Kayleeee
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- 1y ago
Medication
Hey guys does anyone mind sharing their experience with medication and how it affected them?
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- 1y ago
I’ll be honest, I’ve had really bad experiences with them. I’ve been on like 15 medications over the years, mostly ssris but a few antipsychotics for ocd as well. Most recently I was on Zoloft. It was so hard to taper off of that it took an entire year. I developed horrible akathisia and muscle tremors that I still have over 2 years later. Other ones were hell to get on and off, especially Effexor. People I know said I was like a zombie on them. I know they can work for some people but please listen to your body with them if you take them. In my experience psychiatrists change doses way too quickly, so be careful. And while the medications did numb me I don’t think they helped my ocd much, and now that I’m off them I’m worse than before. Im not saying this to scare people but I really wish I had done more lifestyle and therapy approaches before trying meds
Jessica110813Jessica110813
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I’ve been on 6 different SSRIs and never seemed to find the right now until this last one (Paxil). It helped a lot but I still struggled. I finally decided to treat my adhd with Vyvance and it was night and day difference with my obsessive compulsive thoughts.
MreowMreow
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@Jessica110813 Did the vyanase help your ocd or make it worse?
777Q777Q
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Personally for me I have tried several medications over many years with none of them working for me. I discovered through a mouth swab DNA test that I have bad interactions with most medications.
dumeerevdumeerev
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Paroxetine has worked really well for me, especially when paired with an inositol dietary supplement :) I definitely still experience symptoms but it’s so much more manageable. I’ve tried sertraline before as well but didn’t get a ton of progress using that, and even did them simultaneously for a long time and had some negative effects from combining them. (All done under supervision of a psychiatrist)
swvvitchbladesswvvitchblades
- Date posted
- 1y ago
i’ve been on several, not amazing experiences with most since i was also undiagnosed bipolar but effexor & (i don’t remember type)a mood stabilizer helped a lot for a long time so i feel like they can sometimes be helpful. getting the right one is difficult and can be discouraging at times. i’m still looking for the right combination and it’s been a few years.
MreowMreow
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I take medication for adhd only but it helps kinda witb depression too but makes my ocd worse, but still taking it and just working on OCD with erp. My ocd is bad so it’s been suggested I take SSRIs but im too scared to go that route since it can take a lot until the right match is found.
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- Date posted
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