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If my intrusive thoughts were to appear at full force then i'm going back on sertraline, no doubt about it
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Over A year of trying the previous medications and becoming extremely suicidal on one of them to finally try sertraline and realise how much easier life was on it
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Wow I’m happy that you were able to have such an impactful experience
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Was there anything besides medication that helped? Did you have to change anything about your lifestyle?
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I had to leave college due to physical health problems which i think took most of the strain of my mind off as the stress from coursework just magnified my thoughts and made me struggle to concentrate, i didn't eat any healthier but i do take supplements: probiotic (essential i've heard for helping ocd) cod liver oil, magnesium & garlic supplements, that's all i did because therapy didn't help as my counsellor held a grudge against me for forgetting what he looked like?
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Hello! My main obsessions are ROCD and HOCD. I struggled with HOCD on and off since I was 13 (I am a 22 now), and I also struggled with other random sexual thoughts along the way. I'm very happy to say that after a year and a half after being officially diagnosed with OCD, I am feeling nearly free from it! And that's something I never thought I would say. I do not take meds and do not go to therapy. I just have amazing support and have learned to accept the thoughts and feelings as JUST that! That's really all it is--thoughts and feelings. Nothing more! I believe that our minds are far more powerful than meds and therapy, it just takes time to understand how to combat it. :)
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Wow great story! Very inspirational
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Thank you so much! I, of course, still struggle with spikes, but I find it much more tolerable with time and effort. :)
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I tried prozac, citalopram & amitryptiline? Before settling on sertraline which worked incredibly well for me, i went from the whole day non stop obsessions without rest not being able to get rid of them to being able to 'let them go' if that makes sense, i still had and have thoughts but i find it so much easier to let them just happen knowing they aren't real
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I’m happy you found something that’s worked for you! I have never tried medication given the side effects but I wish I could have done so
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Indeed, brilliant news!
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What medication have you taken?
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How long did it take you to find it?
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- 24w
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with intrusive thoughts&images. At first i had intrusive thoughts around my partner, now it’s centred around me & I can’t be around window ledges or medication due to a story I read online(it’s too triggering for me) . Sometimes I feel like I can’t leave my bed due to the thoughts being so overwhelming I just break down and want to sleep. I aren’t taking any medication or therapy yet. I worry that if I don’t give my thoughts a reaction that my thoughts are true and not OCD. I’ve had these thoughts 24/7 for 2 months.
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(20f) I have been dealing with severe OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember. I recently got diagnosed about a year ago, and even though I know that these thoughts are probably my ocd, I still cant shake them. Growing up I was always very sexually curious. I was sheltered from a lot of things, as I went to a private school and things like sexuality and sex were never talked about. I remember doing some weird sexual things growing up (never affecting another person), looking up taboo sexual things, etc. I always seemed to become aroused no matter what the situation was, even if I just saw someone getting changed. I have no recollection of being SA'd, so i'm wondering where this all came from? Was I just curious and wanted to experiment and try different things? Or am I really a pervert, pedophile, etc. I have all these thoughts racing through my head and it's killing me. Everything I did as a kid I look back on and am disgusted, as those don't align with my views at all today. I never thought growing up thinking these things were wrong, or actually realize what they were until I got older. I'd like to think it was just my curiosity, but i'm not sure. What if i'm in denial and actually do like these things? I just need to know if theres something wrong w me, I cant keep going on like this. Could really use some advice.
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Let me start by prefacing that I developed ocd as postpartum ocd after having my first child. I had harm and pocd. I had it on and off for years and then it just eventually went away completely for many years until recently after a stressful life event. Now that it’s back it again targets my children but now my grandchildren also. It’s been horrible and makes me pull away from them. Last night my 6 year old granddaughter threw up in the car when my daughter was about to take her home so my daughter brought her back in the house and asked me to clean her up while she cleaned her car. I had some anxiety about it because of my ocd but I couldn’t say no to helping so I opened the bathroom door and my granddaughter was standing in her underwear waiting for me to clean and dress her. Everything was fine and normal but then for some reason, I have no idea why, I looked down at her chest area. I immediately got so upset and didn’t know why I looked there and now my ocd is saying it’s because i’m a monster. I tried to tell myself it’s just normal human behavior when someone is standing there naked that you look where you shouldn’t simply because it’s just there in front of you but I feel horrible. I don’t feel any inappropriate way about her or any child but my ocd is saying it was inappropriate. Has anyone else been through this?
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