sertraline

[Guest messihead]

Hey just wanted to know how yous guys that have tried or are taking sertraline find it for your ocd?!

[Guest daisymoo]

Hi there.

yes ive been on them for a couple of years. Took a good few months to kick in. They really do help me.

[Guest messihead]

Hey. Thank you for taking the time to reply. What dosage are you currently taking? In what ways do you find they benefit you? And also do you think within 6 weeks I may notice a small difference?

[Guest daisymoo]

Im on the strongest strength u can take. I think at six weeks maybe a little change. I just feel a lot like my old self. Ocd still pops its head up time to time but I can let it pass x

[Guest messihead]

Anyone else??

[Guest AJ45]

Hi . Sertraline 50mg.

For me this does not take away ocd , but the anxiety passes quicker. So i would anticipate CBT on this drug might be productive.

However , I seem to be having more issues with intrusive thoughts since being on Sertraline and the side effect of a higher doses were too much for me - and I'm quite a tough cookie !!!!!!

[Yrrow]

What were the side effects for you, AJ? If you don't mind me asking, that is...

[Guest messihead]

Thanx aj. Yea wot were ur side affects? I appear to be feeling really sick but not sure if this is pregnancy related

[Guest AJ45]

My side effects on 100mg were stomach ache and diarrhoea, plus others. It was the loss of bowel control that was the deciding factor !!

[Guest nervous]

I was on it 20 years ago but couldn't handle it, I got night sweats really bad, funny cause as long as I was awake I was fine but as soon as I fell asleep it would start. Couldn't tell you if it would of worked for me if I was on it long enough.

[Guest messihead]

That's strange because I had loose stools this morning hope that isn't going to be a side effect and also feeling sick

[highlight]

The side effects I had where stomach pains and.....hmmm you know not vomiting the over end..... apart from that I did experience sleepiness , feeling dizzy and a strange "relaxed" feeling.

I have never taken them long enough to experience any positive effects. I don't know how much the medication would help me if I did take it for a long time.

I am using sertraline as called zoloft ...

[taurean]

I am considering using this medication, but I am wanting a medication to help with reducing intrusions. Some say it does some say it doesn't - jury is out.

Many seems to say it takes a long time to be effective,and I already have stomach problems due to the anxiety response.

[Guest messihead]

Yea I heard it helps ocd sufferers well in terms of intrusions so I'm hoping this with me that's why I started it. My tummy was dodgy this morning but it has passed. I would do anything for the intrusive thoughts to subside. I feel like already I notice me at times being able to just switch of but I don't know if this is more a psychological thing. As when I think of the thought I still feel I have to get checked out

[taurean]

My plan is to get feeling more in control physically and mentally via the therapist I am currently seeing - then start the tablets and see how I get on. People say the original side effects do ease off with time.

Edited October 27, 2014 by taurean

[Guest messihead]

Can I ask what your intrusive thoughts are? I have only been taking it 4 days feel a bit different but not sure how.

[taurean]

You can. They usually take the form of phrases or headlines or book titles or film titles that my brain spots and obsesses on - they usually suggest a harmful theme. They often then whirr and whirr round in a sort of brainlock.

They can be images too.

The flavour of the OCD gravy doesn't matter as such, whether its harm or what - its always something I think that is abhorrent to us/against our core values or we are really uncomfortable about it so don't want the thoughts..

The "thought loop" thing isn't that common but it's incredibly difficult to cope with.

[Guest nicolam381318]

I didn't find that Sertraline helped with the OCD symptoms at all but like others have said, it did reduce the anxiety and mood-related effects. In fact, I was only diagnosed with OCD after a good year on Sertraline when that side of things was getting gradually worse. I started on them really slowly and I didn't have too many side effects. I only ever took up to 50 mg though (maybe they would have had more an effect at a higher dose). My GP has suggested that I might want to consider starting them again actually, together with an anti-emetic to help with the GI side effects (I have a major fear of vomiting). I should probably mention that the decision to start them the first time round was based on the fact that I was breast feeding. It's the SSRI with the lowest concentration in breast milk so the choice in my case wasn't based around efficacy per se.

[taurean]

Some people take it with an anti-pyschotic drug. Maybe that helps with the thoughts?