Posted by fairnymph on May 18, 2003, at 21:27:39
In reply to Re: SSRI AND OCD, posted by Caleb462 on May 15, 2003, at 14:18:05
Prozac was the best for me. I could not tolerate Zoloft (bad tremor, and it made my OCD about 10x worse! I couldn't deal with the initial effects and stopped after a month). Effexor helped some, not as much as prozac though which was AWESOME...but Effexor did not start working for me until I hit 300 mg, and I found I needed 400-450 for really noticeable improvement. OCD typically needs higher doses of antidepressants than other disorders, and my dr at the time I was on Effexor told me that my response was normal for an OCD person (i.e. my needing a high dose of Effexor).
So yeah, caleb, try upping your dose a bit more.
Rainee, I'm not totally clear about what you are wondering, but I *personally* found prozac the best.
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