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Old Mar 25, 2015, 09:50 PM
Happy Camper Happy Camper is offline
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In summary that said most OCD sufferers respond positively when treated for low serotonin. Prozac and zoloft were the only SSRIs I tried for any length of time at maximum dosage and it had no effect at all on me---to the point I began obsessing over whether or not the Doctors were giving me placebo sugar pills.

I think my problem is more dopamine-based.

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This describes the behavior and thinking patterns associated with neurotransmitter imbalances, and my self observations suggest periods of moderately to severely elevated dopamine, including near complete loss of insight and religious fears, with a complete absence of hallucinations, although I experience "illusions" where randomly textured surfaces appear to have faces and characters/scenery on them--many times highly detailed beyond my own artistic capability.

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Has anyone had luck with the obsessional type of ocd? I have almost no overt ocd behaviors.