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Originally Posted by HelpMe2013
im on 20mg prozac, 500mg divalproex twice daily, and 10mg zyprexa my intrusive repetitive thoughts that i have said or written something inappropriate, such as swearing at ones employer or writing hate-filled letters to a friend on my facebook instagram twitter wont go away hoping therapy and a higher dose of prozac will help me any advice you guys?
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I started suffering from Harm OCD in June of 2013 and like you, went to the hospital, where they put me on Prozac, Zyprexa and Klonopin. I also went through about 4 months of therapy with an anxiety specialist. I was able to wean myself off the Klonopin and Zyprexa and I am glad I did. They never really helped with the thoughts, but just made me into a zombie. I have been off those drugs for a couple months now and feel a lot better. The therapy has been the best thing for helping with the thoughts. Realizing that the thoughts themselves are not the problem, but it's the way we react to the thoughts that causes the problem, has really helped.
I am still on Prozac for now, and it seems to help a little with depression and doesn't seem to have the awful side effects of the other drugs.
Here is one series of articles that has helped me: ocdspecialists.com/2013/06/jon-hershfield-mft-on-harm-ocd-part-one
There are a lot of articles like this on the web.
Hang in there!