[JakeBH9]

I'm stopping my meds. It's been 6 years and I'm done with the sedation for good. I am tired of living sedated and "healthy" away from my OCD. I don't care. Let it bathe over me.

[JakeBH9]

Ofc I will taper, I'm not that ignorant.

[Deejay14]

Sorry you have felt sedated for six years. There are always new drugs to try. I have never felt sedated on SSRIs. I would hate to be a slave to OCD. Best of luck on titrating down. My one piece of advice is to go down at a slow, slow pace.

[88Butterfly88]

I had exposure therapy for my OCD and that really helped me. I take anxiety medications (Xanax and Inderal) but no longer take an SSRI. My OCD hasn't been too bad actually.
The anxiety medication is nice since it can be taken only as needed. Yes, it does make me sedated but since it's not required to be taken everyday I can just take it when I feel the benefits outweigh the side effects. I agree with Dee to go down slowly; as going through rapid medication withdrawal is not fun.

[JakeBH9]

I've been on around 25-30 medicines, I'm not new to any of this.

[JakeBH9]

Nobody knows the hell of my life but me.

[bobcat21]

I totally understand. I've tried so many medications and that I can't even remember. I'm trying Paxil right now but naturally it isn't helping with my anxiety so my pdoc ups it no dice. The only medication I haven't tried is celexa, exeffor prestiq but naturally my pdoc is very hesitant with trying new medications because I've tried so many. I can't help it Sometimes Ssris don't work for everyone. I wish we could find one that actually works.

[JakeBH9]

Well they "work for me" but they mess up a lot of other areas of my life so it's always a compromise. To be honest, my productivity means more to me than my mental health. If I have to take a medicine combo that is not favorable towards my anxiety but allows me to be the most productive I can thus enhancing my ability to get a degree and good grades, it's worth it. SSRI's you could argue "do help productivity" at certain times of the day, but the being hungry more often albeit "good" is annoying when I'm always "on the go" and don't have jack ***** time to eat ever. Also, I have to be alert and ready to go at all hours of the day with college and a competitive major, so it's my temporary mental health or my future at hand really. Not that dramatically per se, but I can't afford just quitting 2-3 hours of homework a night early because my SSRI's make me tired or other things like that. They work against my amphetamines which is nice for sleep, but awful when you need focus very bad like my severe ADHD self does. I totally hate meds. I mean, a lot of them.

[JakeBH9]

Originally Posted by Deejay14

Sorry you have felt sedated for six years. There are always new drugs to try. I have never felt sedated on SSRIs. I would hate to be a slave to OCD. Best of luck on titrating down. My one piece of advice is to go down at a slow, slow pace.

Yeah, I bet you would hate that, too.

[JakeBH9]

Sorry, I've just had a really ****ing bad day.

[Dannii91]

I am afraid of taking SSRIs. They have side effects that I am afraid of such as vomiting, sexual dysfunction, and weight gain (being a plump or fat woman is even worse than being a fat man). I think Xanax would be slightly better, but where I live they never prescribe it to OCD sufferers.