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What meds are u taking and what have u taken so far ? Do you drink a lot of alcohol or drink coffee ? Do you exercise ? Is ur therapist certified to treat OCD disorders ? Bc i was on the same boat as you , until I changed my life style, exercise and food wise, and finally found a med and therapist that worked for me
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I've tried so man drugs. I'm on trileptal and anafranil. (sp?) No hardly no alcohol, and no coffee. I don't exercise. I'm not sure about her being certified in OCD disorders - how would I find this out? What did you change? What worked the best.
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I was in your place as well. OCD is so often swept under the rug. I’ve had many physical disabilities in my life but there’s never been one as hard for me as OCD has. The thing that’s helped me the most has been finding the right therapist. My first therapist was not OCD certified and basically reassured my compulsions which didn’t help at all. I found a therapist who specialized in OCD. Exposure therapy was the hardest thing i ever had to go through but was the main thing that helped me and allowed the OCD to take a back seat instead of controlling me.
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Ask her if she knows about ERP (exposure and response prevention therapy) if she has no idea what that is then she prob isn’t certified for OCD. Of course don’t call her out on that there and then lol just look for a new therapist that at least knows about ERP, they will know more about OCD than a therapist that doesn’t
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I tried lexapro with no results , then I tried it with abilify and I became manic , then I tried Zoloft by itself and got suicidal, stopped taking meds and found an OCD therapist which really helped the way I battled my thoughts. However my anxiety was stilll high so I tried cymbalta which made me worse. Then finally I tried Prozac and it helped so much. I still have anxiety and depression tho so I went up from 20mg to 30mg. Then i still felt off, so I finally decided to cut out alcohol during the week, I only drink weekends now. And I exercise almost every day. At least 5 days a week. And that really helped a lot omg. I feel amazing now, granted I still deal with OCD, but I manage it better. Instead of feeling like I’m holding a 100 pound weight constantly , now it’s more like a 5 pound weight that only causes me a slight discomfort. Granted it took me more than 2 years of extreme anxiety and depression to fight it , but it’s little victories. Find the right system, brick by brick, and keep fighting. You will get there, I at one point had a lot of suicidal thoughts bc i didn’t know if I could do this, but just take it a day at a time. Figure out the meds for you , the right therapist and establish healthier habits
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I just struggled as of today, had a hell week as seen from previous posts. I found a right therapist 6x a charm, been struggling for 9 yrs , been hospitalized 4 times cuz of meds (been on 17 ones) and suicidal thoughts/intrusive thoughts, and this week was bad, almost felt like I could do something.. but today I just started cbd oil. Worth a shot. I just did it today and the anxiety went completely away. I feel like it’s changed my life. I know I’ve been struggling for the past 8 days tremendously ..
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I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
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OCD is so much more than just being 'neat' or 'organized'—it’s relentless, exhausting, and often deeply misunderstood. The intrusive thoughts, the compulsions, the anxiety—it can feel like a never-ending cycle that others just don’t seem to get. Many of us have had experiences where even therapists didn’t fully grasp the depth of our struggles. I myself faced difficulty being misdiagnosed and my talk therapist not understanding the full extent of what I was going through until I found NOCD. So many prior therapists wrote off my symptoms as general anxiety, not realizing it was actually OCD all along. If you could sit down with a therapist who truly wanted to understand, what do you wish they knew about OCD?
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