medication for ocd/anxiety/adhd

hi! saw this app on my instagram feed after a few months of wondering if an OCD diagnosis would fit me. i grew up with a narcissistic mother and emotionally blocked father, so discussing my mental illness has been really difficult, i feel like im faking/over exaggerating everything. i am a survivor of cancer, i had it as a toddler, but the residual trauma is something im still unpacking at 19. i definitely have dealt w symmetry ocd, relationship ocd, and health ocd, but haven’t been diagnosed by my psychiatrist yet. she diagnosed me with anxiety and ADHD, I’ve been taking 10 mgs of XR Adderall for a little over a year now, and started 10mgs of Lexapro a month ago. I want to know if these medications helped anyone with OCD symptoms, because I’m having a hard time discussing the details that I believe would help her diagnose me. Im hoping some of my OCD symptoms will go away with these medications. Thanks :)

Kadie DiCarlo

Date posted: 3y ago

Usually a higher amount of Lexapro is needed to treat OCD from my own experience, but it’s important to tell your psychiatrist you think you have OCD, you can be vague and say that the thoughts you’re having are intrusive and make you feel intense fear, what have you, since they will base their dosage in whether your symptoms increase or decrease

Eliane

Date posted: 25w ago

Confused

I have a question My OCD has felt almost invisible the past few weeks and now that is starting to stress me out a lot. Right now I am at a point in my treatement where I was asked if I would like to take medication. I told my therapist this week that I would like to try the medication based on how miserable I feel in during OCD flare ups. But now my brain always tells me that I only go throught this treatement etc. to seek attention and that I am just dramatic and should be ashamed of myself for wanting to take this medication. So now I am doubting if I should take the medication or not. Any advice?

OCDNoThankYe

Date posted: 13w ago

Medication

Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.

H399Rocd

Date posted: 13w ago

Medication for OCD?

Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?

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