Reading these posts is heartbreaking, but also eye opening as to how much we’ve allowed fear to torment and control us. I’m curious as to how many on here have had proper treatment. I’m guessing those who are recovered wouldn’t be on here.

I’m currently in therapy for ERP but I still have a long way to go. I might also look into medication soon but we’ll see.

I’ve done a crapload of research on OCD, and it always seems tide to an infection, toxins, or gut issues. @ghostly and @MattWalker, how is your overall physical health? There are answers, and I don’t think all the ERP in the world will get rid of it without addressing the underlying physical causes. I’ve had different infections, like C-Diff that can cause it, along with SIBO, and a biotoxin illness I’m trying to detox from right now. Also, the GAPS diet is supposed to get at the root cause of OCD, a messed up gut microbiome from toxins and too many antibiotics. I need to do that, and really do that soon!

@MattWalker, I’m so glad if you’re feeling well. My health has been really poor. The thing is, with gut issues, or lack of good gut bacteria, some people don’t even realize they have those issues when they could be a huge contributing factor. Even hidden food sensitivities can cause it, but you’d probably be having at least headaches from that.

If you’ve been on many antibiotics that can really jack things up, and cause it.

Absolutely! Caffeine is known to increase anxiety. As a trial, look up how to make a quick bone broth or meat stock. This is the intro stage of the GAPS diet. You can add veggies to the broth, but they should be organic. If not, they cohoe contain Round Up. Toxins like that can cause OCD, so organic is always best. Maybe try eating mainly soup for a while, because it’s really great to heal the gut lining, as it’s easy to digest. The Heal Your Gut Cookbook, by Hilary Boynton (on Amazon), is the best one I’ve found in implementing GAPS.

Cohoe? Haha *can

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I’ve gone to therapy. One of my therapist recommended also going to an Adult Children of Alcoholics group meeting but that was hard to approach that

Can you point me in the direction of the research on OCD & SIBO?

@WorriedDriver, I wish it was easy to do that, but I have so many sources, it would take me ages to site them. One particular one you might want to look up is James Greenblatt and clostridium causing OCD.