Feeling so much better

@PriscillaC03 In my case, yea!! The intrusive thoughts are there but I just don’t note them as much, and if I overthink, that compulsion lasts at the very most a few minutes now. I don’t wake up with intrusive thoughts, I’m not constantly panicked and thinking and triggered, and I’m able to call it out as ocd and think about other things. I went from spending 10+ hours a day ruminating and overthinking to much much much less.

@blorbo Was that all with the medication? My overthinking is making me think I’m going crazy or that I don’t know who I am. I am going to therapy but I am looking to seeing an OCD specialist as well apart from the therapist I already go to.

@PriscillaC03 It was the medicine. My problem was, I was so anxious that all I was doing was overthinking, because it’s a compulsion of mine. Problem solving, ruminating, all sorts of mental compulsions where all I did was think. I would wake up thinking and so anxious I felt sick, my stomach hurt, and I felt like there was a weight on my chest. I was constantly debating my thoughts, agreeing with them, confessing to everyone, changing my mind every 10 seconds, doing all sorts of things to find answers and understand who I was and wgat i actually want and like, and I felt insane. So far the luvox has just toned the anxiety wayyyy down, and now that I don’t feel like I’m on the edge of a panic attack constantly, and my intrusive thoughts don’t make me so very anxious and sick, I’m able to focus on other things. My OCD specialist and talk therapist thought the meds would be helpful. I can actually practice erp with the ocd therapist now. I hope you can find an ocd specialist soon :>

@blorbo Thank you for replying and being informative on how the medication has impacted you! I am supposed to meet with a psychiatrist this Monday for the first time so hopefully there is something that helps me. I also feel the same, I get panic attacks and it get shaky, racing heart, and feeling like I can’t get air. My mind overthinks a lot to the point where if I hear someone speak about an experience they had, just because they had bits that I can relate to, my mind convinces me that I will have the same outcomes or one even worse.

@PriscillaC03 No problem! Pure OCD is something… it’s crazy how we become convinced of things we just can’t know are true or not, and that just don’t even matter. I hope it all goes well with the psych, there’s lots of meds out there for ocd/anxiety and though it may take some trial and effort, I’m sure that there is some treatment/med that will help you on your journey. And OCD specific therapy will too :>

@blorbo Thank you so much. Today is my phone call, you gave me more hope :)