u/godslann

Mine are all mental. A little bit a nausea but I've been on it about two coming on three weeks and im LOSING it. My ocd has sky rocketed and im too overwhelmed when thinking about my relationship (long distance), work, or school. I have completely fallen flat. Everyone says it needs to get bad before getting better but surely it should not be this bad. I see everyone on here say the worst they experienced was the activating effects physically, but nothing like this. I just don't think this will work?

Has anyone else with moderate OCD been on this and can give advice? I've been on it about 2 weeks now and my OCD is borderline scizophrenic now (little bit of overreaction) but it's intense. The rumination just simply won't go away and it hasnt been this bad in a while. Im getting nervous that this medicine won't be the one for me because everyone is talking about how their side effects were pretty much physical meanwhile the mental ones are hitting me like a truck.

Ive been struggling with finding a medicine. I discontinued effexor (venlafaxine) in June of 2025, so about a year ago. The withdrawal was HELL but honestly the medicine was good and i was on it for years yet had super bad ph side effects (GI issues, hypertension, weight gain, night sweats). I was completely off of medication and losing my mind and started Prozac in August of that year and went manic (no CRAZY stuff just elevated mood and super hyper). I started Lamictal on it and kind of felt weird, im guessing because it made me stabilized & prozac overall was making me dissociative, so i got off of the prozac in early January of this year. I have ocd, anxiety (general & social), and depression pretty bad.
I started 50mg of pristiq 2 weeks ago and no side effects initially but it's recently been bad. I am jittery, anxious, my blood pressure is sky rocketing again and my ocd has completely taken over and making me miserable. Im having SI but not to the point where i will do anything but it's a huge struggle right now. I have switched around medication so much recently and im afraid to talk to my NP about this because i don't want him to think im a hypochondriac or crazy because im not. This medication is effexors sister so im so confused why I'm feeling this way. Truthfully effexor wasn't a fix all but more so just handled enough for me to avoid switching around medicines. I've been on so many since i was younger and i don't know what to do. Any advice?