Meds.

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.

@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