Am on antidepressants and the dose was still to high. Now the doctor dropped another dose. The higher the dose the worse my thoughts became. 1 year of lowering. 37.5 was not high enough 75 was only 1 month and increased to 112.5 for a 6 months and then 150 for 2 months. 150 made me suicidal. 112.5 made me angry and paranoid and the thought were that I always wanted to hurt someone. So now I’m on 75 for 10 days and my thoughts run wild that I feel crazy:(

I promise..I was like you...until I started practicing mindfulness and meditation now I don’t take any meds...the thoughts are all still there but as time goes by I’m getting stronger and relating to the thoughts differently...meditation is better than any wonder drug...

Not all meds work the same, maybe you need to try out a new one. I hope it all works for you!

And if it is Effexor is used for anxiety not OCD

I have been on 37.5 for 13 years. I had a rough 2016. Too much things happened to fast and I started having sizures due to stress, so in 2017 is when the increase started and I just feel to tired putting my mind though anymore. So I now have to work on letting this dose adjust. And in the future I will slowly get off effexor and try something different .My mind is at constant worry and overthinking.Nerves in my head twitch, brain shivers , neck vibrates body sensations. The effexor probably helps a bit, but the side effects were scary and to great to deal with.The doctor said it was making me more manic. :(

So I will have to stay at 75mg for now

Sometimes less is more as I can see and feel that and a lot of time to heal. Medications are a huge things to get used to, it’s all about trial and error.The mind is a complicated thing. So is OCD. I will be switching in the future but I just dropped to 75mg 10 days ago.Playing around with medications so quick isn’t always the best answer (for me).Letting things settle for a couple of months and then deciding from there. Thank you for all the replies:)