How Treatment has Helped Me
August 28, 2009 9:11am
I am writing this journal entry hoping that it will help other people.
I now realize I had OCD all my life, but things really began to fall …
persimmon
8:33pm, November 27, 2008
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About Me
persimmon
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About Me
I have OCD, mostly pure obsessions with mental compulsions but when it gets bad I also do a lot of checking and I get contamination worries too. If the OCD is not well managed, I get depressed and suicidal. But now I go to a CBT therapist every week and I take Prozac and Desyrel. Right now, life is good.
I have OCD, mostly pure obsessions with mental compulsions but when it gets bad I also do a lot of checking and I get contamination worries too. If the OCD is not well managed, I get depressed and suicidal. But now I go to a CBT therapist every week and I take Prozac and Desyrel. Right now, life is good.
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Interests
I am interested in reading, spending time with friends and family. I also have a hobby of astrology.
I am interested in reading, spending time with friends and family. I also have a hobby of astrology.
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The sadness is back
December 2, 2008 11:34am
The sadness is back, and I don't know why. I did something that I shouldn't have done, but it was so minor. But for some reason, I can't …
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September 29, 2008 1:43pm
The truth is, I'm not a good person. I've been fighting this for years but I can't
fight it anymore. This is who I am. I don't …
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Thanks 4 your advise on my OCD med ?. It was greatly appreciated. I tried trazadone but it knocked me out 4 days.
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ahhh hun hang in there ...i like the idea of the pulling bus i do not want to get on..my thoughts are with you.one step at a time:)
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thank you very much, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving too!
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thanks xxx
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Close Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I have ocd. I was diagnosed at age 27, but now I realize that I have had ocd since I was a child. My main problem is a fear that I have hurt someone without realizing it. In the past I had problems also with checking, contamination, and intrusive thoughts.
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
- very good, very useful. I went to CBT for about two years. Now I don't go to an actual therapist but I reread my books like "Cognitive Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" from time to time.
- Paxil Working / Worked
- Really did a great job of calming down my feeling of panic so I could give my cognitive training a chance to work. Unfortunately I became dependent on it; if I didn't take it every day I would get vertigo. I am now off of it after tapering down over 8 months.
- Prozac Too Soon to Tell
- Zoloft Not Working
- didn't work for me.
