In need of advice on OCD
Question:
Hi I am 20 years old For 14 years I have been expieriencing Symptoms Of OCD. I spend every day ruminating on what to where, is it safe to wear I, Out of controll exercising, and horrible thoughts of killing my baby sister. For awhile I even was even afraid of going to church because I thought I was evil My symptoms were at there worst in Junior High and dimminished slightly during high school. But during that time I was full of depression. I did not have any friends because I thought people thought I was weird and didn’t fit it. It got very bad in college my first year. I was filled with saddness because I felt so alone in college and my fear of driving a long distance to school by myself caused my OCD to flare up. It became so bad that I had to drop out of college. Thats when I got help from a psychologist who then put me on medication. I am now taking luvox and my psychiatrist says I am getting better, but I don’t feel any better. i don’t take my medication on time and when I do take I become so tired that I spend most of my day in bed. I still have weird thoughts and expierience bouts of pure agonizing panic.And I go on these binge compulsions ex. for two months i’ll eat 7 oranges a day, and have to have them every day until everything switchs to something else. I’ve been on this medication for almost a year now and I feel as miserable as when I started. For once in my life I want to be happy and normal and alittle happy. Can anyone give me advice. Help!
Response:
I KNOW WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH, IT SUCKS I’VE HAD OCD FOR ABOUT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE HAD IT. WHAT I TRY DOING IS WHEN I HAVE AN ATTACK I JUST STOP IT RIGHT AWAY. ITS HARD BUT IT WORKS. THE THING THAT KEEPS ME GOING IS I KNOW THAT NONE OF THESE THOUGHTS ARE TRUE, AND THAT GOD LOVES ME AND YOU.
Response:
JMcgr, You will know when you are better, and if you don’t feel better, then you’re not. I think that a 2-3 month trial on any of these drugs is long enough to find out if a particular one is going to work for you. If Luvox is the only one you have tried, then I would say its time to switch drugs or switch doctors. I wonder why your doctor thinks you are better, since the only way he/she has of gauging that is by your feedback to him/her. Baxter
Response:
To Tim: Didn’t see the post you were responding to, but agree that there are things one can do AND God loves you and me and ….! Thanks. Ken
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