Originally Posted by
MyNameIsTerry
Like all antidepressants there is the potential for increased anxiety when you start them so things like this are either side effects or the outcome off increased levels of anxiety. In my case it was Duloxetine that brought out OCD behaviours to the point them became problematic but I know other OCDers who have said the same about other meds like Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Citalopram, etc.
If you can, get busy and burn off some adrenaline. It can help as it forces your body to metabolise adrenaline into other chemicals it needs.
What dose are you on? At 30mg it's just a SSRI but at 60mg+ it becomes the SNRI it is marketed as because it starts to work on adrenaline. This was where I struggled.
But it's completely individual, I've spoken to people on here who have taken this and had little to no start up problems with it.