I have been having really horrible real event OCD for over a year now. Stuff I did that was bad, but I feel an abnormal amount of guilt for. I saw a therapist which helped a TON and has brought me to a manageable state. However, I think I have accepted that I need to take medication. My brain chemistry is just too out of wack. I’ve looked into everything from medicinal marijuana to prescription drugs as possibilities. Does anyone have any experience with medication and it’s effects on your OCD? Has anyone found it to be helpful?

Very helpful! Thank you so much! Zoloft has been my top candidate for a while. Seems like it produces the most positive responses. Part of my difficulty is finding a psychiatrist who understands OCD and can prescribe it to me knowing confidently that it is the right choice. Not sure where to even start looking for one.

@Anonymous maybe your therapist that you spoke of could have your primary care physician prescribe you medication. i just saw a psychiatrist last week who said i’m experiencing scizophrenic symptoms not OCD, and she prescribed me this medicine that my OCD therapist then said didn’t apply to my condition, which was frustrating because i just wasted $75 on medicine i’m not even gonna take. she then said it might be possible for my PCP to prescribe me anti-depressants so that’s a route i’m goin to investigate. so basically i’m with you on the concern for psychiatrists that do or don’t understand ocd and am thinking about taking this alternative route myself. hope that helps

@ocdin2ascension I found a very similar issue. I had a psychiatrist tell me I had a mood disorder (I really don’t think I do. I get cranky when my anxiety is through the roof) and told me that if she was going to perscribe me Zoloft she also wanted to prescribe something to make sure I didn’t become manic... she also gave into a lot of reassurance and told me to apologize for my real event which sent me into a spiral and made me wonder what was a compulsion and what wasn’t. Honestly I’m really scared to go to anyone who doesn’t have a good background with OCD therapy haha.

That is EXACTLY how I feel. When it’s bad, it’s to the point where I’m not suicidal, but I prefer being unconscious. It’s stuff that is definitely bad. Probably very much so. Most people would feel pretty stinkin guilty I think, but the frequency and severity of my guilt can’t be normal. It’s legitimately too much to handle sometimes. I both want to apologize and know that I shouldn’t for several reasons. SO difficult to navigate this type of OCD. I’ve had all kinds of OCD too, but this is by far the worst.