Treatment for OCD

[Greekdude]

hello , I have OCD since 10 years old , now I am 24. I have recently began treatment (cognitive behavioral therapy) and it is too hard and anxious procedure . What happened to you when you got that treatment?

[Hidden]

I have OCD since I was 18 years old.

Now I am 44 years old.

I have been suffering for 26 years now.

The treatment for OCD is to sit with the anxiety, resist giving into compulsions, accept the

thoughts as they are and not fight them.

Thus, the treatment does require being with the anxiety.

In the beginning, the anxiety is high, but slowly it will eventually fade away.

I know the treatment is not easy.

But we have to keep trying in order to get better.

You are not alone in this struggle.

We are all battling OCD together.

Hope you feel better.

[Greekdude in reply to Hidden]

thank you for your answer . I thought that we have to stop compulsions because that is a way to win OCD , I dont know about the thoughts, I mean I have bad thoughts and anxiety that I might hurt my loved ones and I am so scared of telling that thoughts to my therapist but I will because I want to become better. Also I take zanax some nights in order to sleep . How about you?

[Gretajetta in reply to Greekdude]

I take Xanax for panic attacks and I myself just found a therapist finally but feel strange telling them what I do or feel. Unless someone has it. I don’t think the understand what we go through and how hard it is. It seems silly to others but to us it’s not. I cannot stand it

[Greekdude in reply to Gretajetta]

last week , I said to myself that I will tell all my negative-bad thoughts to my therapist and I became so anxious that I was taking zanax every night for a week. Today is my first day of sleep without xanax and I managed to sleep only 5 hours ......So here we go again ..at night I have to take it again

[Hidden in reply to Greekdude]

Currently, I am on lots of medications for OCD.

Some are given with an adjunct to OCD.

I take a medication called "Trazodone" to help me sleep at night.

Also, I am taking "Latuda" for delusions, but it does assist with the sleep also.

I take medications which are Zoloft, Clomipramine, Lithium also.

Hope you feel better.

[Gretajetta in reply to Hidden]

Do you feel this helps? I try this at home as well and in the end I say to myself just do it get it over with so I can enjoy my day. Do you see a therapist and do they make you do this with them?