kaio16

Date posted: 1y

tomorrow is a decisive day

i have been seriously thinking about asking my doctor to stop taking SSRI, it helped me a lot but at same time it feels weird, sad stuff wont make me cry anymore like movies or stuff, and it makes me feels weird, ik my ocd will probbly get worse but i think it is the better path to me :/ i dunno.. anyways, while i used sertraline i gathered some tools against my harm ocd and i have been seriously thinking about fighting it without meds, but with pure erp, what should i do?

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Date posted: 1y

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kaio16

Date posted: 1y

thank you, im actually scared of getting worse without those, but i wanna feel like myself again

Nica

Date posted: 1y

Pure O is still effective with ERP, so definitely start or continue it. I overcame my mental illness les without meds but it’s going to be a lot of work—a complete lifestyle change. Here’s a list and also ask your doctor: exercise at least 30 minutes per day, get on a daily and nightly routine, cut out sugar and carbs and if you don’t do well with caffeine cut it out too, practice yoga, practice meditation starting with 5 minutes and moving up to 20 minutes per day (insight timer app is great, pick up a hobby or two, spend the vast majority of your time OFF the internet, spend more time with those you love in person, and practice mindfulness.

kaio16

Date posted: 1y

will do! i already cut out my caffeine, tomorrow i'll also start gym again

Nica

Date posted: 1y

@kaio16 Also get as much vitamin D! And at least 7-8 hours of sleep per day. That’s art of the nighty routine though.

Nica

Date posted: 1y

@Nica Part of*

kaio16

Date posted: 1y

@Nica the sleep is tha hardest one to me, even when i lay on my bed it takes like HOOOURS to fall asleep

Nica

Date posted: 1y

@kaio16 To fix that you’re going to have to go to bed at whatever time that you usually go to bed and wake up at 7 AM no matter what. That might mean you only get five hours of sleep but you’re gonna be tired and then you’re gonna go to bed early the next day and if you still can’t eventually it’s gonna happen because your mind and body will exhaust itself and it’s realizing that you are actively getting on a schedule.

kaio16

Date posted: 1y

OOOH I SEE, thanks a lot srly!!! i will do it

Nica

Date posted: 1y

@kaio16 No worries! I had to do this for like… 3 weeks straight? For it to actually set in and now I very rarely sleep in because it’s so testy 😂 Let’s say you go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 7am. That’s a great schedule! Don’t go over more than an hour either way of that if possible. Unless you are sick or on vacation or it’s a special event.

kaio16

Date posted: 1y

@Nica :D it looks rly helpfull tbh!! i always wake up late on weekends so maybe it breaks the schedule, dfntly gonna try it

Nica

Date posted: 1y

@kaio16 Ahh yeah, I used to do that too and it kicked my butt. It’s all about getting on a schedule and sleeping in more than an hour after your wake up time really messes with your internal clock.

eb123456789

Date posted: 24w

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

ocdinglehopper

Date posted: 17w

taking medication

okay u started taking zoloft for my ocd, and everything with thr intrusive thoughts. well ivr had really bad false attraction. and my mind is trying to tell me i should feel guilty for not solving the issues on my own. and using medication is me not getting rid of it, its just temporary. and i cant solve the false attraction/intrusive feelings on my own, like why is it doing this

baukje

Date posted: 15w

Obsessing about… medication

I am having an appointment with my psychiatrist this afternoon and I am obsessing about what to do with my medication. I think it’s also very ocd like obsessing. I am currently on 30mg mirtazapine. Ive been on this for years (because of insomnia, anxiety and depression) (15mg) and after we tried to switch to another (amitryptiline) because of nerve pain, I went down the road of insomnia and later on ocd again. So I am back on mirtazapine, and weaning off of the amitryptiline. This is/was a very traumatic experience. Because the switch caused a mental breakdown. Now my psychiatrist has mentioned to up the mirtazapine to 45mg. And my obsessive self has done a lot of research and a lot is saying that the higher the dose, the more you can experience anxiety. And for ocd it’s obviously not the first choice. I am obsessing all morning about it. I am too scared to go up. But I am also too scared to try another and to wean myself of off mirtazapine. I feel stuck at this point. Taking two meds is also not something I want. I could really use some words of encouragement right now I think. 🥹

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