Ilovehim Posted October 6, 2009 Posted October 6, 2009 Wow...recently my psychologist told me I have "OCD"...I hope that is the case and I hope my fear really are just in my mind but that doesn't stop me from these thoughts that are occupying ALL of my time fir a month..I don't feel like getting into details but the point is I'm struggling to find comfort...and I cry and have panic attacks...my next session is 3 weeks from now and nobody understands what I'm going through..I told my best friends about it and they don't understand how much this bothers me n tell me to stop...I am failing 2 of my classes because of this and I don't know who I am anymore...I don't know what to do to stop worrying and thinking...I feel so alone in this, I have 3 weeks till my next therapy session and I can't tell my mom because instead of helping me she would get mad at ne and yell at me....so I came on here for some relief and mainly to express myself but I don't know what to do...
AlektraClementine Posted October 6, 2009 Posted October 6, 2009 I was married to a man with severe OCD. It's onset kicked in after the loss of his grandmother not long after we were married. It is truly a struggle. Through my experience with him, I learned that CBT is far more effective than drugs alone. Drugs prescribed by a psychiatrist were very damaging. This may not be the case with everyone but with my ex, CBT was very successful and drugs were not at all. The people closest to you as well, can be very helpful. His therapist adamantly urged me to promote "facing fears" and "no enabling". Best of luck. Therapy is good stuff. I remember hearing some crazy statistic. Take it for what it's worth considering I don't remember and can't quote a source, but OCD is a very treatable disorder with a something like a 95% cure rate when CBT is committed to. It is one of the least treated disorders though, because people who suffer from it suffer as well, from a great deal of shame. Do not wallow in shame. Share with your closest friends and family and make sure they know how to inform themselves with respect to your treatment.
Ross PK Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Therapy and or meds can help with OCD. I have a little OCD myself, but I don't really find it to be a problem.
saffron7 Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Hi, I developed Pure-O OCD last year, and I know exactly what you're going through. My OCD was so severe that I had to drop out of school and move back home. I thought my life was over, and that I would have to live in a state hospital, and that I'd eventually have to kill myself to stop the OCD. I had very violent, irrational, totally foreign and intrusive thoughts that were firing every single second of every waking minute. It was like a machine gun going off in my head, with no peace, not a single moment of rest. Insomnia is a common symptom of OCD. During the worst period of my illness, I went for periods of 2 to 3 days without any sleep and I started having psychotic delusions and hallucinations. This was the darkest period of my life. My psychiatrist put me on Lexapro and suggested CBT. But I had already been through these treatments for Depression, and they had never been 100% effective for me. So I started researching alternative treatments. After what amounted to weeks of research, I began to think that my diet might have an effect on my OCD, so I did a drastic diet change. I cut out all fast foods, junk food, and sugar. I switched to a diet of fresh, whole foods--vegetables, fruits, nuts, sprouted grains, lean chicken and fish. I also started drinking fresh vegetable juice everyday. I also started doing 45 minutes of exercise a day. Within 6 weeks, I was completely cured of my OCD. I was also cured of the major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder that I had lived with for 10 years prior to my OCD diagnosis. (I was 26 when my OCD surfaced). It's been a year since I cured myself of OCD with diet and exercise, and I'm still completely OCD-free and doing well. If you currently have a really bad diet, I suspect that this has a lot to do with your OCD. In many adult-onset cases, nutritional deficiency is a major cause or factor in mental disorder--especially lack of calcium, magnesium, B-vitamins and essential fatty acids. Please feel free to PM me if you want more specific info on my diet. I also encourage you to check out the Stuck in a Doorway forums. It was really encouraging to read stories of people who were going through the same thing. It's always comforting to know that you're not alone: http://www.stuckinadoorway.org/forums/
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