"20 year old college student. i&#039;ve had ocd since i was a kid (depression since junior year of high school) but only within the last year did i make the choice to take an ssri. there&#039;s a lot of ambiguity surrounding antidepressants, and you can&#039;t really extract much from reviews without feeling reluctant. yes, there are side effects that appear within the early stages. it is scary to ingest a drug you know little about. however, i can feel happy again, which i thought i had lost the ability to do. i don&#039;t believe everything is hopeless, which i, truthfully, thought i&#039;d feel the rest of my life. it&#039;s been a lifesaver, and at 100mg, nothing feels inherently different about myself. it&#039;s just a tablet. don&#039;t let it be more than it ought to be."