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I'm on prozac 10 mg and it helps me so much it silences my never ending thinking for a good amount and keeps me functioning, always pair ssris with ERP and CBT for best results.
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Does it help you with your anxiety? My ocd has calmed a little but anxiety and panic has crept up on me.
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@Kls2121 Yes my anxiety has been reduced significantly
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i’m on an ssri (5 weeks in baby!) and it helps a lot with the anxiety, don’t be afraid to tell your doctor if you don’t think it’s right for you! I am holding out for my 6 week mark and then i might change my ssri. i wish you all the luck! if someone had told me a year ago i’d be on medication, i would’ve said they were crazy. now my opinion has changed for the better and i’m GRATEFUL for modern medicine and for all the possibilities out there. Definitely pair medication with ERP and a counselor, it makes a difference!
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Yes, SSRI help
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Especially zoloft. I haven't tried it myself, just read about it online
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Depending on how severe your OCD is, or whether or not you are responding to CBT/therapy, your doctor may suggest medication. You should definitely only take medication after consulting with your therapist and also with a psychiatrist! They are educated on psychiatric disorders and medications and can help you decide if being on a medication is right for you and which one you should be on! Certain kinds of medication can have side effects that may alter your mood, or that may affect how you feel. For some people, this change is worth the potential relief the medication will provide. Some people do not experience these side effects at all! I would suggest chatting with your therapist first and foremost to determine if you are at a point where you should try medication, and find a psychiatrist from there!
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Lamictal and Buspar help me significantly
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Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.
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Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?
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This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I don’t want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldn’t be my only fix. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment I’m doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I don’t actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/I’m secretly a terrible person
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