Expert: John Date: 12/29/2004 Subject: your opinion
Question I am recovering from a depression because a lover I had was a con-woman and too cruel and after recovering I began to thing stupids things that several advicers on the net told that they are due to a OCD, a freind of mine told me to take fluoxetina 40 mg a day and I am feeling better but I do not know for how long should I take this dosage of fluoxetina. Here in Venezuela psuchiatrists are expensive to me, and need your help, please give me an advice.
Antonio
Answer Antonio, you really should have yourself dianosed by a psychiatrist. A good psychiatrist would be able to tell you in one visit what you have . Your friends may or may not be correct. If you do have OCD then he would prescribe a drug for you but it may be prozac or it could be Zoloft, Anafranil, Celexa or many other of the newer drugs for depression and /or OCD. If I understand you correctly you can buy the medicine you want just by asking for it at a pharmacy. In the US all such drugs are tightly controlled and the only way to get such a drug is to seee a doctor and have them write it out. I do not recommend self medicating yourself. If you can make at least one or two visits to a psychiatrists then do so. It takes at least 4 to 6 weeks for a new antidepressant to work. If you have OCD without any question you need to take the medicine all your life. It is not cured by medicine. You need to take the drug everyday. If you have anxiety along with OCD and feel you must complete rituals or constantly check things or have constant washing the you need to get on an OCD drug and if you are feeling anxiety then you may also need Xanax or Valium and i would start with the smallest dose possible. You cannot drink any alcohol with these medicines . OCD affects people from all over the world and can begin at almost any age. There are many good treatments for it including behavioral modification therapy which you can do yourself or have a friend help you with.
