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Hi!! I’m not on the medication but I do know it’s an SSRI. The dosage I think you’re on is the lowest and it usually increases with 25mg increments once the medication gets settled more into your daily regiment. Give it a week or two for it to really start to cycle. SSRIs are a slow start but when it’s the right medication you will begin to feel better soon. Impatience I totally get tho I started Venlafaxine a week ago and even tho I’m on the lowest dose I keep going “when will it work” a bunch

It is not going to take your thought process or anything away. Just dulls it.

took me about a month and a half before it really started to help but i felt VERY MINOR improvement after 1 week and needed my dose uppsed to 50mg and then after another week we upped it to 75mg where i stayed.

Hi- nurse here! SSRIs generally take longer to start working than some other meds- it’s usually a few weeks to a month to see changes. If the 25 mg isn’t doing enough for you you can always contact your psychiatrist to increase the dose after a month or two on 25 mg - they usually start people at lower doses so your body has time to get used to the medication before raising the dose. Sertraline has been shown to be effective in a lot of people with OCD but everyone is different so it may not work as well for some people. It took me a while to figure out what medication worked best for me- just communicate with your psychiatrist throughout your journey about how you’re feeling!! Sorry for the long response but I hope it at least helped a little bit! The waiting game when you first start meds is hard and I have been there and understand the impatience. Good luck on your journey! 🤍