Hi all Just wanted to say how helpful this community has been as a source for information and support. My wife has suffered from Contamination OCD for over a decade now and has tried CBT government and private courses at great cost, Well being courses, erp we’ve even moved house due to its horrendous effects. She’s had SSRI drugs before without success and then was put onto Clomipramine for a while which tempered her for some time even though the amounts taken have gradually increased to 200mg. Which I know is a lot. The problem though is that now they seem to have stopped working it’s like just stopped. Which has meant all her old rituals have come back with a vengeance, plus a horrible depression has enveloped her. She’s super sensitive irritable etc as you would imagine and it’s a great stress for us all as well as our children. Living together as a family with a contamination OCD is a nightmare. Question : she is going to therapist next week (she is) but they have Been reluctant to prescribe anything for the super anxiety she’s now has the depression or the super mood swings she has. Surely she needs something to take the edge of whilst attempting therapy again. Doesn’t the NICE guidelines say that an anti psychotic drug can be sometimes prescribed or another drug introduced alongside the Clomipramine ? Would really appreciate any experience or advice . And yes I’m aware it’s different for everybody. Many thanks in advance

Hiya thanks for the reply We are in the South of the UK . Never heard of it but just had a peruse on Google and will have a look Many thanks

I don’t know what state you live in or what insurance you guys have but look into Rogers, especially if her symptoms have become so unmanageable that she’s not functioning. They also do medication management and have top notch psychiatrists that specialize in ocd

Have you ever heard abt bioenergotherapy? It helps me a lot for anxiety and depression . And where are you from ?

Friend of my family is a bioenergotherapist . He helped my mother to cure her breast cancer and he helps with other diseases too even diabetes and stuff like that (almost everything except problems with eyes). Sometimes mental disorders are caused by problems with negative thinking or some trauma or unknown reason But sometimes its just that some part in a brain doesn't work properly. Hes name is Zbyszek olobry. He's 72 yo and lives in Gdansk Poland. . I can give you his email address if youre interested and you can ask him if he can help. It's like you send him picture and ask to check if person in the picture is healthy and he tells you everything abt this persons health. And you don't give him any information. Just picture. I know that it sounds like madness . But it really works. He had paralysed patient who is auschwitz survivor and showed me a book written by this man from Auschwitz with thanks for giving him second life. And he also doesn't take any money if you can't afford it but usually cocts 100-200zl it's like 40 £ or something . Tell me if your interested

Ccs have you gone to Rogers? My issue is moderate to severe but I can’t do an in patient

Yes. I’m doing outpatient currently.

If you trust and like the therapist, i would trust their opinion. If your wife wants though, it is definitely and option to basically have her say what you have outlined in this post to her therapist. Therapy should be an open dialogue

Thanks ever so much for taking the time to comment back everybody. So far the Gp has agreed to increase her meds Clomipramine by another 50mg to 200mg so far not much change and a lot of feeling sick ? Anybody else have similar side effects by having an increase in Clomipramine and did it last for long if you coped with it all ?