abe
- Date posted
- 6y
08230823
- Date posted
- 6y
I know that people have recovered without medication and can probably get off medication and stay recovered. Make sure you have these discussions with your psychologist. It always depends on your needs and what you and your doctor think is best. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be on medication for the rest of your life. It’s like if someone needs medication for diabetes forever, it’s just something they need. If you need it, it’s okay! Try to focus on what you need right now. Whatever is best for you now is what’s important.
BrynBryn
- Date posted
- 6y
I have been on Zoloft since I was 8 years old, I am now 20, and I don’t think I will ever go off of it. That is by choice, because I can always go off it if that’s what I choose. I know some people struggle with being on medication for one reason or another may it be mental, physical, or financial reasons. I am very grateful to be able to have it and have access to it, but everyone is different. It’s okay to be on a medication forever. I like what the other person said how it’s like how some people are on medications their whole life like if they have diabetes or something. The most important thing is is that if you do choose to go off of it do it with your doctor. It’s a med that usually needs to be gone off slowly and not all at once. Just remember that it’s okay to need a medication and it’s okay to be on one :)
menemene
- Date posted
- 6y
Am on zoloft too
JinJin
- Date posted
- 6y
I think you have reasons to worry, cause psych pharmaceuticals change not just the „illness“ but affect the whole person and body. I‘m on neuroleptics since 2009 and haven‘t managed to get off of them until now. All psych meds taken over a longer time cause dependencies and have to be withdrawn very very carefully. But it‘s definitely possible! There is also a whole withdrawl community on the internet. So I would try to gather information, find strategies to help yourself or get help without medication, make a plan and then start tapering off, when you feel it is the right time and you‘re well prepared.
Related posts
anxiousashhh
- Date posted
- 22w
idk
I feel like I’ll never lead a normal life again with OCD, my thoughts have begun to be convince especially about POCD. I feel like so sad and down that this will be my life forever. I’ll never get to fall in love again without intrusive thoughts. I’ll never be worth falling in love with. I can never be intimate again. I’m just done, my life is over. I can’t even look at my nephew and niece anymore without the smile fading. It feels like I’m so nasty and then my brain convinces me this is how I feel. That there’s some part of me that is a p*do and that’s it. I’m a disgusting human being for that. I just feel hopeless
eb123456789
- Date posted
- 13w
Medication Symptom Management
This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I don’t want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldn’t be my only fix. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment I’m doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I don’t actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/I’m secretly a terrible person
Ericseal18
- Date posted
- 11w
Question
So I had a panic attack a while ago to “kill mom” and I forgot about the thought until a few days later. When it came back I was mentally drained and it lasted for 2 months or more. It eventually went away but it is back. I get other intrusive thoughts but they go away after a hour or so. Why am I stressing over “kill mom” so much. I just get irritated that it won’t go away. I’m beginning to think it’s a different mental illness maybe just anxiety? I’m not sure to be honest. It just appears and sits there and I feel like I’m doomed and a pyscho and worry that I’ll never forget the thought.
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond