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- Anonymous243
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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.
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
I’m really hesitating about taking medication, I’ve always been scared of medication used for mental health but my psychiatrist considers that I would benefit from these pills and that they will make my recovery easier. Can you please share your experiences with ocd medication? Has it been helpful? Did it give you some sort of addiction? Secondary effects? Thank you 🙏🏼
What OCD medication(s) do you take & what are your thoughts on it? I’ve taken Zoloft and Fluvoxamine in the past and think it’s time to get back on something. My only concern is that I am a female in her mid 20s and I would like to have children of my own within the next 10 years & I’m not sure how medications would affect that.
Hey all! My therapist recently recommended that I ask my psych about Prozac for my OCD. I was wondering what are some common medications you guys have been on? I know it’s always a mixed bag but I just wanted some perspective. Thank you!
Hey, I’m here to ask if anyone is comfortable with sharing, how has medication helped with OCD? How does the medication make you feel / does it make you feel disconnected in any kind of way? Or has it improved your life significantly? Thanks!
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