I felt like my OCD was in control for a while about a year and a half or so. Recently i’ve had a flare up and i have been very anxious. I have mental compulsions mainly. I want to hear about anyone else’s experiences with a flare up?
Sameeeee, its been 4 years since my last flare up. I just hope it doesnt last too longggg.
@Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻 yes me too ! when my anxiety gets bad which rn is a few times per day i am like is this how my life is always going to be ? and then i get scared and sad and cry until my anxiety goes down but i also was doing lexapro for a few days and did the smallest dose but didn’t like how anxious it made me at the initial stages because i’m in school right now and trying to balance it all right now
@LifeIsBeautiful feel the exact same. tried zoloft, anxiety got so bad while i was in school which triggered this flare for me, i said absolutely not and now the flare up just hasn’t gone away
@LifeIsBeautiful This is legit me !!!! I will get it a few times a day and then get scared when i question if this is my life now. Im also on lexapro. Im on 20mg, but i wasnt being consistent with them, up until this week so im waiting to see if it does anything. But man its hard and draining.
@Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻 i’m thinking about trying lexapro again possibly in the summer when i have time to let my body adjust . i know it won’t be a quick fix , but it will help me i hope
@kodyisland i totally understand ! my anxiety would get bad in school but the intrusive thoughts were like very easy to deal with until recently idk what happened !!
@LifeIsBeautiful I hear you, my flare up happened new years eve, not sure if the fear of not knowing how the year would go caused it, or simply hormones from menstrual... idk. Just praying and hoping it passes
@Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻 it will pass! i think mine also has a bit to do with my hormones being out of sync lately
mine was mostly in control for 4 years. now i’m having a really intense flare up for the last 2 or so months my anxiety has been awful
@kodyisland i completely understand . we got this and we will overcome this 🫶
What helped you from the first time?
@Anonymous ERP helped me but also i went on a cruise and didn’t have my phone for a week and i guess just being with myself and grounding myself helped me enjoy the cruise and then things clicked and my ocd was not bad for about a year and a half . i rarely had intrusive thoughts . one night a few days after school let out i had a random intrusive thought and then it sparked this flare up bc i hyper fixated on it
For me, it was a bit of ERP, and meds helped control the anxiety part of it. But also, taking a break from socials, phone. And just focused on work, school and my kids.
@Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻 yesss taking a break from the PHONEEE and being in the present moment !
Hi!! My names Calista R. Woodbury-Rabon. I recently got married in March of this year. And have been struggling with my severe anxiety disorder since I left my toxic 3 year relationship about a year ago. Over the past several months, I have noticed that I go through phases where: I have a full body “anxiety attack”. Or at least that’s what I call it. For example : when we went to cookout and they told us they were out of the chili for walking tacos. I had a full blown anxiety attack or at least what I thought was an anxiety attack and starting hyperventilating and crying. Therefore, the only solution (in my mind) was that I wouldn’t be able to calm down until I had the walking tacos. Another example : My husband bought me a pajama set that was only recently put out because it was a patriotic item which means that after the summer it’d be gone… I ended up picking up the wrong size. So that night when I went to put on the Pajamas and realized they were too small I started hyperventilating and crying. All because these $17 pajamas did not fit me and it was no fault of my own. Whenever this happens, I usually end up spiraling and crying and saying a lot at once very quickly. And I usually look crazy and don’t make a lot of sense. Usually after the spiraling is over with I’m very exhausted and usually will cry myself to sleep. My husband more often than not will say stuff like “it’s not that big of a deal you can get something else.” << when it has to do with food etc. OR “we can just buy another set of pjamas the next time I get paid.” << in relation to the pajamas in this instance. But honestly no matter what him or anyone else tells me in that moment. All that matters is that I can feel the anxiety in my bones. And I can’t breathe and in that moment my world as I know it has ended. I’ve tried taking online free “quizzes” to find out if I acctually have OCD and they’ve been negative. I also did some research and learned that you can have all the symptoms for a OCD “flare-up” but present no active case of OCD or symptoms. So I guess what I’m trying to find out is if I don’t have “OCD” than Is this out of body experience caused from my “severe anxiety disorder” diagnosis ? Or just anxiety in general?? Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you also aren’t sure!! Means a lot to me..❤️🩹
I got TMS almost a year ago and it helped so much. Now I am having one of the worst flare ups I have had in over a year. My themes keep changing, I am so exhausted. Its affecting my relationship because I am constantly on edge and my boyfriend is struggling to manage the whip lash. He thinks its his fault. I feel like I cannot trust my own thoughts but they feel so real, I am so lost. Has anyone had their OCD score drop and then rapidly peak? No one understands my heightened anxiety, and I’m just so tired 😔
I’m a teacher, and for the last two school breaks, my harm OCD spikes regarding my girlfriend. The first one was winter break (It came back after three years), and when I was recovering, it came back in the beginning of June. Just out of nowhere. Even though I know it’s OCD, it still scares the hell out of me and I spiral for weeks and weeks. Does anyone else have spikes and relapses when there are breaks in your routine?
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