lkkkk1234
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- 3y ago
MarinaaMarinaa
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I've battled with both for a long time and I can't say I remember anymore. I feel like they both had different causes but through the years they have been making each other stronger. I feel like having depression and OCD is especially hard, because depression makes you slower and makes you not want to do anything, but OCD makes sure that you're mind is constantly racing and keeps you moving with obsessions and compulsions. It's hard but I really hope you get better!❤️
lkkkk1234lkkkk1234
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Thanks I’m finally taking the plunge to see a doctor about medication so really nervous but i think it’s necessary
MarinaaMarinaa
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@lkkkk1234 I really hope it works for you and you start feeling better!
MariaMaria
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- 3y ago
I probably have both. The depression comes as a result of avoiding things, in my case. It is also the constant battling that goes on in my head, it leaves me mentally exhausted.
PalmTreePalmTree
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I think my OCD caused my depression in high school, but even now that I’m getting OCD therapy in my 20s it’s like my brain is so used to not having serotonin that it’s not sure what to do...
lkkkk1234lkkkk1234
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Have you tried medication?
PalmTreePalmTree
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@lkkkk1234 It’s something I’ve considered throughout the years but have never taken the step to do. I have a friend with depression (not OCD) and he says that it helps him, so it’s something I’m considering more and more. I hope it works out well for you!!
lkkkk1234lkkkk1234
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- 3y ago
@PalmTree Thanks! So nervous but hoping it helps
effyouocdeffyouocd
- Date posted
- 3y ago
My OCD feels like a bully that hits me with a baseball bat constantly, eventually I was so damaged by the “hitting” I was broken. My breaking point was a depressive episode that lasted about ten months. I’m better now because of medication. I understood that the origin of my depression is the OCD and that helped me feel better. I had no idea I have it, found out when I got tests done. It never crossed my mind that my own thoughts were making me ill. I still feel like I’m always on the verge of falling into another depressive episode if something goes wrong. I know therapy tells us we need to learn to sit with discomfort but I can’t. I feel negligent if I don’t go on with my compulsions because I feel like I could harm somebody. I’m an M.D. and whenever my loved ones tell me something hurts or have a medical concern I get immediately anxious and fear the worst. My compulsions make me google stuff, order tests, read books, check medical info over and over. I feel like if I don’t do that and my loved ones get sick it would be my fault because I’m being irresponsible. How am I supposed to get out of this loop?!?! Does anyone relate??
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- Date posted
- 21w ago
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- Date posted
- 13w ago
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H399Rocd
- Date posted
- 12w ago
Medication for OCD?
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