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Meds.
What medication do you guys recommend for OCD?
What medication do you guys recommend for OCD?
Unfortunately, it’s a lot of trial and error for most. I have had success on Cymbalta as well as Luvox (currently). Both gave me relief…about 50% reduction. Both were/are at high doses.
Docs don't normally start at high doses I don't think... I think they gotta build it up.
@Mr. Baldbastic Yes, it took time to go up but typically OCD benefits from higher doses. It took me a couple of months to go to 250mg of Luvox. 300 is the max.
@Joey_867 I have Cymbalta... Haven't took it yet due to allergic reaction to a shot... What was your dose?
@Mr. Baldbastic At my worst, I was on 90. For 10 years I took 30 once a day. Things were amazing. Then, I thought I was “healed” and didn’t need I needed meds anymore and got off it cold turkey.
Prozac 60 mg
@helpneeded Did Prozac help? Have you had side effects?I’m on 50 mg of Zoloft and I’m going through a lot in my life and I don’t think it’s helping much at all and maybe it’s making me worse. I’m afraid to try others bc I’m overweight and I injured my back at work really bad so I can’t do any physical activity. I also battle insomnia so I like that the Zoloft is kind of sedating.
@Everythingzen Prozac helps me a LOT. I just gave birth a month ago and was on Zoloft near the third trimester. I got to 200 on Zoloft but 50 didn’t do too much for me. 50 is pretty low. I think 150 of Zoloft is equivalent to 60 Prozac which is what I’m on now and was on that pre pregnancy. It really helps to exhaust the compulsions. I still will obsess mentally I guess, but I’ll get over it quicker and the compulsions literally become exhausting because I’m realizing I have to legit wash my hands or wipe everything and anything anybody touches but it isn’t realistic to do that 509 times a day especially with a newborn. The medicine helps so much I recommend it to anyone with ocd
@Everythingzen No side effects for me
@Everythingzen It’s also common to “get worse” on the meds before it gets better. That happened to me too
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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