Anon, I think a long, fair trial of an ssri should be done. You have such issues that are effecting you that you need to do/try something. Why bend your life to accommodate your OCD and Anxiety? I don't "want" to take meds either but.......I do. Why? Because it helps, is cheap and safe but mostly nothing else helps as much as fast(it dose take some time). I'd ask about low dose prozac or luvox starting at a very low dose and slowly raising that dose to minimize side effects. The doc might add a benzo like klonopin or clorazepate or even atarax(an old antihistamine with anti-anxiety properties) for any days where side effects are hard(if you get any) then stopping that after you adjust. For OCD you often need a fairly high dose but it really should be tried IMHO. Ask you doc about this....seriously. PM me any time. Alankay
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