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What is the best ssri to use to avoid weight gain and maintain my personality yet help negative intrusive thoughts from ocd?.
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Talk w/your doctor: Talk with your doctor about this, but Lexapro (escitalopram) is probably the most weight-neutral of the ssri's. Zoloft maybe, also (though i've seen weight gain with it as well.).
Answered 6/27/2014
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