[Seth412]

Recently I received a letter in the mail from my insurance company, stating that they would no longer be paying for my Cymbalta in full, sticking me with a bill that I can't really afford.

Which is fine with me, as I was considering a switch anyway. Cymbalta has been working, just not as well as I want or need it to.

The low cost options my insurance company has offered include Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft, and Effexor.

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with these, particularly for the treatment of OCD/anxiety. I have taken Lexapro with tremendous success, and I hear that Celexa is similar. Is this true? My pdoc and I are leaning toward Celexa or Zoloft, but I think it would be helpful to read some reviews and experiences.

Also, I don't know if anyone has this information, but is any one med more likely to induce mania over the others? I always use ADs with extreme caution (mood stabilizers and sometimes anti-psychotics) as I am a rapid cycling bi polar as well.

Thank you for reading.

[kimical]

I hated Prozac and Zoloft. They made my depression and ocd worse. I've also tried wellbutrin xl and remeron. I'm on remeron right now. I don't know how expensive it is but it's kind of like a sedative, I take it at night and it puts me to sleep. Upside, I'm not anxious or depressed at all, downside, it makes me hungry and I've gained ten pounds. It's like the pill form of weed.

[Seth412]

It made your depression/OCD worse? That's strange, but I have heard of that happening with some people.

SSRI's have been hit or miss with me. Lexapro worked better than I could have imagined, and enhanced my life overall during the time I took it. Luvox, on the other hand, made me so manic I had to be hospitalized. I suppose everyone reacts differently to different meds.

Remeron seems like a very interesting med. Rather obscure, but it's funny how those sometimes can work best. I'll bring it up with my doc, see what he thinks. Right now everything is up in the air.

[kimical]

Some medications that are supposed to raise energy levels sometimes make me more anxious. I already have racing intrusive thoughts and if I get more energy it make it worse. That's why I didn't like wellbutrin. I don't think I stuck with Prozac and Zoloft long enough because they made my stomach hurt and gave me digestive problems and after a while, I started feeling crazy.

[onionknight]

In my experience, Effexor doesn't do much for ocd. I take it for depression and it relieves that, but I still have the lingering ocd symptoms.

I want to say Zoloft helped the ocd more, but overall, for me, it wasn't as good a drug as Effexor, which I'll probably be sticking with even though ocd is annoying.