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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.
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Currently dealing with constant anxiety but I just started and was told this would happen for a couple of weeks
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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!
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Thank you very much!
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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
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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!
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Does it help with the thoughts?how's ur experience with it?
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I just got my SSRI’s and I’m kinda nervous to take them so I was wondering if anyone has had a good or bad experience with them.
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Hello last year I had gone thru a very rough time In my life where I needed to be put on Zoloft 50mg around march 2024. I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and OCD. Ive been suffering from OCD since I was like 11 and depression since I was 19, but I never sought help until last year Im 27 because I knew I needed it to help me get thru life. I was on 3 months on Zoloft and I went to a trip to Miami which honestly helped me so much, I honestly attribute that trip to Miami in healing me more than the Zoloft it self. I met my current girlfriend there. After coming back I felt like a new person. I still kept taking the Zoloft 50mg until late April (2025) this year when I decided to tapper down to 25mg by my self without a doc recommendation, I didn’t feel anything during the month of may this year until like may 30th when I woke up in a panic and I felt like I was back at square 1 before I started Zoloft. Mind you ive been thru some life changes, I recently graduated RN school and my gf moved in with me. Ever since the end of may I’ve been very anxious, my OCD is on high gear and my depression too. I went back up to 50mg I’m seeing a new doc, my questions is has anyone gone thru a similar situation? If so what helped you and how long did it take you to stabilize ?
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