Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Support Group
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive (repetitive, distressing, intrusive) thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or rituals) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.
acetylcysteine
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
I have tried over the last 30 years every conceivable therapy from transcendental mediation to cognitive behavior therapy and a slew of different medications for OCD. I can honestly state that after 30 years my improvement rate was around 40% and within hours of taking 600 mg N-acetylcysteine (NAC), I achieved somewhere between another 25% to 30% improvement. I am currently on 80 mg Prozac, 50 bus par & 2.5 grams inositol.
I still have some compulsions but they have much less force and it seems my obsessive thinking has almost disappeared. It almost feels like someone turned the switch off in my mind. Now I feel I know how "normal" people feel!
Evidently for OCD consumers its about glutamate ----something NAC inhibits like rilzoule but whole lot cheaper and available over the counter. Trail now under way at Yale with NAC as augmentation to SSRI by a Dr Coric after a successful use of in one refractory consumer.
I am trying not to get too excited since somehow this could be the placebo effect. However I have never reported anything like this type of affect after taking all different types of medications. I had only one other comparable experience in 30 years for about a week after 6 months of intensive cognitive behavior therapy where I achieved a significant improvement for about three weeks. I lost this improvement and enrolled again in CBT but was never able to maintain my gains.
I made appointment with my physician. I am going to follow through on testing periodically for pulmonary hypertension since one study on mice found this to be a problem---they were using substantially higher dosages and everything else on NAC research-wise seems okay.
Bazel
Wife is asking for a divorce and gives my OCD as a major reason. My daughter says I can suppress compulsions-yea!
I always stuck by them during illnese,s including a couple cancer scares my wife had.