Ssris reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 153 Reddit reviews across 36 subreddits and 50 posts to rank the best Ssris brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/OCD, r/SSRIs, r/migraine, r/lexapro, r/ufl. Top-rated brands include Sertraline (4.0/5), Escitalopram (3.9/5), Zoloft (4.3/5).

Stats

Reviews153

Subreddits36

Posts50

Brands33

Products1

Top communities

r/OCD28 r/SSRIs15 r/migraine14 r/lexapro8 r/ufl7

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Sertraline

4.0

(20)

"Literally saved my life."

"Incredible."

"Zoloft is miraculous for me"

"Zoloft has helped my migraines so much."

"I used to take 50mg sertraline for anxiety and panic disorder and never had a migraine on it."

"It’s genuinely been a lifesaver for me."

"I have been on Zoloft for two weeks now for depression, anxiety, and OCD."

"I was on sertraline (Zoloft) for many years for both depression and anxiety."

"In my experience it absolutely helps"

"I prefer sertraline, fewer side effects for me personally"

Escitalopram

3.9

(13)

"It works remarkably well for her, wonder what we may be facing in the years ahead."

"Lexapro and add on Wellbutrin during the winter because Seasonal Affective Disorder hits me haaaaaaard."

"Lexapro helped me almost instantly."

"80mg of Lexapro (which is a really high dose) and 10mg of Abilify has completely gotten rid of my OCD and anxiety."

"Yes, Lexapro changed my life!! Side effects only lasted the first couple months."

"I've been on lexapro twice now and it definitely helps but everyone will react differently."

"Lexapro helped me some."

"Lexapro has helped me a lot but it doesn’t make my OCD go away."

"Lexapro has been really helpful in decreasing my depression and anxiety."

"Helps to some degree"

Zoloft

4.3

(12)

"It is absolutely worth it. I probably wouldn’t be here otherwise."

"No noticeable side effects while taking it either."

"I’m on Zoloft and it helps my anxiety. Going from no meds to Zoloft 20 years ago was a night and day change."

"Zoloft (and the generic sertraline) has been widely studied in pregnancy and is considered extremely safe for pregnancy."

"Zoloft has changed my life! I would have never been able to continue through this process without it."

"As far as I can tell Zoloft is the next best choice for anxiety but it carries the same problems."

"I feel so much better."

"Zoloft helped me stay sober for awhile the first time I found out I was an alcoholic."

"From experience, yes, SSRIs take a while to kick in."

"Hi I used Zoloft for a short period of time to help me with general anxiety."

Fluoxetine

4.2

(12)

"SSRIs are awesome, I will probably never go off them now, unless they come out with something better!"

"Im on fluoxatine and it helps a ton with my anxiety basically removed the general anxiety."

"I was on fluoxetine for about a year worked wonders for me."

"It’s been amazing"

"SSRIs starting with Fluoxetine 20 mg, Sertraline 50 mg and Escitalopram 10 mg were very helpful."

"It's also definitely softened how frequent my intrusive thoughts and compulsions are."

"Helped a lot with compulsions and the anxiety associated with them."

"I take prozac and it definitely helps."

"Prozac help me significantly."

"Opt for Prozac on SSRI, because the withdrawals are much easy to tolerate"

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

3.0

(15)

"Better choice we ever made. It helped her so so much."

"They have saved my life ! My family didn’t want me taking anything , but I started taking SSRIs five years ago."

"SSRIs saved my life. I’ve been on them basically since freshman year and they have really helped with my anxiety and panic disorder."

"SSRIs are also great for anxiety."

"An SSRI will lower the anxiety to a manageable level and help you sleep better."

"Mine seem to be less frequent when I am taking SSRIs"

"SSRIs which better treat concurrent anxiety which many patients have with depression."

"The only thing that I ever seen fix this issue was *getting off* the SSRIs."

"SSRIS are great for symptoms of depression, but I found them useless for anxiety."

"Recent meta analyses show that SSRIs help about the same percentage of people as placebo does."

SSRIs

3.2

(13)

"Love em. Changed my life."

"I’m better in so many ways."

"It reduced both my anxiety and my depression."

"Yes but it takes lots of time. Mentally you'll see improvements the first 4-6 weeks."

"Yep it did. Stopped physical symptoms, mind is clearer, feel calmer, sleep better."

"Yes, I've tried two different SSRIs that help my migraines and help my anxiety."

"Not a miracle drug but solid."

"I do use it first in some patients, but will go to SSRIs over it often because it definitely can spike anxiety in many."

"Antidepressant choice should target symptoms. Bupropion is a good first line choice for people struggling with low energy."

"My therapist said SSRIs need to be at a high dose to be effective for people with OCD"

Lexapro

4.7

(6)

"No plan to come off…"

"Lexapro still works for me and I’ll continue with them!"

