Hi everyone I'm going to uni in September and I have severe OCD I have tried hypnotherapy and many types of CBT but nothing has worked and I can't do anything normally. I was told there is nothing else but I can't cope with this for the rest of my life. Does anyone know if there's anything else? Thank you
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I' m pretty sure that CBT is considered to be the only effective psychological therapy offered for OCD (by the NHS anyway). Why do you think CBT hasn't worked for you? Did you have confidence in your therapist? It's hard to commit properly to CBT if you're depressed at the time - could that have been a problem? Maybe the course of CBT wasn't long enough? My advice would be to keep trying CBT and don't give up. I had a year of CBT with a knowledgeable therapist and I'm definitely better but by no means 'cured'. I think I'll always have to work at it and watch out for stress.
Oh well I have CBT for about 4 years but it hasn't worked 
I had a really good therapist but once I turned 18 I had to move to a adult place and that was awful as I felt really out of place and they thought I was too young for intensive therapy. I had another therapist and they took a different route and did a two path thing and looked at the things causi actions and what not but after a year I have just got so much worse and I can't go to uni like this do you know anything about deep brain stimulation ? Was yours really severe ?
Sorry I don't know anything about deep brain stimulation. Is it offered on the NHS? Be wary about any odd sounding expensive therapies. My OCD is mostly about germs and contamination but also rituals involving counting, tapping, touching and intrusive thoughts and checking. My OCD has caused me to drop out of college, prevented me from ever having a full time job, ruined friendships and stopped me from having a boyfriend for 15 years.So yes I reckon that makes it pretty severe (I'd say it's 'moderate' now). My biggest regret is that I didn't get help for it sooner. Please don't let it stop you going to Uni. I know it's hard but I wouldn't want you to feel as bitter as I do about all the things I've missed out on.
No you have to pay for it but its meant to have 50% chance of working but there's really bad side effects oh yours must have been so annoying poor you do you have to do rituals when your out where people can see ? I'm finding it really hard at the moment I have to walk and then go back and re walk with my right foot which means I can be half way down the road then I turn around walk back a few feet then come back again my mum finds it really embarrassing can it never go then ? Thank you for you advice 
I really appreciate it
Believe me I know what it's like to be desperate for a solution, but personally I would steer clear of anything with bad side effects.
My OCD started when I was 11 with rituals such as jumping over doorways and touching everything with both elbows. It was very noticeable and my parents kept getting annoyed and told me I had to stop 'being stupid'. Because I didn't want to get shouted, at my rituals became smaller and smaller until they turned into rituals just involving touching things with certain fingers in a certain way and rituals in my mind that I would do over and over and over..... Also a lot of washing done in private. My OCD became very secretive and shameful - I'd be mortified if anyone who knew me guessed that I have it. So no- people don't see me doing rituals. I completely sympathize tho - it IS embarrassing having OCD- but we shouldn't be ashamed!
I think OCD can definitely go. It's just my belief that if you have it severely for a long time it makes it harder to get rid of. All the more reason to not give up or give in to it. I'm happy to give you my advice (I'm not an expert tho), I wish I'd been able to talk to someone about it when I was 11.
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