (SSRI's like Prozac, Luvox, Zoloft, Celexa, Paxil) and Anafranil and Effexor-XR are very helpful in reducing obsessions about harming others. Please don't laugh, but until I got on an effective dose of Effexor-XR, I was terrified when I drove that I had run over a person or an animal, and would drive back several times to make sure I didn't hit anyone or anything. Even worse, when something happened, such as somebody missing money or something, I would feel REALLY guilty like I did the wrongdoing, when I didn't. Also (worst), I was afraid of harming treefrogs, who live in my house and outdoors (worrying that they were stuck in my refrigerator or getting flushed down the toilet or that whenever I stepped somewhere outside, every shadow, leaf, etc., was a frog about to be stepped on). I was doing four to six hours per day of rituals to prevent harm to others and to frogs (checking my tires, watching where I took each step, closing and reclosing doors, checking the toilet before using it to prevent frog drowning, leaving cupboards open to prevent frogs from getting stuck inside...you can see how this went. Other people don't understand why I had to spend hours and hours each day doing these silly things, to keep from harming anybody. Please hang in there, and talk to your pdoc. It may take a few medication tries to find the right one (I tried Prozac, Luvox, Zoloft, Serzone before finding that Effexor-XR made my mind quiet and diminished my rituals considerably). There is a lot of information on the web about OCD, and there is the OCD Foundation (www.ocfoundation.org) and an OCD list (OCD-L@VM.MARIST.EDU); if you want to subscribe to the list, let me know and I'll send information about how to subscribe. There are also support newsgroups. The most important thing to realize is that if you are having OCD obsessions, they can be treated successfully, and most people who have obsessions about harming loved ones think about it but would never do such a thing. Hope this helps!
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