Feeling conflicted about starting lamictal after fluvoxamine failure and fear.

talk to your doctor about your concerns. Also, medications work differently for every person.

Unfortunately there isn’t a medication that magically disappears intrusive thoughts. What I would give if there was one! People who suffer from OCD really get the most help from ERP therapy or a combination of ERP and medication. I think it’s important to remember that we can’t expect a medication to do all the work for us. Talk to your doctor about your concerns and also schedule a consult with a therapist who specializes in treating OCD!

Thank you for sharing what you are going through. Perhaps you can ask your psychiatrist to give you the reasons regarding why she is coming to her recommendation. Maybe having that data will be helpful to you. Are you in therapy as well? ERP (exposure and response prevention) therapy is a treatment method for OCD. With ERP you work on tolerating the obsessions without giving into the compulsions such as seeking reassurance, checking, etc. Its been very helpful for me. If you are not currently in therapy, please consider reaching out to the NOCD team for a free consultation.