itwillallbeokay

Date posted: 7w

would medication be helpful for my case?

i’ve been dealing with OCD for years. my biggest theme being POCD. i have dealt with the anxiety aspect of it all but i think i now have a dysregulated nervous system that normal somatic grounding exercises cannot fix. i also experience only depression. it’s like i still have the POCD + intrusive thoughts. I try not to engage with them, but I’m still depressed but don’t experience much anxiety. should I go on medication? Is it more than just OCD now?

mriley♥

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 7w

I would start therapy with NOCD first or find ERP in person in your area. I recommend NOCD over in person though because you can do it even on really bad OCD days. I would also recommend talking to someone about medication. If you go on an SSRI it would likely help with the thought and distress frequency as well as the depression. From my experience I can't recommend therapy without meds or meds without therapy, as I've had the best experience with both. I've been on Prozac and Zoloft! I highly recommend both, though Zoloft more because I have slightly less side effects (though with Prozac my side effects only started a few years in)

itwillallbeokay

Date posted: 7w

@mriley♥ i am currently doing erp with NOCD! i just can’t help but shake these feelings of pain and suffering away. it’s like the initial OCD anxiety is not present but this persisting feeling of depression stayed for years

mriley♥

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 7w

@itwillallbeokay Ok!! Yeah then I would especially recommend getting on meds, but sticking to therapy as well!

Steven55!

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 7w

Are you in therapy with a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy? Meds can be helpful, but not without the correct therapy. If you're not in OCD therapy, NOCD can hook you up with a good, trained therapist. Their consultations are free.

itwillallbeokay

Date posted: 7w

@Steven55! yes i am doing ERP!

Steven55!

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 7w

@itwillallbeokay How long have you been doing ERP?

itwillallbeokay

Date posted: 7w

@Steven55! 2 months

ryanlee1985

Date posted: 7w

Talk to your therapist about recommending a psychiatrist. I suffer from crippling anxiety and my psychiatrist prescribed the generic version of lexapro. After 2 weeks, night and day difference. I still have anxiety but I can function waaaaay better. Plus it did help with the OCD.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 7w

I highly recommend medication. I tried to go off of medication for a while, but my emotions were swinging all over the place and latching on to OCD, and I was really struggling. I noticed a big difference when I got back on medication. I was watching the video with Nathan Peterson, one of my favorite OCD therapists, and he said that when people ask him about medication, the answer is always unequivocally Yes, that we need it, and that it helps.

Steven55!

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 7w

Not to worry, you're still in the flare up stage. Now that you're standing up to OCD, it's trying to keep you in its grasp. Most of us have experienced a spike at first. Just keep doing your ERP and working with your OCD therapist, and it should dissipate. Can't give you an exact time, because it's different with everybody. If you feel you should go on meds, talk to your therapist. I understand meds can be helpful, so long as you combine them with OCD talk therapy. Hope this makes you feel better

r.m.1

Date posted: 7w

SSRI and ERP work very well together when the right med is found

OCDNoThankYe

Date posted: 24w

Medication

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.

H399Rocd

Date posted: 24w

Medication for OCD?

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 ?

eb123456789

Date posted: 18w

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

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