I feel like The doctors I see for medications don’t understand the severity of my ocd and wat comes wit it like sever anxiety and anxiety and panick attacks not eating and being up all nite always tired the raceing thoughts and the amount of stress I feel like I deal wit and being naseous and physically Ill from my anxiety I also have sever social anxiety my ocd gets worse in public I get scared to leave the house the extreme fear of uncertainty of everything if I leave the house terrifies me and if I have to go anywere I panick and worry over it for days prior literally scared playing out every scenario in my head even if it’s just to do laundry and go grocery shopping I would rather have dirty clothes and starve than leave my house I just struggle wit so much more than just ocd but ocd is a huge issue for me but for years I’ve struggled wit agoraphobia and social anxiety anxiety attacks and panick attacks that have slowly gotten worse over the years to now I don’t wear bras cause I feel like I can’t inhale I can’t explain the way my anxiety makes me feel that amount of stress and worry I feel bout doing small things I just constantly panick but doctors don’t seem to understand me when I’m tlk to them is there a way to explain the severity of my anxiety and to ask for xanex something to help the raceing thoughts so I can go to bed I don’t have issues going to bed I can’t get my brain to shut off to stay in bed and get rest I’ve taken kilonopins in the past and they helped wit everything I feel like I can’t ask for them out of fear of being called a drug addict and given options to try other drugs when clearly I need them just as much as I no I need antidepressants I no I need anxiety medications is there anyone who can help me better explain to the doctors wat ocd and the stuff that comes wit it and the severity of it all a little better to show them I feel like I’m in constant distress and all day and nite haveing sever anxiety and panick attacks were my throat closed up and I can’t breath we’re it takes me days to tlk myself into leaveing the house I no I have to work on things myself but I’m not eating and I’m the past I lost 13 pounds in 1 months missed my period and staid awake for 3 days didn’t eat for 3 days I was so stressed my brain wouldn’t stop so I could relax and rest and fucking eat I was miserable please is there something I’m not doing please someone help me is there advocates that can help me explain to these doctors I need help more help than 1 pill they act like is gonna solve all my issues.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

I can relate. I also am agoraphobic and was having severe panic attacks daily, sleep disturbance, was fearful of eating fresh foods and felt on edge all the time. I was diagnosed with c-ptsd. Could there be something co-occurring with your ocd? Regarding the meds, I would suggest being transparent and tell them what has and hasn’t worked in the past. Also, if you don’t feel confident that your doctor is helpful, change doctors. I was hesitant to try medication and when I did I didn’t feel it helped, so I have been trying to find relief more naturally. My medical doctor told me I wasn’t doing anything to help myself because I’m not taking meds. So, you can’t be afraid of what they think, it’s simply their opinion. On the other hand my therapist has been supportive. I changed physicians and found someone more compassionate, willing to work with me regarding my care plan and explain things. Don’t be afraid to change. I thought I could share some of the nonpharmacudical things that have helped me. Perhaps you could find some relief while getting the medications worked out. The biggest hurdle for me was getting my sleep regulated. I use the appolo neuro wearable and it uses sound vibrations to soothe your nervous system. It has helped my sleep tremendously. It’s also helped me with nausea. I’m participating in EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing) therapy with a trama therapist and she has helped me build coping and self care routines to cope with the energy when I’m having anxiety attacks. The EMDR helps process and bring down the energy associated with the triggers. I started a Freespira treatment which helps me learn to control my breathing in a way that helps me prevent or reduce panic symptoms. I also find it puts me in a state that I can sleep easier. In fact, I’m still trying to figure out how not to nod off during the breathing exercises. I removed processed sugars and caffeine from my diet. This gives your adreanals a break. I also started exercising for 30 min a day. This has all taken time. I’ve added one habit at a time. I’m still working on my agoraphobia but, I’ve started to go to my medical appointments. I also went into a store for the first time in 2 years this week. My sleep has regulated, my anxiety when I’m in my home is much more under control. I also notice I’m recovering more quickly from panic attacks when I’m out. I’m hoping I’m at a place that the ERP (exposure and response prevention) therapy will help me move forward with the agoraphobia. It can get better. I know I have a ways to go, but slowly but surely I know the quality of my life is improving. Sending you hope today!

l419

Date posted: 3y

Thank you for sharing these! I will also look into these therapies and see if I can implement them.

