Mr. Solo Dolo

Date posted: 1y

Medication and anxiety

The past few months, my vision would periodically be subpar. And every once in a while I would get headaches, which my therapist would insist is anxiety. But about a week or two ago. The headache arrived and seems to have not left, my vision has been not the best, same with my hearing. And sometimes it feels like my memory is acting up, but that just might be OCD tricking me. My therapist has been suggest anxiety medication for months. So once I started to become worried about these headaches I went to a doctor and he said that these are symptoms of anxiety. I’ve always be nervous to take medication due to potential side effects. I did a compulsion and looked up side effects. Now, I’m anxious about the medication that’s supposed to help me not be anxious. Does anyone have any advice to help me calm down?

jacobp

Date posted: 1y

i also tend to look into a new med im getting put on and sometimes the side effects make me really anxious as well, i try to tell myself that not all, maybe even none of the side effects will effect me. even if im still anxious about it, ill take the med and if i even feel a slight bit off about it after taking it for a bit, i request to be taken off of it. taking new meds can be really scary, if you dont like the way this one makes you feel after taking it, get taken off of it and if youre feeling up to it, try a different one. hope this helps

emilytravels...

Date posted: 1y

I use a free app called insight timer to look up mediations based on the kind of anxiety I’m experiencing. If I’m panicky, I’ll look up a meditation for panic attacks and it always always always helps me feel better. For me, I just need to get out of the heightened state of anxiety I’m in and then I can start to think rationally again. I hope this helps!

ElevenB

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Mr. Solo Dolo. I would have never dreamed I would take medicine for mental health but I do and I am grateful for it. I'm not saying it is right for you to do so, but it has helped me. I was anxious to start with and there were some side effects to begin with but I just stuck with it.

Mr. Solo Dolo

Date posted: 1y

@Rhonda Byrd The doctor said it’ll at least take a week to kick in. I’ve only been doing it for like 3 days. Does it take a while to kick in? I keep getting anxious that the medication is already taking effect.

Mr. Solo Dolo

Date posted: 1y

@Rhonda Byrd Also if you don’t mind me asking, how long have you been taking it ?

ElevenB

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

I have been on it since June of this year.

Mr. Solo Dolo

Date posted: 1y

@Rhonda Byrd Oh okay cool. Well I’m gonna take your word for it. Hopefully it benefits me as much as it did you🙏🏾

ElevenB

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Mr. Solo Dolo I hope it does!

ElevenB

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Mr. Solo Dolo. When I started it it did seem in a few days that my thoughts lessened but then they came back. But I would say it took at least 6 weeks for it to kick in good. It helps with my anxiety mostly. I still have the thoughts but they calm down some. I take it at night to just calm me down for rest. I do my ERP daily so I need to have the thoughts to face the fears.

Mr. Solo Dolo

Date posted: 1y

@Rhonda Byrd Oh okay. I’ve been able to deal with my intrusive thoughts for quite some time now, I still do erp daily as well. But this random headache, vision distortion, hearing loss, and in general feeling out of it appeared out of nowhere. This spiked my anxiety, but apparently the cause IS anxiety?

ElevenB

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Mr. Solo Dolo I can believe it. Anxiety made me feel strange some days too and cause considerable weight loss. I hope that the medicine can help you with the anxiety.

Anonymous

Date posted: 23w

Ocd/going crazy

Hi about a week ago I found out I have ocd and chronic anxiety! I tried zoloft and it was terrible for me. I also started therapy and I take hydroxyzine but I will discuss further medication with my doctor. My question is I have a huge fear that I'm going crazy, I am crazy, or schizophrenic to the point I'm so hyper aware of my surrounding ill look out the corner of my eye to make sure I'm nit seeing anything ill make sure to double check what I'm hearing and it's so draining! I get really scared and go into a panic and cry 😅 I need some reassurance has anyone felt this way my doctor and therapist explained it to me but I'm still very scared. I feel like one day I'll have a break and I won't be the same! I tried the grounding exercise and breathing it helps temporarily. I also cut out smoking weed and none of my family has this but I feel like I have it or ill develope it even though it's rare!

avantika 🪻

Date posted: 15w

Medication

So I have been diagnosed with GAD and OCD and my psychiatrist prescribed me with zoloft 🤔 but I dont know im really hesitant to start medication because im scared of the side effects and ik afraid of relying on a medication for a long time. Does anyone else take zoloft? What is it like? Any side effects?

BootsyCollins

Date posted: 10w

Treatment

Hey what’s up y’all Does anyone else have generalized anxiety along with OCD and is taking a low dose medication? I wanted to try something I’m not big on meidcation but it’s getting to a point that it’s really affecting my day to day even though I’ve been dealing with it for years and years

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