"Yes! I lost myself during IVF and they helped me find myself again."

"I couldn’t imagine going through ivf or the start of my pregnancy without lexapro."

"Lexapro was much more effective for me than Celexa personally."

"I do think a combination of Lexapro and Buspirone to combat the sexual side effects definitely helped."

Fluvoxamine

3.8

(6)

"I’m on 75mg of Fluvoxamine (Luvox) + 12.5mg of Seroquel and it has changed my life drastically for the better."

"It works really well."

"Fluvoxamine helped me! But I couldn’t deal with the extreme fatigue on 100 mg."

"I've been taking 100 mg of Fluvoxamine for years. It's been helpful."

"I want to try Luvox (Fluvoxamime), but my doctor is quite worried about it."

"I have taken Fluvoxamine for years and find that it is moderately helpful in reducing my feelings of distress around OCD symptoms."

Citalopram

3.7

(6)

"I take a low dose of citalopram (celexa is the brand name). I started with 5mg as I am generally."

"Worked about the same for me, which was very well"

"Citalopram worked so well i thought i had depression because my brain was so quiet."

"Get less migraines on citalopram (taking it only for migraines and not a happy side effect). I found it helps me and my mixed migraines."

"I’ve tried to come off them 5 times in the past 5 or so years."

"I was taking citalopram and it was working but after some months I started to have horrible night sweats."

#10

Venlafaxine

4.2

(5)

"Venlafaxine (Effexor) has been life-changing for me."

"Anxiety handled very quickly ~4 weeks once on 75mg."

"Overall it has helped me."

"SNRI (venlafaxine, duloxetine) and tricyclic antidepressants... are included in clinical guidelines for migraine attack prevention."

"I had success with both Cymbalta and Effexor, both as preventatives and to treat depression."

#11

SSRI

3.6

(5)

"An ssri helped so, so much. Within about a month, I saw my kid again."

"Lifesaving for myself and our son."

"Look up the drug approved for treatment of PE as needed, 4hr half life ssri"

"If the sexual side effects of the SSRI are bothering you then I’d bring this up with your psychiatrist, they can potentially change SSRI and one may have less side effects than another for you."

"I was put on an SSRI (don’t remember the name) for migraines, but it ended up not working for other reasons."

#12

Paxil

3.8

(4)

"Yes SSRIs (Paxil, Zoloft) had a dramatic, albeit temporary benefit for my dysautonomia."

"When I was first diagnosed I went on Paxil. If you look it up you can definitely see it’s supposed to be (actually) helpful for the autonomic dysfunction."

"I tried Paxil a few years ago and while it helped tremendously with depression and anxiety, the other effects were way too much to justify continuing use."

"I’ve been on Paxil for about 15 years for panic disorder and never noticed (or was told) if it helped with my migraines."

#13

Wellbutrin

4.7

(3)

"I take wellbutrin for depression and anxiety."

"Im on wellbutrin (not a ssri but can be just as effective and lacks a lot of the classic side effects ssris have)."

"On just Wellbutrin i found my anxiety ramped up (but had more energy), and it's known for easing sexual side effects from other SSRIs."

#14

Paroxetine

2.6

(5)

"Paxil is probably the most effective for anxiety, unfortunately it is quite hard to come off and I don't think the side effect profile is great."

"I was taking Paroxetine for existential OCD."

"Paxil did not change my migraine frequency or severity."

"I take Paroxetine for GAD. For me, SSRIs didn’t help the migraines."

"Don’t take Paxil it will destroy your ability to have sex."

#15

Bupropion

4.0

(3)

"A switch to Bupropion is a good idea since Bupropion works through dopamine and norepinephrine signaling."

"Carlat in prescribers guide does recommend bup as a first line!!!"

"Bupropion can be a perfectly reasonable first-line treatment for depression."

#16

Pristiq

3.7

(3)

"I was on pristiq and it would make me have SP when I didn’t take it."

"I think they might have been better when I was on pristiq but that’s an SNRI."

"Snris are better pristiq actually enhances my libido a lot."

#17

Prozac

3.7

(3)

"I've decided I'm on it till the day I die."

"Has massively helped"

"Tried Prozac and other ssri, but none of them worked for ocd."

#18

Effexor

4.5

(2)

"It's better to reduce stress if you can, so I would take the antidepressants if I were you."

"Check out the SNRI class like Effexor for example."

#19

Clomipramine

4.0

(2)

"SSRIs didn't touch my ocd, but clomipramine helps a lot"

"I prefer it over citalopram and venlafazine for the effect on mood."

#20

Mirtazapine

4.0

3.0

(1)

"I was prescribed Nortriptyline, it's a old school antidepressant."

#33

Celexa

3.0

(1)

"I started on Celexa... I tolerate it extremely well."

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