Rainbow sky!!

Date posted: 3y

This was very helpful I’m trying to do wat I can I feel 15 years of only being prescribed an antidepressant like it was a cure all is rediculous either way the doctors get paid and then ocd is so hard for ppl to understand it’s extremely hard to deal wit and is much more than just ocd it comes wit anxiety and anxiety attacks panick attacks it’s an anxiety disorder I’ve trusted doctors though I thought they all cared but I now realize most of them don’t I can’t even explain wat I’ve been there wit doctors and hospitals it’s caused me so much trauma but I’m greatful for the advice and will look into some things you’ve have suggested.

l419

Date posted: 3y

Maybe you can try seeing a new psychiatrist. You don’t have to explain with so much detail, just state things plainly: “I cannot leave the house for days.” “Ive been feeling terribly and having panic attacks every day” If you go striclty to a psychiatrist not a therapist they usually prescribe you a few different things at once. Just be careful not to mix medicines.. it can be fatal.. You can even tell the psych that youve tried x medication and you didnt notice any difference for the last few months. Maybe dont ask for klonopin by name, just say “is there anything you can prescribe me so i can just calm down enough to leave the house and go to therapy? Is there anything that could help me sleep at a normal time at night? I really dont want to live my life like this”

Rainbow sky!!

Date posted: 3y

I appreciate the advice I usually get so nervous that I really don’t even ask wat I’m suppose to it’s hard to explain but I no that the way I feel and I just wish these past 15 years doctors didn’t just give me 1 antidepressant like it was a cure all that never get rite to me and now I feel all my issues have gone untreated and are worsening but either way those doctors got paid and didn’t help me.

l419

Date posted: 3y

@Rainbow sky!! I know what you mean, it takes a lot of courage to take the risk to trust a new doctor and be let down again.. go through the same BS and then back to square 1 with your time wasted. Maybe try a hospital as an outpatient and they have different psychiatrists there usually.. so if one doesnt fit what you need you can try someone else there without having to do a bunch of research

Aprilshowers...

Date posted: 23w

My OCD

Please if someone can reply! I really just need someone to talk to. I don’t even know how to control my OCD. It honestly feels like it’s controlling me. Everyday my mind focuses on every bodily sensation I have and it’s like a broken record player, I have horrible health anxiety and my OCD just makes it worst just thinking about it everyday. It feels like everyone who I explain it to looks at me like I’m stupid/crazy. I use to be much more tame with my OCD, I use to eat things without worry, now I can’t even touch things I use to eat without worrying that I’ll get an allergic reaction (despite eating them BEFORE,,,but my mind tells me otherwise) and omg worrying about heart attacks, pulmonary issues..and I couldn’t even enjoy my own child’s birth because my mind was on high alert thinking I would hemorrhage any second or develop pre-E (complications of postpartum) I was miserable for the first couple of months of my baby’s life and I didn’t know what to do. And now, I’m pregnant with my second (4wks) and all the OCD thoughts and anxiety is coming back at me and I have no one to talk to, I feel lonely. And even if I considered taking a pill, I’d worry about being allergic to it and refusing to take it. I ruin everything for everyone. I remember I ate out one night and I started to think “you’re gonna pass out! You’re gonna pass out! (Without ever passing out before) and I had to leave! I feel like I ruin the mood for everyone when I don’t even try to, and I hate it.

