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WD and Pure OCD

Sigma314
Sigma314
in Symptoms & Coping Strategies

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Hi all!

One of my biggest challenges in all of this has been dealing with an intensification of pure OCD and false memory OCD themes as a result of taking escitalopram back in April, 2026. I have always had a subclinical baseline of OCD, so it never really had an impact on my life, but I noticed that it was getting a bit worse after dealing with what I believe to have been COVID and resulting neuroinflammation, which is how I ended up back on escitalopram. I was doing ERP therapy but felt like it was actually making me worse by triggering anxiety in my already hypersensitive nervous system, and I am beginning I-CBT as an alternative therapy. Does anyone have any insight on ways to deal with these types of OCD or whether there is a chance that it could return to my baseline subclinical level given plenty of time and healing?

Escitalopram (April 24, 2026 - May 1, 2026) 10mg

Escitalopram (May 1, 2026 - May 13, 2026) 20mg

Fluvoxamine (May 2026- mid June 2026) 12.5mg

Clomipramine (two days in June 2026) 25mg

Trintellix (late June 2026-September 2026) 5mg

Risperidone (late June 2026-September 2026) 0.25mg

Starting a psychiatrist-guided taper to go off all psychiatric medications on September 14, 2026

Risperidone (September 14, 2026 - present) 0.125mg (holding until Trintellix is finished)

Trintellix (September 17, 2026 - present) 2.5mg

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