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i think i hate it. i won't go into detail why, because there's an endless list of stuff i do that makes me think this. it's finally now making me be at ends rope with it. do you know what kind of meds there are for this? i guess i could do research.. but if anyone has any expeirence... some advice would be nice. |
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What makes you think you have it? |
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I think it's pretty bad that as soon as you suspect you may have this you go on the prowl for meds. They aren't always the answer, you know. |
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it gets so bad sometimes that it makes me really depressed. then i have the depression to deal with ontop of having OCD.. then i think i need to be on anti-depressants... and i really don't wanna be on meds.. especially those kinds.. so i dont know what to do. |
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i know... but it gets really hopeless and hard, especially when you try so hard to fight it. it just seems like an easy fix.. especially when i think i can't take it anymore. |
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hello again. Yes, there are meds you can take for OCD. I don't have it, but I take medication known as SSRI's, (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors) and serotonin is a chemical in your brain that regulates mood, but as it was explained to me, namely obsession. Therefore, SSRI's work on things that deal with that - OCD, depression, anxiety (that's what I take it for). Examples of SSRI's are Lexapro (was on that), Zoloft (now on that), and some others, i believe. see a psychiatrist/chologist and ask about it, don't be afraid of it if you think you really have a problem. I avoided medication for a year or so (i'm really not into drugs at all, so i felt it would be contradictory) until my anxiety attacks started to become so horrendous in school. the stuff does work, after you play around a bit with dosage and types. there might also be other meds specifically for OCD, but i haven't heard about those. hope this helps! |
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To horse: That was my exact thought process, too. Until you realize that with some disorders (in my case) it can be a physical problem, and when you have a physical problem, you need a physical solution (somewhat, anyway.) Think cripple needs crutches, but of course, this isn't as concrete. I know, it's possible to talk yourself out of an attack, but not for constantly cold hands or high heart rate. I'm in therapy, too, and while that will work for OCD patients, I'm sure it's a lot more difficult. Certain meds _correct_ problems to bring a person up to the level other, "normal" people are at, so to speak. This is all in theory, though, and in my experience, I've been doing really well with my shit. |
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As always a trip to the Drs is the best idea.... OCD is pretty easily treated by most of the SSRI's Frag mentions. There are some newer drugs on the market called NESSAs that have far fewer side effects than SSRIs; I've been on Zispin for a few months and it's helped me no-end (with no side effects other than an increased appetite & improved sleep, both of which were kinda welcome anyway..).. Don't be afraid of medications - they are there to help you. |
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I don't mind the side effects of SSRI's, the nausea went away pretty fast, and the loss of sex-interest is pretty cool, it makes beating off less frequent so, well, nevermind that... |
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Any weapon can be a tool if you learn to master it, no? Most of the great people in history were fraught with OCD, but you'll note that this impacted a lot of their important work with the positive side of the coin, perfectionism. People are too quick to cast certain things in a simplified negative light. I don't mean you when I say 'people'; I'm just saying the common/automatic association of things like guilt, paranoia, is bad. What I'm saying is that everything bad is good, er, everything good is bad, er, and nothing has any basis. Umm g'bye |
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perfectionism is OCD? Really? |
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I thought checking if the oven is on 400 times everytime you want to leave the house is OCD... |
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What I meant is that they're related, or that perfectionism is a positive derivation of OCD. I'm just the kind of person that doesn't like limits/failings/etc.; if something seems broken I won't admit defeat |
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one more medicated peaceful moment |
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thank you so much!! |
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i gave up drugs for cigarettes (hmm ironic) but i am looking to give up cigarettes for a girl that i met. all i can say its an elevative process, go through what you gotta go through, theres no skipping stages, so if you have the feeling of depression, then live that phase out, you'll be better off in life....but by all means do not, and i am serious when i say this, DO NOT get stuck in this phase, it is hell. good luck finding your answers |
