hi all i have been prescribed fluvoxamine for the past 3 months now with no significant relief if intrusive thoughts. my psychiatrist wants to put me on lamictal (lamotrigine) because she thinks i could have BPD presenting as OCD. the lindsay clancy case has been freaking me out and she was on that medication so now i'm scared to start it what do i do i'm so conflicted :(((
talk to your doctor about your concerns. Also, medications work differently for every person.
@Anna,hi! yes i did but she is persistent on starting me on it even knowing my concerns
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.
I’ve been on Paxil for a year never had anxiety or my one intrusive thought that made me so anxious and stuck , after seeing the Lindsey case I’ve been horrible my doctors upped my Paxil to 40mg still having my one intrusive thought stuck !! Anyone have any ocd medication that really helped them thinking of switching !
I was prescribed Fluvoxamine today. I hope it works. At first she wanted to put me on Wellbutrin, as it’s a much easier medication to tolerate. But I told her I had done research in Fluvoxamine since it’s specifically made to treat OCD. She scared me when she said it’s not prescribed as often because of the side effects. She called it a “harder drug.” I didn’t really like hearing that. We had it filled anyway but now I’m just scared to take it because of course I’ve been online reading negative reviews. Hope I didn’t make a mistake. Maybe I should have stuck with the Wellbutrin.
Has anyone found a medication for them that has worked. I’m on my second day of Luvox, but my anxiety and depression from intrusive thoughts and ruminating are so through the roof, that I feel like I’m going out of my mind. I’m contemplating trying Valium as need be until my ssri kicks in, but I’m afraid of feeling the need to take it too much and become addicted. Advice?
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