Just Got Diagnosis after 40 years of confusion.

[Dlaw]

Hi All,

This is so new to me. I have had LOTS of therapy, but nobody ever thought to ask me about my obvious obsessions. Of course they didn't know that my life, every day, has been structured around obsessions intended to reduce my anxiety.

My compulsions are a pretty boring lot. Basically they are just normal, everyday activities taken to very extreme lengths of time and attachment.

I'm here because a couple smart doctors finally realized the obvious and I'm getting effective drug treatment. But now that the mill of obsessive thoughts is more controlled, I don't know what to do. I'm in my 50's and I've never really lived normally.

So I'm looking for some first steps. I know I have to do these things on my own, without depending on other people, but I'm SO confused right now.

Fortunately, marijuana is legal where I live. (joke, but it is legal).

[bab5]

Well, I am glad to hear that you are finally on the correct track.

Thank goodness for those intelligent doctors.

May I ask which medication you have been prescribed?

I have heard that some of them are more geared towards obsessive thoughts while some are more useful for dealing with physical compulsions.

You are so lucky that marijuana is legal where you live.