Meds

Everyone isn’t the same. I have just about any subtype of OCD that you could think of. Meds did not work for me and only worsened my symptoms. In fact, I started to obsess about the side effects of the meds which led to more panic. The only thing that helped me was building up the courage to face my fears.

I’ve noticed a lot of improvement on setraline 100mg. Have luckily no side effects either. It did spike my anxiety at first but now after a couple of months I feel great. I was also nervous and putting off medication for so long, I wish I did this sooner really.

I’m taking Sertraline 150mg and about to increase to 200 just cause of how severe my ocd is;however, it did reduce my ocd thoughts so much! But I still have a bit here and there

Good luck and I’d say just stick with it for the time period that the doctor recommends because I was told that I didn’t give them the time needed.

I take fluoxetine 60 and it helps a lot with intrusive thoughts . Since my increase everyday seems better 🙏

I have been taking Luvox for the past year I’ve made such major improvements on intrusive thoughts, spiraling, and other ocd related things 😵‍💫 with active therapy and medication I am able to do other things without getting consumed by ocd stuff and I can handle my triggers so much better and also my attention span has gotten better. Also there hasn’t been any side effects for me

I’ve noticed a big improvement whilst taking medication. I used to be in 40mg of citralopram and came off it because I felt a lot better. Over the year I was off the medication I started to noticed myself slip back into old habits and finally had a breakdown in August of this year. I am now on 150mg of sertaline and I have felt a huge improvement. The thoughts are still there but I feel like I can handle them much better. Medication effects everybody differently it works for some and it doesn’t for others, it by no means gets rid of intrusive thoughts but it does take the edge off.