Back on meds

So I've made the decision tonight to go back on my medication. This will be my third and last attempt to stop taking SSRIs. Its confirmed for me that I just need serotonin like a diabetic needs insulin. My body just doesn't make enough of it. I've had OCD since I was 8 years old and talking to my parents am pretty sure I exhibited symptoms way before then. I think I was born with it, genuinely. It's crappy that I will need to live with side effects such as weight gain, no sex drive and numbing of creativity but I'd rather that than the endless torment that is not being able to cope with my intrusive thoughts. The SSRIs stop my fight or flight response from spiraling and allows me to cope well and I guess I'd rather that plus the side effects than no side effects and feel like I'm going insane all the time.

VGH

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Hi, You deserve to live a life free of torment, and if medicine helps you do that, then that is a good thing. Are you also doing therapy? I know several people who used medication initially to enable them to do the ERP exercises and after a time they were able to greatly reduce the medication, if not stop it entirely.

SavageCricket

Date posted: 1y ago

I live in the UK so NHS therapy waiting lists are long. I am considering going private however but don't think I will be able to afford this long term. Considering also purchasing an activity workbook to do some self help. Thank you for your kind advice 🙏🏼

no.comment

Date posted: 1y ago

I'm rooting for you, I wish you the best

SavageCricket

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you! 😊

OCDNoThankYe

Date posted: 13w ago

Medication

Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.

H399Rocd

Date posted: 12w ago

Medication for OCD?

Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?

eb123456789

Date posted: 6w ago

Medication Symptom Management

This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I don’t want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldn’t be my only fix. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment I’m doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I don’t actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/I’m secretly a terrible person

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