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i pick at the cuticles of my fingernails untill they bleed. i think i could control it but i can't stand those little pieces of skin hanging there so i yank em off and then it bleeds. then i gotta pick the damn scab off it cuz i can't stand scabs on my fingers. so it bleeds some more. my index finger cuticle is picked back to behind where the nail grows from. i think i'll just pick at the little dry bits and try not to make it bleed. then maybe it'll grow back like normal. |
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haha eww |
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can't really relate, but here's a really big HUG! |
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thanks... but now i have to go soak in BLEACH!!!! omg all the germs.. *shivers* ha kidding. |
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It's funny. I can sometimes start to dislike people so bad that I can't rest until I do them physical harm. Sort of obsessively, anmd compulsively. |
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clomipramine fluoxetine fluvoxamine sertraline paroxetine |
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yeah, germs. i tend to shy toward the opposite of Hypochondria. I put so much faith in my immune system and my genetic diversity (i am half japanese) that i feel impervious to infection and disease. so i guess i'm hyperchodriatic |
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hehe. yea i'm not really all paranoid about germs.. just dirt, inperfections. i would die to be just energy... no dust, no dirt.. no inperfections.. just energy... or a perfectly square solid white block that can't be infected with anything dirty or damaging. |
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When I was younger my big toe used to get horribly infected (the nail used to grow down in under the skin). That was horrible. Couldn't walk straight when it was as worst, cause the nail would keep pushing in underneath my skin and there my toe would be swollen and filled with pus). I went to the doctor a couple of times, but they did worse than me when trying to fix it, so for a couple of years I did all the operating myself (using a pair of nailscissors and a tweezer)... Now I am fine (my big toenails are almost normal now), but them memories of pain and infection really makes me appriciate my everyday-life not filled with physical pain. |
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i'm sorry it's so bad you feel like you have to take a drug, but i wish you luck. the mind is a powerful thing, i'd rather see someone use it than lose it. |
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welcome to the club, sugar..... welcome to the club, sugar..... welcome to the club, sugar..... welcome to the club, sugar..... welcome to the club, sugar..... welcome to the club, sugar..... |
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please ? I been up for 2 days YAY |
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HA thats awesome... what are you on? |
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ummmmm...... coffee.... I don't do anything besides caffene and alcohol |
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nicotine..... ::cough:: heroin ::cough:: .......... j/k heroin's for poseurs |
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I stopped prescription meds about 5-7 years ago.... found it restricted me.... creatively |
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since i came back from hospital .. everything has to be spotless .. and not even out of concern .. i just cant sit with it .. ill be running round with a sponge wiping up breadcrumbs i call it attention to detail ;) i think i finally understand my mum! |
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for me.... it's all numbers.... patterns..... rhythems.... beats.... hard to explain without sounding like I'm off my rocker.... but it was to the point of footsteps with me..... I don't know if this will make sense to you or not.... but 1221 2112 2112 1221...... HELL for me |
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*clicks refresh 3 times* *taps foot* *hits back button* *refresh x3* *washes hands* |
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im pretty sure that I have a bit of this disorder, but i would rather not think of it at all, than think of it as a disorder. blah.... im always checking for lost items and, that arent lost and making sure i have what i came somewhere with and the stove is off and the coffee maker is off or on... arg. |
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yea i clean my kitchen 10 times a day. it always has to be spotless or it'll make me feel so bad. even a bread crumb... ill go all weird. |
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My kitchen is filthy, I really need someone like you around. |
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i've never actually been tested but I think I have ADD and OCD. my dad and sister both have ADD so there's strong reason for me to believe. I'm always starting new things and setting them aside, over and over again. Eventually though, I go insane and feel like I haven't done anything, so I go back and finish everything. Even though I know that this happends to me now, it's still a pain in the ass. But all in all, I don't think it's a bad thing... OCD can be regulated and controlled and used to ones advantage I think. |
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