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That's wonderful!! If I went back on anything I'd go back to zoloft forsure.

Same here, I've tried for years to go off but my panic attacks always return. Maybe if I was really good at mindfulness, meditated, exercised, and ate well every day but I have never been able to do those daily.

Thank you so very much! Blessings.

Thank you! I actually notice a huge improvement being off meds for my GAD and panic attacks, but having hard time with intrusive thoughts rn 🥲

I'm so happy to hear it's helped you!! At one point I was on 150 mg sertraline for yrs. I said it "wasn't helping enough" to my doctor... not knowing I had OCD and wasn't doing a lick of therapy 😂 no wonder it wasn't working "enough"!

@Anonymous I have read several articles that said that high doses of Sertraline (like 200mg) acts like a completely different drug. My doctor started me on Sertraline and I had to attend appointments at 4 weeks and 8 weeks to see if it was working and if it didn’t he would change the medication. The thing I kind of miss a bit (if this at all makes sense!) is the anxiety I used to get with the intrusive thoughts. The meds work brilliantly for anxiety but when the intrusive thoughts get “loud” I don’t get the anxiety which kind of feels weird when it caused so much distress before. I’m taking part in group therapy over 12 weeks on the NHS (UK) which has helped me a lot, as has the NOCD app and certain people on TikTok!

@benjita1 I don’t miss the DPDR though!

@benjita1 Yes I've heard around 200 mg is a great therapeutic dose for OCD! Although I'm sure if you have mild to moderate less probably works just fine too! I would say if anything, learning that i have OCD and I'm not just "going crazy" and doing ERP consistently has been most helpful. However somedays when im having a rough time I do consider getting back on the zoloft wagon 😂

@benjita1 Oh man I used to get HORRIBLE dpdr and panic attacks! I will say I did stop medication cold turkey (horrible I know) and that's when the dpdr and panic attacks were at their worst 100%

@benjita1 Hiya mate, I’m certain I have ocd well I hope I do because if I don’t then I’m a sick and twisted person and I don’t want to be! How can I actually get a diagnosis as my doctor says I’m showing signs of ocd and I have been prescribed 100mg but trying to see someone who specialises in ocd in the uk seems impossible

@Dorris11! Hi mate, originally I went to the doctor to start with and then I was referred to my local mental health team. I live in Dorset and we can self refer which I have done several times before I was diagnosed properly as having OCD. That’s when I was started on the medication as well as the 12 week therapy sessions. It’s perfectly normal to worry that you’re not suffering from OCD and think it’s something else. My themes bring on intense anxiety which thankfully is being helped with the Sertraline.

@benjita1 Yeah my anxiety was really bad, I had a pit in my stomach and I wondered what was going on but then I looked up my thoughts and turns out everything seemed to be ocd, I also went on medication and my anxiety has went but in a way it makes it feel like I’m becoming what I don’t want to be.

@Dorris11! That’s how the medication made me feel. It worried me for the same reason as I wasn’t getting the DPDR or the panic attacks. OCD is known as the doubting disorder and that is what it does. My advice is speak to your doctor and see if you can get a referral to your local MH Team. There are lots of resources online that also helped but overall this app has done the most in grounding me and reminding me that I’m not the only one suffering from OCD.

@benjita1 Okay, thank you very much. I have self referred using Iapt nhs, hopefully then I can get therapy as I know I need to tackle this.