olive3790
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- 1y
sheepardspiesheepardspie
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- 1y
I felt more depressed and lost my personality as well also made my harm ocd more worse in my opinion
olive3790olive3790
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- 1y
@sheepardspie I see..
M1ndoverMatt3rM1ndoverMatt3r
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@sheepardspie Same here. I felt like when I was so on it that I had a really flat effect. But everyone’s experience is different!
Ocd9239Ocd9239
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- 1y
It lowered my anxiety, which made the intrusive thoughts less distressing, in my experience
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
I'm on a low dose and it helps with the panic feeling but I do still ruminate a lot about my OCD theme
Endexer929Endexer929
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 1y
Not to be *that* guy, but I very much recommend listening to doctors and psychiatrists and not random people on the internet if your considering taking a drug.
Simon Simon
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- 1y
Zoloft caused a lot of digestion side effects for me (I’ll spare details). Lexapro has been best for me, but everyone is different in their reactions to different SSRIs.
Simon Simon
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- 1y
@Simon It helped me a lot, but the most relief came from increasing to a therapeutic dose for OCD, which I avoided for the first couple years because it sounded too high. It actually ended up being great for me with no side effects.
JadeFJadeF
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- 1y
Made my anxiety worse, gave insomnia, nausea - it isn't for everyone. I'm better on low dose risperidone
DigitallDigitall
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- 1y
I didn't like it
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