Can Prozac help me get over my Ex?

Question

I have been broken up with my ex for now 11 months and I still think about my ex quite a bit. It interferes with my daily functioning. She is at the same university as I am, so that is what makes it worse. What made me flip is that she was so cold during the break up, and told me was into another guy like 9 days later. That was really traumatic. I really think that dwelling on this 11 months later is abnormal. I know I have an obsessive personality. I did take Zoloft, but this made me gain weight, however the matter did not bother me as much. I reduced the doses and the severity started returning. I know I have an obsessive personality and am prone to extremes.
Now I am on Prozac.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
I want to know;
1) Is this abnormal - to dwell on it for so long (We were toghether for 8 months)
2) Will the Prozac help?
3) Can Prozac stabilize me, and make me productive,?
4) I am taking 40 mgs, and its been 3 weeks. Should I be concerned if i don`t see any affects?

Answer 1

well the porzac will not help you get over your ex. It may help with the depression that you are experiencing which may in fact help you get over the ex but really pining for someone for 11 months that you only dated for 8? maybe you should have a sit down session with a therapist :)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and have had the same problem with breakups. This variety is called "People Obsession" After my doctor daignosed me, we eventually found a med that worked and the intrusive thoughts vanished.

OCD is treated with SRI meds. By far the most popular are the SSRIs (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox, Celexa and Lexapro.) Any of them can be used to treat OCD. There are two key advantages to SSRIs. First is their safety because messing up on your doses does nothing. Next, their side effects are few and well tolerated (as you discovered on Zoloft.) What usually happens when you find the right med that works for you is that the thoughts either don't bother you or don't come back. Without the meds, I'll try to fight the thought, push it away, it just comes back. Also when I first have the thought, it just doesn't seem to bother me. Now, im my case SSRIs didn't work. I tried Zoloft and Celexa and neither did a thing. In this case you then turn to a different med family altogther. I tried Anafranil and BINGO! My life changed. But Anafranil is dangerous in overdose and has terrible side effects. I then switched to Effexor which is safer and few side effects but it's effectiveness was a notch lower. But this is life on meds, it's trial and error.

So you're really hung up on her eh? I used to be like that. As much as it hurts, imagine that she's with this other guy or some other guy 24/7. And you can't do a thing about it. She's not coming back and won't return your calls. This is an example of what's called Exposure & Response Therapy (E&RP), a non-med technique for treating OCD. You go directly towards your obsession (anxiety) and resist the compulsion. If you're like me, you're trying to find out what she's doing (that's the compulsion.) So, you imagine that she's happily involved with this new guy and there's not anything you can do about it. It hurts, it's hard but it the long run, it WORKS!!

BTW, I got over the second girl I had the "People Obsession" for when I realized she was like the first girl. They both are type manipulator personality I call a "snake charmer." They know what things to say to really get a guy really interested in them. But in both cases I discovered much later that what they were telling wasn't true. They were just making it up to get me to go out with them. I also discovered that, streangely, they both lacked female friends. They almost exclusively hung around with guys. I then realized that they play a game with guys to get as much attention from them as possible. They have shallow feelings for others (as you pointed out.) All they care about is that you think the world of them but as far as your feelings go, it never crosses their mind. And if it's something serious like a breakup, they DON'T want to know you're hurt. They go to extremes to avoid knowing you're hurt.

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-- Liam

Answer 4

with ZOLOFT, back when I was into a "taking drug phase" of my life I STOLE a pill bottle froma friend and I ate some , actually one pill and it made my PENIS SHRIVEL UP, it was not pleasant... that sort of changed the way I viewed drugs and I realized that WOW there are dangerous drugs out there like they say...

As far as PROZAC I do not think I ever sampled it.
AS far as getting over your EX... well when I went thru breakups of "old flames" I simply had to shed tears for a while and then I made my way to the DATING CIRCUIT and found some new flames and well that "got me over it" better than a bottle of pills... In life I think we all DATE until we are able to "find" our mate, that's how it works isn't it? I mean I guess it all depends on what you believe... I believe , or came to believe anyways that : THERE are QUITE POSSIBLY a "finite" number of HUMANs and for EACH individual HUMAN there is a UNIQUE "mate"... a sould mate if you will.... yes in some worlds you may date people along the way to getting to your ONE MATE... for what ever reason...

Hope in healing and moving on... or I mean some people do get back together

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Answer 5

No, you're lucky if you haven't seen any effects after 3 weeks! It turned me into a raving depressive lunatic and sex fiend for 6 months starting the first week.

Answer 6

Prozac will help with the neuro-transmitters in your brain to function properly. your loss is sad yes, a memory you will always have. Prozac just puts you at a lesser thought level about her.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

you dont need pills to get over a gurl. go ahead with your life. shes gone now.you ill fine somebody else soon. dont dewell on her. put your mind in school work. good luck.