- Username
- Samh1
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I have been having a good experience with the Ssri medication. The side effects can differ from person to person. Your anxiety and your ocd might be a bit elevated for the first few days. The side effects that I had was increase in anxiety and ocd, dry mouth, feeling nauseous, loss of appetite,sweaty hands. When you start a new ssri for the first time you will get a brochure that will tell you about the side effects that could happen. It can take 4-6 weeks for you to feel the full effects of the drug. Sometimes it can take earlier for you to feel the full effects for the drug. It differs between everyone .It took me five weeks. My anxiety went away completely, one of my compulsions went away completely and I have also had a reduction in my compulsions. You still might have a few compulsions. I have been on the meds for almost 4 months. The meds have helped me out so much compared to what I was before I took the meds.
Currently dealing with constant anxiety but I just started and was told this would happen for a couple of weeks
I’m on 20mg Prozac and I’ve been on it for 4 weeks now. I had really bad energy crashes, headaches and nausea here and there and I did have a little worse anxiety at the beginning But now my anxiety is way better and those physical side symptoms are less frequent. I also eat a lot less and feel less hungry but tbh my mood is starting to regulate and my ocd is feeling a little less terrible so I’m happy with the results! It’s different for everyone though!
Thank you very much!
Im going on 20 now from 10. I hope a low dose is all I need to get over the OCD hill and move forward with treatment
I take Zoloft and have been now for about 2 years. I had side effects for approx 3-6 weeks, I sort of had different ones at different points. This was tiredness, vivid dreams, lightheaded and at times more anxious than normal, however I was given diazepam for when this anxiety was particularly difficult or if it kept me awake. It was honestly the best thing I ever did, it helped me manage the anxiety I felt during therapy and I’m now a different person to who I was. While a lot of this was the work I put in I felt the Zoloft played a part in making me calm and rational enough to carry on with therapy. Hope that helps!
Looking for some feedback on experiences people have had using Paxil for OCD? Did u experience many side effects at the beginning? If so, for how long? I’ve heard it’s one of the worst SSRI’s for weight gain has anyone else experienced this?
Does anyone have any good experiences with SSRIs for OCD?
For people who have experienced successes with SSRI’s or other antidepressants, what symptoms did they treat? The intrusive thoughts, anxiety, compulsions, all of it? I have tried other ssri’s in the past, with moderate success in reducing anxiety, but it didn’t reduce the unwanted thoughts. However, at that time, the theme of my intrusive thoughts weren’t as troublesome. So while the thoughts still existed, it didn’t limit my functionality. I feel like even if a new SSRI reduces my anxiety and compulsions, but not the intrusive thoughts, that I will not return to the functionality I had just a short time ago.
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