h@l@

Date posted: 14w

Is this ocd

Every time I try to talk about what I am feeling I feel like my mind goes blank and I don't know how to start I was diagnosed with OCD and I am taking medication and goes through CBT but I didn't feel like my life was back I didn't feel like I totally understand what is going on inside my mind and why this is happening and how. I feel like there is always something missed that I can't understand . The doctor and therapist didn't define what type of OCD I have But according to what I've read I think it's pure ocd cause I am always trying to understand every single thing and if I don't analyse I feel so frightened and not comfortable and these feelings come to me in different situation even if it's not about analysing. It comes when I draw ,study ,drive a car or just thinking about anything , Like when I think about how should I start a project or a job , I feel like I am soo lost like I am in nowhere so I feel panicked and dozens of thoughts come to my mind and I feel paralysed and soo overwhelmed . And these feelings just stay for a long time without knowing what triggered it so I don't know how to face then and they stay for a long time. I am not able to do anything in my life right now Neither study nor doing my hobbies . I feel like my life is frozen and I don't know if it will stay like this forever or not. Every time I feel like I controlled my ocd and know how to live with it it comes in a different shape that I can't recognise it and it sends me to the beginning and I feel like all my efforts were for nothing . Like it keeps beating me every time. I always afraid of my next setback and I keep feeling insecure and unstable until I have a relapse . Whenever I go through a problem, even the smallest problems, I feel stuck and suffocated and unable to face it with normal flexibility. I always focus on the details of each process so that if I forget how to do it or how I reached the ability to accomplish it, I remember how I did it before. And when I am unable to remember, the overwhelming feelings and frightening haunt me I feel like I'm monitoring my life in every detail so I feel safe, and if life goes smoothly and automatically,I feel frightened Sometimes I can face and deal with OCD in a good way to the point that I can return to my normal life rhythm, but suddenly the desire inside me to achieve and make up for what I missed takes me by surprise, and then an OCD attack takes me back to the beginning and reminds me that I am not as I was before. I feel that I cannot live and achieve what I want and face OCD at the same time. I am studying medicine and I am thinking of leaving it, even though I love it very much, but I am unable to study now, but if I leave it, what I am going through in my study of medicine in any other field will be repeated. Even when I am not doing anything I feel these feelings tie me up , like I feel I don't wanna do anything until these feelings disappear I have been in this state for 4 years. I feel that all my friends are moving forward and I am stuck. Is all of this OCD? I am very lost.

matchalover123

Date posted: 9w

need advice

i have been dealing with anxiety and ocd like symptoms for the my whole life but they’ve gotten worse the past 2-3 years. im not diagnosed nor on any medications. my boyfriends has been with me nearly every step of the way of this anxiety and is a great help to me. i was raised in a family where anxiety is “just part of life” and everytime i try to talk to my parents about it they shut me down saying things like “i get anxious too” or “you need to work out more”. while i’ve tried to do the things they recommend, eating healthy, working out, staying off my phone, my anxiety is very much still there. i experience obsessions and compulsions frequently but have just learned to deal with them because i had to. they’re also not always constant anymore, i do have days without anxiety. my boyfriend has recently started lexapro and is on 5 milligrams for his own anxiety and he said that he feels so much better even after just two weeks and he thinks it wouldn’t be a bad idea to try to get on it myself. i agreed at first but after talking to my parents they again made me feel like my anxiety wasn’t bad enough or that i was making it up and that i didn’t need medication, i just needed to learn how to manage. yesterday i had another conversation with my boyfriend about this and he said he felt really bad about all the stuff i go through. (this anxiety and also some physical issues which is either EDS or POTS) but to me, and how my parents think of the whole situation, i think im fine “because its just part of life” now im afraid that im shutting out my own emotions bc thats how my parents think i should be. i just don’t know what to do. i know my bf is right and that im not a liar and everything i experience is real but i’ve gotten so good at living with it and its not as often that its debilitating that i don’t think i deserve medication. i don’t even know if its actually ocd because im not diagnosed but i talk to my brother and one of my friends (who are diagnosed) and we go through the same things. idk what to do or how to feel. i know my bf is worried about me but i don’t want to be dramatic or let my anxiety control my life

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