For those who are on medication, Am I doing the right thing? I going To be placed on Zoloft. I don’t believe in medication. I been just fine. I was hoping maybe if I can power through my compulsion, I will be fine. I just need someone to tell me what I am doing is fine. I am feeling so amount of guilt, I accidentally relapse.

I’m not going to reassure you, because OCD wants that. But I will tell you that I went through the same thing. I didn’t want to take medicine and I even got it once and just threw it in the trash. But recently I had enough and decided I need more help. And I started on Zoloft. So I didn’t listen to OCD and just took a chance.

Therapy combined with medication(s) are an appropriate treatment for OCD. Do you “believe” in meds for diabetes? Or any other physical illness? Because mental health is no different than physical health

Yes you're doing the right thing

Medicine and therapy has changed my life. My family is very traditional, I wasn't easily inclined to take meds, but once I started I was like wow so this is how regular people feel? The brain is a science and can only be fixed with more science. It took a little while to find the meds I liked best, I'm on Lamictal + Buspar on a daily, then Mirtazapine for sleep and alprolazam for emergency panic attacks.