Does anyone have any good experiences with SSRIs for OCD?

I’ve had a positive experience on fluoxetine (prozac). It’s made great improvements in my ocd and depression. I feel much more restored to my former self and the OCD is far more manageable. It’s obviously not a cure, but a wonderful tool. I began on 20mg and recently moved up to 40mg. I’m glad I took the step.

Yes yes yes. I’ve been on sertriline for 2 years now and from the DAY I started taking it my OCD became so manageable. I cannot explain how much my quality of life improved. I was a biology major in college, and am going to medical school soon, plus had an engagement end (lots of anxiety) and wow it is very manageable. I have never had a negative side effect and they rarely exist with SSRIs because they target seratonin reuptake receptors specifically. I have gone on and off then before that, but will stay on them as long as I need and you could be on it until the day you die and it’s perfectly fine for your body to metabolize the medication. I do still get anxious and work through my ocd from time to time but if before I was a 10, now I am a 3. Wonderful

So I have been at 50 mg which is the lowest dose possible when I had some people in my family pass away/organic chem. And then went off it for a few years. Then my engagement ended going into senior year so I went on 50 again! It was always so wonderful at 50!! That really is a hugely helpful dose for me. During the pandemic I went up to 100mg because I was struggling SO much, taking care of a 93 year old and loving her anf being so afraid I would kill her/ not being able to see people as a huge extrovert/ having an absolutely unpredictable and non responsive boss sending me to random home health care jobs like I’m on call 24/7 / knowing I will be moving in a year and not being able to handle the uncertainty of what might happen with my relationship. I really noticed myself wanting to self sabatoge my relationship because I could barely handle the uncertainty. I would be crying all the time and we’d have stressful conversations constantly and I could tell it was wearing on him so I knew I wanted to go up for myself (it was just all so much). So I did and once again a beautiful change. I can totally control my OCD again and we are on vacation right now, I am in a separate bedroom laying down doing ERP therapy. He is so respectful and was like let me grab my stuff out of the room so I don’t interrupt. I don’t explain in detail what my thoughts are that I am working though if they involve him. But he knows I do ERP to help me be okay with the uncertainty of what will happen when I go to school. It so so wonderful and he is respectful and me handeling my thoughts and controlling my intrusive thoughts has brought our relationship soooo much better than a year ago before I started therapy. I really did it because I didn’t want to get in my own way with him, and I couldn’t be more thankful. It had pushed me to be a better person anf I couldn’t be a bigger advocate. Our relationship isn’t perfect, and no relationship is, but we have respect and love for eachother and I want to do everything in my power to be the best I can be for myself, and for him.

I will likely go back down to 50mg once this super uncertain period is over! It’s a great dose for me

I e been on celebs for 11 years. Up and down doses. Bad experience trying to not take them my OCD goes to a 100. It’s manageable with them but I’m starting ERP this week with NOCD because I still practice some rituals and lots of avoidance.