OCD/Anxiety

@alexia🌷 ERP is very highly helpful statistically. I think even more than meds. Have you tried different dosages of the meds?

@alexia🌷 It’s frustrating for sure, I had sooooo many issues trying to find meds that actually helped. Really made me seek out alternative treatments like TMS and Neurofeedback. But ultimately I’m back on medication. It’s incredibly discouraging, it’s always brought on a ton of hopeless/helpless feelings that things will never get better. You don’t have to, but do you want to talk about what’s got your mind so messy?

@Raven_ I went to maybe get tms therapy but I have bipolar and they can’t let me get it for that reason which was aggravating. My ocd is just all over the place. My ex and I are still in contact figuring things out and I think the worst, worry if he wants me or not, if I’m trying to hard, if he talks in a weird tone my brain spirals. Health anxiety, just anything really! Thank you for being there! I feel no one understands

Don't give up on medicines. I took prozac for several years and it worked well and then it stopped working. This past year I tried many different medicines before taking 100 mg Sertraline and 100 mg Desvenlafaxine. I'm doing much better. There were times when I felt really hopeless but it does get better. Ocd is very treatable. Therapy helps

@alexia🌷 Ah yes TMS can sometimes induce long term mania so it’s not advised for bipolar. Are you on a mood stabilizer too or just the Buspar? Relationships are difficult, it’s one of the biggest causes of emotional and mental decline these days. Loneliness is becoming a silent killer. I was left suddenly in a relationship and it wrecked me for almost a year. There’s just so many uncertainties it brings on. I wish there was some kind of magical advice that would help, but you just have to trust the universe will sort itself out and make sure you end up with the right person in the end. If it’s him, just have to find ways to be patient. Don’t find these battles alone, try to find any kind of support that you can. Peer support was so huge for me when I started on my recovery journey. Sometimes you just need someone to sit in mud (figurative) with you.

@Raven_ Thank you for this, I definitely am just trusting timing I’m just exhausted! And I am only on buspar as of right now

@Raven_ I’m not in therapy, and I just started it like a day ago

@alexia🌷 Therapy can be a huge help, especially if you can do group therapy or peer support. I’m a big fan of php/IOP programs. They are a great place to learn distress tolerance skills. Buspar is unfortunately a 4-6 weeker for main onset. In the meantime you can try over the counter options like L-theanine, some people have decent results with it. Unfortunately for me, my anxiety is bad enough that only benzos will turn my brain off. Not really a med path that’s ideal to go down unless absolutely necessary. Are you currently working? Or doing things throughout the day to try and give your mind some distraction?