My therapist recommended medication. I feel conflicted about whether going on medication is right for me. Does anyone have advice on how you decide medication was the right route for you? Also, has anyone had success with just therapy?

Just therapy didnt work. I had a prior therapist that was encouraging me to just push through knowing fully well I was getting worse. I switched therapists. His recommendation was to try medication. I'm going through an extremely stressful period and feel okay. The meds have helped with the thoughts, with rest, taking my mind off things. I'm able to watch tv, do work, sleep without so much emotional pain.

I take medication and I go to weekly therapy and I honestly feel way better I’d definitely look into it

I’m bipolar and take meds for it. See therapist for rumination. It’s worth trying

I am now on medication but for the first four years after my OCD diagnosis I found a lot of success without medication. My therapist suggested it but because of where I was located, accessing a psychiatrist who could prescribe it was difficult. I went from being homebound essentially to moving out and going to college with few OCD symptoms after just Therapy. I am on it now because I had some serious health anxiety, general OCD flare ups, and less access to weekly therapy. So yes, I do think you can have a lot of success without it. I have nothing against it since I’m on it now. You could ask if you could try without medication first and then if that really is just not working, there’s no shame in starting to take something.

I had tappers in my hand that were just pieces of plastic that I help onto and she had the control that made them tap at different speeds

I worked with a therapist who actually didn’t specialize in OCD. She had it herself and was willing to try treating me while admitting that I was severe enough I might need a specialist. She had just finished her qualifications for EMDR therapy which hasn’t really been used for OCD but was successful with PTSD so she tried it and I happened to be really receptive to it. It is basically just mental exposure. (ERP still preferred though however this is what was available). But she would probably tell anyone on here to check out an ERP therapist.

If u dont mind me asking, how did she utilize emdr. Was it just butterfly hands and tapping chest or did she use hand movements and eyes? How did it work?

Pretty cool!