I am finally in recovery

[ObsessionOverlord]

After three years of acute severe OCD I'm finally getting better. For the last three years I have been having intense intrusive thoughts and images in the relationship and real event OCD theme of things to the point I was screaming at night for help with my hands over my face because images were to graphic. Too the point of having anxiety so high I was involuntarily stepping over sidewalk cracks while walking and ruminating at the same time and refusing to sit in unclean chairs at the doctor's office or the hospital and many other bizarre actions in response to all the anxiety I had. Well I have been doing therapy for a number of months and on a hefty dose of a couple different medications and instead of ruminating 10-12 hours a day i am down to 1-3 hours a day and having it be way less distressing and more on the one hour side of things. Things are finally looking up and having gone through the worst flare I've ever had in my life I've decided to become an iocdf advocate in hopes of bringing more of the movement to Canada. I'm wishing for everyone still struggling you have the courage and strength to keep pursuing recovery for yourself .

[LuvSun]

So happy to hear you are doing better! Keep up the hard work

[FirstResponder23]

thank you so much for sharing this. I too have recently gone through a really bad flare up with my ocd. Mainly due to my medicine being cut in half on accident due to a change in prescribers and communication with what the dosage was. I have been back on the correct dose for over a month now and finally started to feel better last week. And over this past weekend I started to have the flare ups again and it has been really distressful. A lot of sadness and ruminating as to why it’s still lingering if I was starting to feel back to my “normal self” after reading this, I’m reminded that it gets difficult at times and that I have to keep pushing forward. Thank you!

[lml885]

how did you manage to achieve this? Ive had severe OCD my whole life and for one reason or another haven’t been able to get it under control. I’m not sure how ERP would work for severe mental compulsions and rumination. The rumination has been the biggest issue for me since isolation due to Covid.

[ObsessionOverlord in reply to lml885]

I did a lot of therapy, taking my medication and I read a really helpful book called needing to know for sure by Martin Seif. I've had OCD my whole life too but over the last three years it's owned me. Just now getting my life back.

[Holland72 in reply to lml885]

Hi, did you ever check your vit. B12 level?

[Winnie_WTP in reply to Holland72]

Does B12 level affect OCD?

[Phoenyx]

I’ve been through hell and back but never for three years straight. I’m happy you are getting better. Happy recovery

[ObsessionOverlord in reply to Phoenyx]

Thank you!