So today I visited a professional and gave me a prescription just to take the edge of ocd so I can practice ERP, I don’t know how feel about it, especially because of the stigma around meds.
I know that I wouldn’t be functioning if it wasn’t for meds and therapy. I’m just trying to find the best balance between them. And to hell with the stigma. I wish someone would have told me that I’d need to be on them the rest of my life after I tried getting off them after ten years. We can’t help our brain chemistry.
May I ask what prescription you are trying? I’m thinking of trying an anti-anxiety to take the edge off. I don’t know if I should try SSRIs or not. I’m afraid I will feel guilty and worse for relying on something that hides my normal brain activity :( I also know they take awhile to kick in.
@Anonymous I was prescribed a low dose of anxiolytic and sertraline
I take Zoloft and it really does help take the edge off. I am on week 2 and it is getting better each day.
@Channy07 Does it also help with intrusive thoughts or mostly anxiety?
@lexie_D @lexie_D. I take Zoloft and it helps with anxiety. I still have intrusive thoughts but maybe not quite as strong. But some say it helps them with thoughts.
@lexie_D It’s helping a bit for both.
I take a low dose now of Sertraline which is very helpful but in the beginning I was on a higher dosage along with an anti anxiety to help & now I don’t take the anti anxiety anymore & am doing like 80-90% better with my OCD. 🙏❤️
I have a question My OCD has felt almost invisible the past few weeks and now that is starting to stress me out a lot. Right now I am at a point in my treatement where I was asked if I would like to take medication. I told my therapist this week that I would like to try the medication based on how miserable I feel in during OCD flare ups. But now my brain always tells me that I only go throught this treatement etc. to seek attention and that I am just dramatic and should be ashamed of myself for wanting to take this medication. So now I am doubting if I should take the medication or not. Any advice?
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.
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 ?
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