Posted by Eric B on November 15, 2005, at 15:17:13
I have severe OCD. Iīve tried 7 meds so far with no/little/temporary effect. I have been reported sick for 2 years, and I would desperately like to return to my studying. I hope my post is not too long to discourage you from reading it and I hope someone will be able to help me.
At first I got Prozac. Didnīt help.Then I tried Celexa. Didnīt help. Then I tried Lexapro. Didnīt help either.
Then I tried tramadol (Ultram). It worked really good at first but after some time the effect disappeared and the OCD actually got worse than it was before I took tramadol.
Then I tried clomipramine (Anafranil)helped me somewhat at 150 mg but because of sexual dysfunction, I had to lower it to 100 where it just helps me a little bit and not enough to return to school.Then we tried to add risperidal to augment the effect of clomipramine. Nothing happened and the sexual dysfunction was total.
So after some research Iīve come to the conclusion that I can still try SSRI+Risperdal or SSRI+Clomipramine+Risperdal but since all of them gives me sexual dysfunction (adding Buspar doesnīt help either) I doubt any of this will be an option.
So my final attempt will be to take clomipramine with mirtazepine or mirtazepine alone to avoid the sexual dysfunction. If it wont work or if there will be too much side effects really donīt know what else to to do.
I would like to thank you for reading my post and if anyone have some idea what else I can try I would VERY much appriciate if you helped me.
poster:Eric B
thread:578998
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20051112/msgs/578998.html