Any thoughts/experiences on Zoloft currently on 50mg and have seen great reduction in symptoms but having a flare up and still have more anxiety then would like has anyone found improvement moving to 75 or 100mg? I suffer mainly from ROCD, real event OCD and Pure O

Hi! I have been dealing with OCD my whole life and I have used both therapy and medications. I also was planning on going into psychiatry for many years, so I have done a ton of research on OCD and medication. Zoloft is actually what I first started on, but in order for me to see any benefit, I needed 100 mg. I noticed that with this dose, it helped my anxiety and ocd, but I still was having many intrusive thoughts. 150 mg is where I noticed a reduction in these thoughts. For OCD (and especially mental based obsessions like the ones that you are experiencing) the optimal dose of Zoloft is 150-200 mg, so if you are already seeing improvement at such a low dose, Zoloft is probably a great medication for you and I would move to 100 mg. I would suggest aiming for the 150 mg dose over the next couple of months. If you need anything else, feel free to reach out to me!

I'm on 200 mg past 3 weeks. Too soon to tell.

*PERSONALLY* i felt better on 50mg zoloft then when my doctor tried to up it. At 50mg in highschool, i felt good. I eventually got off it. But during the pandemic, i needed medicine again and my new doctor was like “people with ocd need it to be at 200mg” and would up it every 3 days and I literally felt insane and now am scared of medicine. Its honestly up to you and take it at a pace that you give it a chance to work. Remember these arent magic pills that take away our ocd, they assist the work we put in so we get there(:

I’m at 200 mg on Zoloft. I see minor changes in my day to day life, but I definitely still have bad days with ocd and it feels like I’m starting from the beginning again. I think it definitely depends on the person! If you’re having a flare up, I suggest maybe talking to your doctor about also taking buspirone. It helps me calm down if I’m having a flare up. I’m prescribed Zoloft, buspirone and hydroxyzine.

It worked wonders for me. I got off back in June and I’m having the worst ocd relapse ever. So horrible. I have an appt to get back on Zoloft on the 20th. I wish I would’ve never got off of it 🥺

It didn’t work for me, but everyone is different.