Hi Guys.

I was diagnosed with "Non-Compulsive OCD" about 6 months ago. It came about during a nervous breakdown and manifested itself with awful intrusive thoughts of harm, self-harm and stuff that only deepened my depression and anxiety. I seriously thought I was losing my mind and should be locked up. i can't tell you how much of a releif it was to have someone tell my that I wasn't losing my mind and that I had OCD. Thakfully, after several trial rounds of meds and CBT, I was put on 5mg of Lexapro/Cipralex. It worked wonders for me with a combination of CBT.

I slowly had to work up to 20mg a day, and did great for about 4 months. Just recenlty however I've had a slip back and my PDoc recommended going up to 30mg. I know this is outside the normal range, but it seem to be working better.

Anyone else have any experience with this med and OCD?

Nicko

You may wish to talk about this in our Lexapro/Cipralex forum.

I know the med worked for my OCD because when I withdrew from it, the compulsions came back fast. I had to work with CBT to treat OCD naturally to build my own "self-defence mechanism".

I have the same condition as you, and take lexapro 20 mg a day....Will be a month friday.....