I was doing ERP on my own last night and I ended up having a full blown anxiety attack for about an hour because of it; sweating, heart racing couldn’t concentrate on what my friends were saying. Anyone else ever go through this?

Shanza Ali, ERP is what we refer to as “exposure and response Prevention” it is known widely as the golden standard to treating OCD. I’m sorry your loved one is suffering, id recommend looking up ERP on google and reading about it and finding a good CBT therapist to help your loved one

Very good advice, Lapinot

What is ERP?

Have you gone through it with your therapist first?

Actually I m not suffering from OCD , my loved one is suffering and I don't know what to do for him.

RosyRainbows yes I did ERP for about a month, although not as intense as I’d like to admit. I stopped going for about a month due to me moving into my own place and a heavy work load but a new obsession has been weighing me down recently so I tried last night to start an exposure on it and that happened. I will be going back to my therapist in the next week to start again. I think it may have been because I started on something that made me like 8/10 anxious so it kinda blew up in my face

He is not responding to medicine and anything I just want to know every single possibility which can make him better

Would you like to share and guide me how to deal with him ?

I’ve never taken medicine at least not yet but I do know some people don’t react to them, was he on an SSRI? That’s usually what they give you for this condition

Yes I guess he has started his medicine again because his condition was really worse , he is suffering from contamination OCD

I am very worried about him because he sometimes tried to hide his situation form me too . he can't stay home because of this .

I’m not a medical professional but my recommendation would be for you two to find a therapist who specializes in what’s called CBT(Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) they will put him in the exposure and response Prevention therapy, meaning he will purposely expose him self to the fears of being contaminated, without doing any compulsions to relieve himself. It’s very scary at first, but as he progresses he will re wire his brain and he will no longer fear contamination and will be able to live with the uncertainty