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- 7y
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- 7y
Well, this app and the ocd subreddit is very useful. Best of luck!
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 7y
Tomorrow I talk to my doctor about Namenda, which addresses the glutamate in the synapses. If she prescribes it for me, I will let you know if it has any effect on my contamination OCD. There are a couple folks I have communicated with on this app who have called it a game changer. ERP didn’t really help me, so I think an effective medication will help me more. Hang in there, we will solve this before long!
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 7y
Ok, we decided to put the Namenda option on hold for now. I am currently being treated for some autoimmune issues with antibiotics and antiviral medications. The thought is that these bacteria and viral remnants in my body caused the OCD to really reach a new level in 2009. Doctor wants me to clean up system for a little bit longer before trying Namenda. However, that option is on the table. She was aware of Namenda being used for OCD.
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 7y
I will give it a couple more months, but then I will be ready for what some folks are calling a game changer.
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- 7y
Do you live anywhere near a university? Perhaps they do OCD research studies. You only commit to what you’re comfortable with and you may even be compensated. But it seems from your description that that may not be the case. I hope you find the help you need!
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- 7y
Sadly I dont, the nearest one is an hour and a half away which sucks☹️ thank you!
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- 7y
Omg yes please!! Thank you so much, and good luck!
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- 24w
So, as of one hour ago today I am officially diagnosed with severe contamination ocd. I don't know how to process this, my moms crying, my therapist is moving to Uruguay and won't be able to continue our therapy, what in actual hell do I do. What am I doing. I don't know how to process this. The issue isn't just that I have it- it's that it's severe, not mild, not moderate, permanent. Incurable. I want a cure so bad, I want a magical pill to make it go away and it simply does not exist. Feel free to message me eith advice for newly diagnosed ocd'ers, I definitely could use it. Have a lovely day everyone ♡
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- 24w
Please help. I have felt so off/wrong all day. I constantly worry that the “bad guy” is going to get me. I have awful thoughts and I constantly want God to know that I don’t mean these thoughts. I am at a point in my therapy where I need to choose to use my ERP but it feels too scary. I then do compulsions, which makes the OCD worse, which makes me want to use ERP less. And the cycle goes on. I am currently sitting in my car crying because I feel so lost and exhausted. I’m not supposed to figure out my thoughts, but today I just went into a spiral of sadness and depression, thinking that I will always feel like this. When my thoughts got really bad at the end of the day, I tried to use ERP even though I was shaking and not believing my responses and I ended up feeling like I missed something and that I gave into the “bad guy.” I have no one to talk when I’m not doing therapy twice a week. I am alone and have no one to talk to when I am like this… please help
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 23w
I’m trying to do ERP therapy, but I keep thinking my subtype of ocd is the worst there ever is. I tried going on a walk tonight and the adrenaline in my body along with the shakes and the burning in my chest got so overwhelming. I felt like I was just about to lay down in the gutter along the sidewalk. I’m not trying to be super negative. I just don’t know what to do anymore. If it’s not one thing it’s another and I just wanna cry so bad and I want it to go away but it won’t I almost feel like I have to call a crisis line or something even right now while I’m writing this I’m crying so bad. I can’t enjoy a single thing. I joined a support group tonight, but I just feel like I feel so bad for everyone because of how awful it is. I know what I’m writing right now doesn’t make a lot of sense but I just don’t know what to do anymore. Part of me wants to quit ERP therapy so bad cause I don’t think it’s gonna ever help. if anyone has any advice or suggestions, that would be greatly appreciated.
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