- Date posted
- 4y
- Date posted
- 4y
No youâre not wasting time. Thatâs great if it doesnât make you anxious. It could actually be a sign youâre doing it right or getting better. And no do not stop yours meds. Why would you need to find out if you would still have ocd? Enjoy not being anxious.
- Date posted
- 4y
It's not a waste of time! You're conditioning your brain even if it doesn't feel like it. Remember OCD will make you doubt you have OCD. Keep doing amazing!
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- Date posted
- 24w
This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I donât want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldnât be my only fix. Iâm seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment Iâm doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I donât actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/Iâm secretly a terrible person
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 22w
I find while doing exposures, rarely does my anxiety lessen. It usually amps up and stays that way for the remainder of the day. I could be having a fairly decent day, but dutifully do my exposures and then the rest of my day is anxiety filled. I guess thatâs just how it is now? Also, Iâm wondering if my therapist even believes I have OCD. I totally understand my therapist cannot provide reassurance. But itâs to the point it seems my therapist acts like I actually did the thing I fear. I feel so isolated.
- Date posted
- 16w
What would I do for ERP if my OCD says because I didnât do something correctly or remember something I will have panic attacks that donât end?
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