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Obsessive compulsive disorder
I'm taking SSRI paroxetine and fluvoxamine maleate Medicine for my ocd but he ocd makes my emotional numbness I'm not able to feel. Anything and not able to cry. Wht shall i do should i change medicine or any solution suggestion pls
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While not reported much in psychiatric textooks, quite few number of patient do complain of emotional numbing due to use of anti obsessional/ antidepressant drugs and it is a topic being continually researched.
These medicines are not perfect. The real question most patients and doctors have to wrestle with is the risk- benefit ratio. If these medicines are controlling your OCD well, then we would have to come up with ways to cope with these side effects. A reduction in dose is a possibility, but I would not advise you to do it yourself. We need to first determine the cause and nature of this emotional numbness and take it from there.
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