Reviewer: 35-44 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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It has helped my OCD very much especially at the 225mg/day dosage. I would recommend to first-time users to start with 50mg/day and gradually build up the dosage or your mouth will feel as dry as sand. Overall if you don't mind the weight gain it is VERY effective for OCD and it it also very affordable.

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It has helped my OCD very much especially at the 225mg/day dosage. I would recommend to first-time users to start with 50mg/day and gradually build up the dosage or your mouth will feel as dry as sand. Overall if you don't mind the weight gain it is VERY effective for OCD and it it also very affordable.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I had a severe OCD attack come on, and was hospitalized for a month. My doctor started me on this drug after the first week, and once it kicked in, it worked wonders. The side effects are not bad, and it helps control the unwanted thoughts.

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I had a severe OCD attack come on, and was hospitalized for a month. My doctor started me on this drug after the first week, and once it kicked in, it worked wonders. The side effects are not bad, and it helps control the unwanted thoughts.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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I suffered from crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder and tried virtually every medication on the market for that malady, to little avail. Finally, the doctor suggested this medication. It didn't have immediate effect, but after about 6 months and when combined with intensive cognitive behavioral therapy, I am now functioning like a normal human being, which is remarkable, considering the ab ... Show Full Comment

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I suffered from crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder and tried virtually every medication on the market for that malady, to little avail. Finally, the doctor suggested this medication. It didn't have immediate effect, but after about 6 months and when combined with intensive cognitive behavioral therapy, I am now functioning like a normal human being, which is remarkable, considering the abyss in which I languished for so long. That being said, there are serious side effects. (Ironically, the side effects appeared within days of taking the drug, but the therapeutic effects took months to fully manifest.) They include excessive bodily sweating, hypotension leading to dizziness during many types of physical exertion (though this hasn't stopped me from working out regularly), muscle twitching (including occasionally violent twitching while asleep, which I didn't notice until someone else mentioned it to me, since I usually sleep alone), and, most vexingly, a catastrophic effect on sexual function. Achieving an erection at all is difficult, and maintaining it for more than about 30 seconds at a time before it wilts is improbable. Orgasm is very difficult to reach during manual stimulation, even provided that everything else is ideal. I have not had the chance to test during actual intercourse. Libido and drive are decreased significantly, partly out of frustation, because sex now seems like such a fruitless exercise, and largely a waste of time and energy. However, I still remain on the medicine because I've not found a viable alternative, and at this point, I've just learned to live with the sexual dysfunction.
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Reviewer: karenhillisme, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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After 4 years of different meds for severe ocd, including literally pulling out my hair, this medicine worked like a charm and had no side effects. I wish it were prescribed more; my dr. said that it was an 'older'med and some of the newer docs didn't know about it. Wow, is that scary or what? Has not effected my ability to achieve orgasm.

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After 4 years of different meds for severe ocd, including literally pulling out my hair, this medicine worked like a charm and had no side effects. I wish it were prescribed more; my dr. said that it was an 'older'med and some of the newer docs didn't know about it. Wow, is that scary or what? Has not effected my ability to achieve orgasm.
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Reviewer: maverick, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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My doctor put me on 100MG of this drug and after taking one dose I had so many severe side effects I almost went to the hosptial. I had tremors, pounding heartbeat, sweating, I was so dizzy I couldn't stand, severe nausea, constipation, insomnia, loss of appetitate, numbness in my hands and feet, tired, no energy. I was so hopefull that this med would help my OCD. I am now on a different med.

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My doctor put me on 100MG of this drug and after taking one dose I had so many severe side effects I almost went to the hosptial. I had tremors, pounding heartbeat, sweating, I was so dizzy I couldn't stand, severe nausea, constipation, insomnia, loss of appetitate, numbness in my hands and feet, tired, no energy. I was so hopefull that this med would help my OCD. I am now on a different med.
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