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Does antidepressants help ocd compulsions become less intense to where i want have to give in ?
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Give in?: Not sure what you mean by "give in" - antidepressants should decrease the amount of obsessing and/or compulsing - you do not have to "give in" to anything you would not want to if not taking these drugs
Answered 12/8/2016
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