Has anyone had success with a different class of medication besides ssri’s? I’m on my third ssri right now and they all have only been moderately effective.

@Anna. I’m glad Zoloft worked for you! It worked ok for me for about 5 years and then just stopped working.

@Justanotheruser Thanks for sharing! I switched from Zoloft to Prozac and it’s working ok I guess but not really as much as I need and it has definitely given me side effects so I’m starting to consider switching drug classes. For some reason though the doctors I have are really determined to push the ssri’s and I don’t know why.

@Anonymous Has it been more effective?

@Have a sunflower🌻 I just started it. I got a gene sight genetic test and it says it should be better for me. I am s switching from Zoloft. Anything you take needs to be a high dose

@Anonymous Thanks for sharing! I have always wanted to get that done but it’s expensive. I hope it works out for you! If you think about it, I would love to hear any update you may have after being on it for a while. It might just be worth it to dip into my savings and get that test.

@A human It’s almost strange. Like my mind has been erased of the junk

@A human Hmm that sounds interesting. If I were you I’d be curious to see how it works after it’s been in your system a while. Hope it works out!

@yup_its_ocd No I haven’t, is it an snri? Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

@Have a sunflower🌻 It's an SSRI

@yup_its_ocd Ok thanks I’ll look into it!

@OCD&ME Lexapro was the very first ssri I used. At the time I was using it for a panic disorder and not ocd but it just wasn’t effective enough in my case so I switched to Zoloft. Zoloft worked well enough. I was functioning better but it kept decreasing in effectiveness over the years until I reached the max dose and it still just kept decreasing in effectiveness. I switched to Prozac last year and it is ok but I still am hopeful that I’ll find something that works better. Plus the Prozac is giving me side effects.

@Have a sunflower🌻 Thank you!!!!! I’ll suggest switching to Zoloft I feel the same the lexapro was working but I def think it’s decreasing in effectiveness!!

@OCD&ME I wish you luck with your medication journey! It’s a pain in the butt especially because everyone can react so differently. I would recommend you talking to a psychiatrist first (that’s again what I did) but it can definitely be frustrating if you feel it’s decreasing on effectiveness. Especially considering that as far as I have been able to find, no one knows why that happens for some people.

@Have a sunflower🌻 Thank you !!!!!! I’ll let you know what happens lol I’m happy I’m not the only one !