How does medication change things for you? Your opinions and experiences with this form of treatment? I’d love to hear your input! Talking points: Long term/short term Side effects? Emotional changes? Thoughts still there? Just less stressful? Other
Makes thoughts quieter so you can practice your ERP more.
Yeah exactly, it allows you to practice those harder triggers as well, or I’ve noticed that if the mental ones pop up throughout the day it’s much easier to manage them. I only take 20mg of prozac cuz 40mg+ made me feel too numb and i couldn’t really feel anxious anymore so I went back down. I’m hoping to wean off of it and try more natural supplements once my OCD is much more at bay. I know people who solely rely on medication and it seems to still really impact their lives so ERP is def still a must imo
@Anonymous impact their lives negatively*
Medication has been helpful for me. I’m on a really low dose and I’ve noticed that I am generally more regulated, and I’m able to more successfully practice ERP. Anxiety and intrusive thoughts are still there but definitely more manageable
I was on sertraline (Zoloft) for 6 months and it made it so that I could ERP and actually get the skills I needed to live better with OCD. For me, it helped within a week, and my doctor upped the dosage from 25mg to 50mg after a month and my body was more regulated. I’m now off of it, and am thinking about going back on because on 50mg of it I was able to still be happy/sad/ect. But wanted to try to wean off it and live without it. It did lower my libido quite a bit but I was okay with that. Buttt… I’ve recently had a flare up and am hence coming back to NOCD and am considering medication again. Anyway, I have a friend with OCD and she’s been on Prozac for 7 years and does great with it!
@Anon_123454321 I’m also curious about the relationship with quiting and restarting it versus just being in it forever. 90% of my ocd is mental. Which someone else mentioned that it makes that much more manageable as well
@kenzie22 Mine is like 99% pure ocd (mental), and I will say it can be really hard to manage for me personally some days, other days I do a lot better. I still do ERP but I’m returning to NOCD because with a new pop up theme I’m really worked up and want more support :) Are you asking about quitting and restating medication or ERP with NOCD? :))
@Anon_123454321 The medication. Good luck to you and restarting this erp journey! You got this!
@kenzie22 Oh, I understand your question now! I’m not opposed to being on medication forever, but was hoping to use it more as a tool if I need extra support in hard seasons. Especially for me, it made my OCD like, near existent, and thus I want to do more ERP off of it to build those skill even better before considering going back onto it :)
@Anon_123454321 Sorry, to continue, while it made it nearly non existent it was STILL there and thus, I’d like to build those skills a little more in case I do go back on, I can deal with it better over all! Idk if that makes sense lol
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