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Medication
Anyone tried Fluvoxamine for their OCD??
Anyone tried Fluvoxamine for their OCD??
I have been on this for quite some time! It builds up over time like most! For myself it seems effective!
@jpell0w for you personally, has it helped the anxiety? or the frequency of intrusive thoughts? anything like that
@Anonymous Yeah it has! The build up is slow in my case but when on it consistently I have a better balance.
I just got it prescribed today, I can update later on how it goes, but I've heard good things about it
@FairyMan I also got prescribed today, and started googling. I should not have and got very anxious.
I had to research as I've never heard of that one but its actually luvox and fluvoxamine is the generic name
i've been on luvox for several months now after switching from another SSRI. it has given me my life back
Hi all just checking in. Are you augmenting the Luvox with any other medication?
@Joey_867 I am not, it has helped my anxiety immensely so i haven’t felt the need to yet.
I have a question My OCD has felt almost invisible the past few weeks and now that is starting to stress me out a lot. Right now I am at a point in my treatement where I was asked if I would like to take medication. I told my therapist this week that I would like to try the medication based on how miserable I feel in during OCD flare ups. But now my brain always tells me that I only go throught this treatement etc. to seek attention and that I am just dramatic and should be ashamed of myself for wanting to take this medication. So now I am doubting if I should take the medication or not. Any advice?
Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.
Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?
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