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OCD, social anxiety & sertraline

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imnewherethisisme · 07/07/2019 08:58

NC as could be identifying with my other threads.

I've been newly diagnosed with OCD & social anxiety. I 'scored' borderline for OCD & very high for social anxiety. I started sertraline 50mg a day a month ago but am yet to feel much effect from them.
What are people's experiences of sertraline helping with intrusive thoughts? I'm doing OK right now and feel like the medication has helped to some extent with my anxiety day to day until I get intrusive thoughts and then it consumes me again and I'm just wondering when this could start to improve?
I'm on the waiting list for one to one CBT but I know this could be months before I get close to an appointment!

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Limensoda · 07/07/2019 11:27

I will be interested to follow this thread because I've been on escitalopram and proanolol for health anxiety for almost eight weeks and still can't stop obsessing.
Doctor has just increased my dose to 15 mg a day so I feel like I'm back to square one.

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