Why do I find that there were some very long time periods in my life where I had next to no OCD, and then it just comes back with full force? Is there a reason it stayed away for such a long time even though I didn’t do anything?

I totally notice a correlation with OCD and the dreaded winter months!! So bad!! 😣

@Lettingitgo Me too!

No, actually. I’m a student, so it started when my workload from school started to get lighter and then exploded at the start of summer and now I’m so deep in it I can’t make it stop.

@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 I'm sorry to hear that. Do you feel like concentrating on school helps you "block" the ocd thoughts? Do you have a therapist? They're probably better equiped to help you on this one. My case is more classic, when I'm stressed/sad/summer deprived, it gets worse, so I can only make assumptions

@Anonymous22 I actually wasn’t getting any OCD thoughts during that good time period. I actually forgot that I even had OCD, and I thought that it might just never come back. I tried a therapist on NOCD about 2 months back, but they didn’t seem to understand me very well and I didn’t think she would be able to help me. Maybe I’ll look for a new one if it doesn’t get better…

That’s the same with me! I went years with nothing and now it is so constant and debilitating

I have vacation issues too. No longer than 4 days then I'm bonkers

No meds for me. I have a therapist but not ERP so I guess in a sense I’m toughing it out

I’m switching up my meds, weaning off Effexor and stating Zoloft, and doing therapy.

I’m on the fence too. I really want these terrifying thoughts to go away but I don’t know what to do. I might look into a therapist soon, but I really don’t know right now… All my OCD episodes have gone away on their own but this one seems to be so much stronger so I might not be able to just wait it out like I usually do.

I did CBT for a while but with covid it's tricky for my subtype. Medication I got prescribed recently, but at an antidepressive dosis, because it's my biggest issue atm. I think medication helps a looooot when your brain is too tired and overstimulated to even think.

Does 5HTP work at all for you?

@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 Kind of. Not perfect . But not seen a dr on dose. I just follow the bottle recomendation.

@jemcu812 Thanks. I’ve seen people taking about it and was wondering if it really works or not.

@anonymous caterpillar 🐛 I think its worth a try anyway. I'm goibg to stay on it a little longer. I see my Dr next week and see what she thinks .. luckily she's a holistic Dr. So she might recommend something different or up the 5 HTP