How do antidepressants make you feel if you have ocd?

If working for you: If working well for you, ssri antidepressants may help you feel better from ocd because the anxieties will be calmed. You would have less intense obsessive thoughts and compulsive activities. Your psychiatrist will work with you to optimize your treatment. Psychotherapy will also be an important part of this.

They can help: Certain antidepressants, ssris for example, have been shown to help ocd. When they do, ocd symptoms will be relieved partly or sometimes completely. Obsessive thoughts will be less preoccupying, and compulsive behaviors easier to resist. Often this requires somewhat higher doses than for depression.