So I officially have to go on anti depressants because my ocd is getting so bad that it is causing all my hair to fall out.

Do you have behavioural therapy too? I'm not a fan of doctors just pushing pills and not giving you ERP.

I have some therapy, I haven’t gotten to go in a while though. And the only reason he’s giving me medicine is because my hair is coming out. He gave me other stuff to do to help me with it as well that’s at home (like meditating) and such

I dont know if antidepressants stop hair loss tho, I know certain ones can even cause it. I dunno, I am not a fan of them and I wouldn't recommend it for hair loss considering it can mentally screw you up. Anti depressants made me suicidal, which I wasn't before.

I’m using a hair growing vitamin as well. And mine doesn’t have a side effect of hair loss so

Just be careful with those meds, psychiatry is very money hungry so if you feel worse don't go along with upping the dose. I know I put my faith in psychiatrists for years and it unfortunately never paid off for me. In my case I always was weirded out when I told em of my severe side effects (suicidal thoughts, more aggressive when I am very peaceful typically, nosebleeds, weight gain, sweating like crazy, insomnia, etc.) while also not feeling any better and having any benefit of the med after months but I figured "the doctor knows best" and wasn't critical at all at the time when I should've been. (Not to say they cant be positive for you, they can for some people, just stay critical) I was put on benzos too and the psychiatrist told me I don't have an addictive personality so it should be fine. Was on them for idk, 5 months? Withdrawing still right now and it is hellish. Benzos aren't innocent when you take a lot of them daily for such a long time. I've also been prescribed seroquel (antipsychotic) to fall asleep once (off label use). Horrible experience, eyes were swollen, tremors, more OCD spikes because according to some research anti psychotics can even make OCD appear in non OCD patients... Yeah. A wild ride with meds.

Damn. Well I will be careful. Mines not a super high dosage so I’m just gonna see how it goes.

I think theres no exist only one answer, there are all at of doctors, some of them take care about your money and orhers dont, like in otjer proffessions people have vocation or not. If is confortable for you to take medicine and it helps you, i think is the best. Try to evaluate your progress, your side effects and talk with your doctor. If it doesnt work, i recommend you tray with other doctor with ethic.

Try*

A lot of them do care about money though and NEED to get their patients on meds to stay hired for their company as that is how they make money. Not all of course but it's just the way the field works, a psychiatrist even admitted it to me, unfortunately I did not record that conversation or I'd have sued her probably