Any one use alcohol or drugs to cope with the anxiety of ocd ?

Unfortunately yes

Used to be. I got straight about a year ago. I was only 14 and was taking opioids such as codeine to numb myself

Used to drink to deal with it v bad idea

Behind every addiction is trauma "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone."

Alcohol big time but its not a solution its just another problem to deal with unfortunately.

Im completely house bound beacuse of my POTS it feels like dying every day and then the ocd doesnt make matters better lmao wtf is this???? Im losing my mind i would give my soul to satan tbh this is hell on earth

been like this for 2 years and im losing it

yes

Yes to alcohol, but it is only occasionally and I don’t consume A LOT, usually just a couple of drinks to take the edge off, and it never became an addiction. Now that I’m finally on a prescription medication cocktail that works for me (and my anxiety, depression, etc), I rarely ever drink as a response to stress / anxiety.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome,I thought first that i had erythromelalgia beacuse of red feet but then it turned out to be dysautonomia in form of pots

Really nasty syndrome

Makes u bed bound if not treated correctly ,In my case doctors have failed me and im own my own im thinking about buying the drugs that i think will help from tor web illegally i have nothing to lose anymore

Ocd is useful in things like this haha,This is crazy that u have a same situation going on,My redness started in legs then slowly came to my hands it feels like they are burning.. I was convinced in the beginning i had erythromelalgia

Ummm for me its always if i dont take medication ,Pulse lying down 60 standin up 130

Yeah get it checked out it will only get worse if its pots,if u wanna self diagnose just download a pulse app Then lay down 10 minutes then stand up and if it goes up 30 bpm from laying down to standing its pots

I got diagnosed with pots in a sleep clinic they did every test known to man 24h ECG and orthostatic test ,long story short 20 doctors knew nothing in the end i self diagnosed and actually had it lmao these doctors

I paid two grand for a piece of paper that said that i have it yey and now the doctor is stubborn to give me medication that would probaply fix this nightmare

Yeah i was in the dumps too i just wanted to die ,So i did the only reasonable thing i layed down for weeks just to get so sick that my family would believe me and got the diagnosis haha ocd and stubborness saved me :)))

Yeah hands and feet ,here is a good forum for EM https://www.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/about-us/1663

Yeah EM pain is described as literally burning

Alcholol ,Exercise,Being in warm makes it worse so basically living makes it worse

I think,Aspirin ,betablockers,mexiletine,and lidocaine infusions help some patients good luck brother.