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Hi! I take zoloft for OCD and it’s helped me a lot. I wasn’t keen on taking meds but I really needed help. I do this along with cognitive behavioral therapy. Something I also found helpful was being mindful of the thoughts and calling them out as OCD. For example, when I’d get an intrusive thought I would say, “this is OCD not me!” Or “Okay Chancie, stop. This is your OCD.”
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I understand. You definitely should find a therapist ASAP to work with who can guide you through treatment. Best of luck!!
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Do you believe OCD is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain? Do you have opposition to taking medicine for other conditions like asthma, infections, etc? This is no different. Some people just need medications for different things. There has been hundred of research studies showing SSRIs are effective for anxiety and OCD as well as safe. You must come to a place however that taking the chance is worth it. Yes, what if you feel some ill effects? You could stop the medication. But what if you feel better than you have in ages? The decision is up to you. All I can say is that sertraline has made such an improvement in my life and I have only been able to start managing my OCD because of it
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Hi Naeun, I’m going through the same thing you are. It takes a huge toll on me and it makes me feel like crap all day every day. Do you have snapchat? Maybe we can talk there and if you’re up for it, vent to each other.
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OK hi, do you have these thoughts all day?
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I’ve been suffering for a month now but I haven’t been diagnosed completely, the therapist told me I do show signs of OCD but never gave me a diagnosis. I do suffer from anxiety though.
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I get anxiety from thinking I’m gonna take meds. I saw something violent trying to see and test to see if I was gonna get anxiety and I felt like I really enjoyed it and wanted to smile. But it bothers me , but I enjoy? And feel fascinated ? I’m so lost wtf is going on with me. I can’t even talk to people.
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Yeah I wanna try ERP first and don’t wanna rely on meds. You know what else scares me is that I had a dream once that I ki**** someone and I didn’t even guilty because I “forgave myself” like I said it’s ok u hurt this person because of ur ocd and it freaked out. I don’t want any meds to change chemicals in my brain. Ugh
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@worrieddriver thank you! Personally I am against medication because Zoloft caused ( TRIGGER) My grandfather to commit suicide. So therefore it gives me anxiety taking them. I know everyone is different but please do get where I am coming from ❤️The side effects are also what scares me and esp since I started college I can’t risk staying feeling sick. Also I just wanted to know if the things I mentioned were OCD things. Like thinking I’m bipolar and everything. Also I don’t wanna be reliable on meds. And when I get off them temporarily I don’t wanna be reliable. Hope you get it ❤️?
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Also I’ve seen some people commenting how Zoloft has lost its effectiveness and they had to keep switching meds. And how someone was even more suicidal and I’ve dealt with suicidal OCD. So I hope you get it but thank you !
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No I don’t have snap sorry !! But please do tell me here love ya
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@bributterfly yes!!! All day they feel so real !!! :/ I’ve had it for a year
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Harm ocd is the worst! Do you ever fear saying something inappropriate?
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I went to talk to a psychiatrist based off my Nocd therapists recommendation. I had a very hard week beforehand where I had anxiety so bad I couldn't leave my bed. It seems like once I get my period my anxiety and everything dissipated some so I talked to the psychiatrist. Anyways, I was immediately put off by her because she told me she didn't have any information on me included in the referral for one reason or another. So I had to basically "fill her in" on my life story. I have anxiety disorder, panic disorder, OCD and PTSD. I told her these things and how hard the last week had been. She started asking questions like I had bipolar disorder, which I don't have. She then wanted me to take buspar and Zoloft TOGETHER daily. I know for a fact you never start two medications daily at once. You don't know which one is causing symptoms if you do. So I immediately didn't like that. I asked her about Zoloft specifically daily because it is an SSRI what I should do if it gave me thoughts of harm for myself. She told me "just go to the hospital".... Now, I don't wanna say that was the worst possible thing she could have said to me, but it was. Because now my OCD is spiraling that just my general harm OCD thoughts are enough to mean I need to go to the hospital. It had been 2 days and I cannot stop obsessing that maybe I'm depressed or suicidal because of this. I know I don't want anything to happen to me. I love my family and my friends. I am scared of death. But the thought is sticky and it's been so, so frustrating. My anxiety has been so frustrating. I feel so lost and like nothing I'm trying to fix my issues is working very well. NOCD therapy has been one of the only things to help in the long term, but I still get terrified of certain obsessions like suicide. I don't really know what to do, if anyone has any advice or any personal experience that may help, anything would be nice right now. I've felt so lost trying to figure it all out.
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I’ve been through a lot of trauma the past few months and years and had an anxiety breakthrough where I can’t stop having panic and anxiety attacks. I used to be a horror movie addict and one night during an anxiety attack my brain went “Kill your sister” My sister is my whole world. It all went downhill from there. I can’t even be around her when were home alone anymore. Every single day since then my brain is trying to tell me a bunch of different ways to harm her. Its getting to a point where its involving others now. “Kill your sister.” “What if you finally go back to your boyfriends house and kill his family?” “What if you kill mom?” “Kill that lady walking down the aisle at work.” “What if you killed yourself?” “You’re a bad person for thinking all of this.” “You shouldn’t be allowed to sleep, eat or relax. Bad people don’t get to do those things.” “These thoughts are in your head 24/7 because you WANT to do these things!” Its causing me so much anxiety and racing thoughts and I don’t want to become anymore depressed. SSRIs dont work. My doctor wants me to go on antipsychotics but I’m afraid to and I feel like I don’t actually need them and it will cause more damage. My goal is to become the person I was before all of this. Not to change completely. I tried buspirone once and I stopped due to increased health anxiety and often found myself saying “remember when you wanted to kill your sister?” and then brushing it off. It helped in some sort of way. I was only on it for a week. My whole life has changed since then. I dont go to my boyfriends house anymore, I dont see my friends, I can’t play video games anymore. All I do is ruminate and I cant stop. I cant even hold a conversation anymore. The compulsions are horrible. I’m so scared that theres no coming back from this. Its all adding to the anxiety that I don’t want to become severe depression. I just want to be me again. I’m starting off ERP and if it doesn’t work I dont know what to do. Can someone please tell me they have been through similar and have gotten better. I just need to save my life. Its getting to a point where this is convincing me this is all real and its going to happen and that im gonna become a psychopath. Its been going on for 3 months. I used to be so bubbly and happy!! (I am not schizoaffective)
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i am convinced im a psycho killer. everytime im around my mom or sister i get these intense thoughts of stabbing or hurting them. when they’re not around its not as intense but its still there. its literally on my mind 24/7. im so tense 24/7. were currently looking for a puppy for the family and when me and my sister were playing with them today the thought was still there. nothing distracts me from it. video games and EVERYTHING else doesn’t work. im starting to feel like i WANT to do these things. i was never like this until i had a marijuana induced panic attack in january. i feel like something happened to my brain and its not just ocd anymore. i dont even know if im faking it. i have suffered from relationship ocd, pedophile ocd, and health ocd. i got over those relatively quickly. this new theme came out of nowhere after a panic attack on a plane coming home from a horror convention in february. i dont see a way out of this one. its been months. i try to let them sit and i get a panic attack. all i do everyday is cry. i feel like my life is over. i talk to a therapist and i have tried two medications that didnf work work. i dont know how to live like this. im afraid im gonna lose my relationship and im afraid im gonna lose my whole life ahead of me. im just 22. i just want the old me back.
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