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Medication for OCD
What medications are you all on or have been on? Experiences? Side effects? What has worked and what hasn’t?
What medications are you all on or have been on? Experiences? Side effects? What has worked and what hasn’t?
Fluvoxamine and Hydroxyzine. Interesting thing I heard: Fluvoxamine studies with covid have shown it helps to lessen the illness. I had a high fever with the omicron variant. But not much other than a sinus congested that lasted a week or so. Maybe being on Fluvoxamine helped?
I doubt having the 2 doses of the Pfizer vaccine before getting covid did anything.
@Torture survivor Interesting! Thanks for the advice. Did you find that fluvoxamine worked well?
@Anonymous243 Fluvoxamine seems to work for me
@Torture survivor Im glad! Maybe it could work for me too.
@Torture survivor Omg I’m just starting this medication and idk why I find this kind of hilarious
@edelweiss Hilarious in what way?
@Torture survivor I just didn’t expect one of the side effects of my meds to be less covid symptoms 😭
@edelweiss I heard about it through doctor interviews on social media. You won't hear about it on corporate news. They were wrong about ivermectin and the FDA was sued and lost for pushing disinformation about it.
@edelweiss You probably haven't heard about that. Read this article.... https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2024/04/02/FDA-settles-ivermectin-lawsuit-removes-contentious-COVID-19-posts#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFDA%20loses%20its%20war%20on,plaintiffs%2C%20said%20in%20a%20statement.
@Torture survivor Interesting! Yeah I didn’t know about this.
@Torture survivor I heard this as well regarding Fluvoxamine and Covid.
Currently on Zoloft and loving it. Little bit of nausea at first with it, but i take it with food and that has helped. I was on Effexor before and it zapped my personality
@Anonymouslyhere I did not like the side effects of Effexor!
Tried Lexapro, Zoloft, and Effexor. Didn’t really notice a difference, besides Effexor where I had negative side effects. My psychiatrist hasn’t been the most creative to finding solutions and has opted to put me on more addictive meds. So, I’ve got a new psychiatrist, he seems cooler already just by our first meeting. I’ll let you know how it goes lol.
@edelweiss Good luck with your new psychiatrist! My old one sucked too lol. Ive also tried lexapro and zoloft and didnt see much different. Hope you can find one that works, don’t give up hope
Zoloft aka Sertaline. No side effects really. Just tired when I started it for a few weeks
@Emmnala Thank you for the comment!
Zoloft and recently added buspar
@Mamachels88 I hope it goes well! Thanks for comment
(25f) Before I was diagnosed with OCD I tried Lexapro (wasn’t bad but wasn’t great) and Citalopram (partially think it was a part of what caused me to develop severe anxiety that ignited my once not so active OCD.) After diagnosis tried Effexor and didn’t see an improvement. Was on Adderall for a good amount of my life and mentally did good on it, stopped about 2 years ago because the physical side effects started to become more noticeable. Maybe I go back on Adderall? Maybe SSRI’s and I aren’t a great fit? Anyone taking other medications that helped?
So I have been diagnosed with GAD and OCD and my psychiatrist prescribed me with zoloft 🤔 but I dont know im really hesitant to start medication because im scared of the side effects and ik afraid of relying on a medication for a long time. Does anyone else take zoloft? What is it like? Any side effects?
I understand that everyone is different but lately I have been debating on medication just because of past experiences but does anyone have any good experiences with medication that has helped them with their OCD as well as therapy or treatment? As of now I’m dealing with it by myself but it feels like it may be getting worse
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