lmi
- Date posted
- 3y ago
lmilmi
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Thank you for that. I understand it takes much more work, just wonderinf if their may be something i could take alongside doing ERP. I do not plan to take forever, maybe i can get a better grasp on releasing thoughts as the come. I struggle with intense emotions as thoughts come and it keeps me in a loop i need to manage
TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I can completely relate with being stuck in the loop and far often than not I find it's the feelings I get from intrusive thoughts that prompt me to do complusions/rituals more than the actual thought its self. No one wants to be incredibly anxious by choice, it's an awful feeling to go through so I know how you feel. I was considering medication some weeks ago because I felt like I was at my wits end if I'm honest but I didn't, although I don't rule it out for the future because I think the right ones can help, especially if like you said you just want to take the edge off a little but I'm going to say this, no matter how anxious you are and how much you think you cant resist the complusions/rituals you can, you are alot stronger than you think and OCD doesn't want you to witness that for yourself so it's going to throw the most scary thoughts at you along with the anxiety to prevent you from overcoming it but you can, I'm speaking from experience. I've done things I never thought I could not atleast for another couple of months but I underestimate myself (people with OCD do that alot, that's why OCD can stick around for so long), now I'm not going to lie to you and say I did these hard things felt abit of anxiety and then after 10 minutes or so I was fine, no I'm still anxious from doing these difficult exposures but what's important is I'm still here and its alot more manageable than what I thought. I say all that to say, I know right now it feels as though you cant do it but I know you can...
cupcake55cupcake55
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I started taking sertraline a few years ago and it really helped just take the edge off the anxiety. It won’t make the thoughts disappear but it definitely made them easier to deal with!
lmilmi
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Ok thanks. I tried sertraline a few yeats ago, but was still struggling with alcohol addiction ao i was not consistent or taking it with care. Hope this time around i will be responsible
Beau66Beau66
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes! Pure O started with me in 1989 and I was on zoloft for 5 years starting in 1997 but it made me tired.I then started on Paxil and have been on 20mg daily since and it has helped me so much.
lmilmi
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Thank you kindly
lmilmi
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yea. Just something to help with recovery not going to make it disappear. Thanks so much
TanayaTanaya
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I've never been on medication but I would say go on it with caution because I know theres certain types of anti-anxiety medication that can make ERP quite ineffective as they are calming the anxiety and feeling anxious is actually something that you need for ERP to do its job as so to speak you want to retrain your brain that whatever you've exposed yourself to is making you anxious but you're not going to do the complusions/rituals and wait for the anxiety to come down by itself and sometimes certain types of anti-anxiey medication can prevent that anxious response in your brain to, to much of an extent. I'm not saying you shouldn't go on medication, I'm just saying to do some good amount of research on ones that work best with ERP and if your only wanting to go on medication to stop the intrusive thoughts, like the above people said no medication will stop intrusive thoughts, I'm sure if that were the case they'd be no need for treatments such as ERP, also everyone gets intrusive thoughts but people with OCD tend to treat them as real threats whereas those without can quite easily let it go, lucky people I know. I hope you find the right kind of treatment combo for you whether that's with medication or without, the important thing is you recovering.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I take Latuda 40 mg and it has helped Me so much with my thoughts .
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Fluoxetine 60mg saved my life literally. I was suicidal from all the harm Intrusive thoughts and almost had to be hospitalized. Once I started therapy and saw a psychiatrist, the fog and intrusive thoughts became smaller and smaller until those voices were just a whisper. I don’t think I would be here today if it weren’t for medication and my therapists and have celebrated 4 years of being alive since my first almost attempt. Hope this provides your some context and wishing you so much healing love and light 🥰 keep sitting with the thoughts, eventually they realize that they have little power over you the more you face them head on
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
For context my intrusive thoughts were so bad I would get random panic attacks about once every hour, did confession/mental rumination compulsions that I literally couldn’t stop for the life of me, and lived in an abusive household they exacerbated the problem. There is definitely hope 💕 these thoughts try to attack the things we care about most and that’s why they have so much power.
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