Guys, do any of you take medication? If so, would you reccomended it and how does it make things better? Is there any side effects you have experienced?

SSRIs come with many side effects and are battering you in the first few weeks. Only you/your doc can decide if it's time to try them. Was on Escitalopram for three years, always tired from it. I stopped it now.

Meds can help the process, but med alone cannot and will not cure OCD. They only way to actually get over an OCD theme is with ERP and CBT.

Do they make your ocd better?

I’ve tried almost all prescription OCD medications and have had no success but lots of side effects. Every body and mind is different, so I’m just speaking about MY experiences. I am on several anti-psychotic medications and also take NAC (n-acetyl cestine), a supplement that has been found to help the symptoms of OCD. I am on 2400mg a day and have been taking it for 3 months. I hope this helps, even a little. Best of luck!

Escitalopram helped me with depression, which often comes with OCD.

I’ve taken like 5 different kinds of medicine so far Zoloft is the best one. I’ve heard from others it helps to but everyone is different. And yes medicine helps me a lot!

I’m on lexapro and it helps take the edge off in a way. I think it has caused weight gain and maybe even lower libido.

I've had setraline, fluoxetine, mirtazepine, seroquel, lorazepam and oxazepam. For me personally anti depressants made me 10 times worse and suicidal when I wasn't in the first place, anti psychotic seroquel was a complete disaster too as they had awful severe side effects like parkinson like motions, swollen red eyes, and even more OCD while at the same time feeling like a zombie. A lifelessness yet the anxiety spiked... I really hated seroquel. The benzos are okay for me though, oxazepam worked best for me. For everyone it is different but imo I'd avoid meds if given the chance, minus short term benzodiazepine use. This is just my experience though. Oh I do 100% think anti psychotics shouldn't be used for OCD though, imo there is too little research into this and the research that is out there even points at it being bad for OCD in a lot of cases from what I could find. And they are dangerous meds, even in low doses, I've experienced it myself first hand so if I were you I'd not play around with that stuff like a guinea pig.