Good Morning! Just curious as to what type of meds have been the most beneficial for everyone? I have anxiety and ocd. I feel great in the afternoons , ancy in the mornings. I was also placed on a beta blocker due to HBP which the MD felt was due to the anxiety and is under control now. I am currently on Lexapro.
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I take L-5HTP and L-tyrosine. They are both amino acids and are helpful.
I also take another natural remedy but it is not for OCD or anxiety.
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I also take another natural remedy but it is not for OCD or anxiety.
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I've tried about 3 or 4 different meds & am currently on Cymbalta. Am also starting to take 5htp & also interested in what others find helpful.
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I am about to come off my medication (Zoloft) due to some major weight gain. I was interested in trying St. John's Wort. How much should I take? I asked my doctor and they are against anything "natural" so they won't discuss it.
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I'm off lexapro. It was a real blessing and got me out of the depression rut, but I sort of avoided the ocd until it would break through. I thought at the time that I should taper off the meds and fight and do the therapy. Now I do neither. I take Klonopin in the evenings, which really helps. I always felt it did a better job of knocking the ocd down than did the lexapro, but I don't want to live on klonopin 24/7. As it is, it's 12/7, given the 12 hour half life (I think).
Some days are better than others, but I am catching myself making this more of a spiritual problem vs. psychological. It's hard for me to split the two in my mind at times.
Some days are better than others, but I am catching myself making this more of a spiritual problem vs. psychological. It's hard for me to split the two in my mind at times.
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i am currently taking clomipramine which does help a great deal although each to his/her own
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