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It does help with that. I’m not sure what the chemistry behind the medication is but it does help. In the past, I almost felt like the medication prevented me from having any intrusive thoughts. Like when a intrusive thought would come to my mind, it was immediately targeted and it wouldn’t even form in my mind. It’s so weird how the medication works but it does help. I felt like before the medication I only saw things in different shades of grey but a while after the medication, I started to see colors! (figuratively speaking, I was able to always see color but the medication feels like it woke me up).
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Thx that really gives me confidence to keep going with the medication!
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Last year, I had a really hard time and I understand why people when they are not okay hurts themselves... And I never imagined that I could experiment that. Fortunately, I was able to ask for help and here is the first time I speak about it with someone other than my psychotherapist... But something I can say is that I never imagine commited suicide because I am too scared and in some way it helps me to say that I can't do it...
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I’ve taken medication in the past and it has helped a ton! I was at a point in life where I was only having one intrusive thought every two weeks. That’s how good it got but I made the awful mistake of stopping medication (cuz I was feeling so good) and I just literally started them again. I’m taking 150mg Zoloft & 300mg Wellbutrin. When I first started, I was at 25mg and the dosage was systematically increased. Medication does make a difference but it takes a good minute to see it and feel it
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My problem is whenever I feel kys left enjoying something I always think no shouldn’t be until I figure out why and or how too get rid of the thoughts and it makes me depressed a lot because I can never enjoy things anymore without wondering why I’m enjoying stuff or wonder if I deserve to enjoy it. Do you think medication would help with this?
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@Bryce Myself**
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@Bryce I meant to reply here but I wrote another comment instead 😅
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I am currently going through the same situation. I feel like my mind fixates on a certain things from time to time. I remember fixating on thoughts like these in the past like 8 years ago (I am 30 now). I am not sure if you’re doing ERP or meeting with a therapist yet but I start my treatment next week and I’m hoping to get to the root of this thoughts or at least to learn to not be afraid.
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No but by I’m definitely wanting to try soon
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@Bryce I'm taking medication since one year a'd my depression and anxiety are getting away and I'm really happy now and more than ever 😊
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@jade I started on Zoloft almost 3 Weeks ago on 25mg and I havent really seen a difference. What meds are u taking and the dosage??? I’ve heard that with ocd u should take a higher dosage.
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@Bryce I am taking zoloft 100mg 😊
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@Bryce But take your time because I really feel the first effect on my life after 3months, it's complicated and long at the start but after... You see the life way better
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@jade I’m trying to, it’s very hard not to quit it or want to higher the dosage when I haven’t seen any difference since the first few weeks but ima keep going!!
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@Bryce Yes, first I wanted to quit but my family said me to continue the medication and now I am really happy. be patient you will be better!!! 😊
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so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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Starting in high school, I became very suicidal, and it became my “safety net” of all went wrong. I know it’s dark, but I was in a really bad head space and I saw suicide as my escape if I couldn’t fix my life. It got to the point where I was constantly thinking about suicide (literally every day, multiple times a day). Over the last year, I’ve gotten better and I think about it less. But then my OCD grabbed hold of it…. Now, if I do something wrong or embarrassing or if I struggle in a social situation (which is often 😅), my mind says “kys”, “jump off a bridge”, and so on. It’s like an automatic response with my OCD and it makes me so uncomfortable… I’m trying to get better. I don’t want to die. Sure, I still get pretty low, but I always push the thoughts away now instead of welcoming them like I used to. But with the intrusive thoughts being nearly constant now, it’s kind of scary. I dont know what to do to make them stop since the intrusive thoughts are just so automatic at the slightest feeling of discomfort. I have a therapist, but I dont know how to bring this up with her. I’m too nervous to even admit to suicidal thoughts, not to mention the intrusive thoughts they’ve turned into. It kind of feels like it’ll never go away.
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