Posted by Skeletor on December 13, 2020, at 6:13:32
In reply to Re: Do NRIs and Stimulants make OCD worse? » Skeletor, posted by undopaminergic on December 12, 2020, at 10:54:09
> > > > Not necessarily.
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> > > Right. For me, most of the time, ethylphenidate (almost exactly the same as methylphenidate) did not provoke OCD symptoms, but on occasion, it gave me pretty much the only OCD behaviour I've experienced in life. So, yes, they can, but usually don't. Obviously, some people are particularly sensitive to this effect.
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> > > -undopaminergic
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> > How did you react do SSRIs and NRIs?
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> No apparent difference, unless perhaps if you consider the apathy that comes with SSRIs to be, in a way, reduced OCD.
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> -undopaminergic
>Yeah, that apathy is a pain in the *ss. I had extreme apathy on Sertraline, but doing fairly well on 7.5mg Escitalopram.
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