Medication for pretty severe OCD

Medications
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Hey guys so I been struggling also with a pretty severe case of OCD

I been on sertraline 200mg daily
I don’t feel it’s doing anything for me

I been on about 6 SSRI in my life so far and I had to always change eventually because the effect on my anxiety wore off

Is this common?
I might try fluoxetine at high dose next and if not my pdoc mentioned clomipramine

I just dunno if one SSRI could actually work compared to others? They are all basically the same?

Thanks

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Have you tried anything other than SSRI’s? There’s quite a few supplements you could try.

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Well sertraline dose for ocd only so far
Other SSRI meds I was on in the past was more only targeting anxiety

Which supplement/s you speak of? Thanks

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I hear you. I’ve had terrible treatment resistant anxiety for years. Unfortunately the only things that seem to work are habit forming.

But in terms of ocd you could try

-Myoinositol
-B-12
-NAC
-L-theanine
-Ashwaganda

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Cobenfy is helping my ocd alot

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Geez the Inositol would take lots
Reading 12-16g a day lol

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Nice but Cobenfy not available here yet :pensive_face:

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True, luckily it’s dirt cheap

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Clomipramine is the best med for OCD in my opinion.

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Have you tried? I know it’s the most studied medication for ocd specifically

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Yeah, Im on it now, I’ve been on it for a couple of years.

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How much would you rate on 10 for effectiveness? I know we are all different

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I take only 1 gram of myoinisitol for OCD. It’s helping me.

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I have severe OCD and take Luvox. It works pretty well. No nasty sexual side effects like newer SSRIs.

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I give it a 7.5

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A doc told me they’ll give people with severe OCD mega doses of prozac. Like double or tripple the max level for depression.

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I have OCD and am working through this workbook. You may need to work through it with a therapist though It’s called: The mindfulness workbook for OCD second edition by john hershfield. I havent been prescribed an medication for it other than prozac. That landed me in the hospital.

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Ahhh that one is off the list for me because I’m also on Clozaril and apparently Luvox increases clozapine levels by a lot

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Yeah that’s what she’s thinking.
Prozac

Or perhaps combining small dose of Abilify with my Clozaril
I’ll find out this Wednesday!

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