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Jan 04, 2011, 12:20 AM
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Member Since: Jan 2011
Posts: 95
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Hey there DancingAlone ...
Good to hear back from you.  Actually, to let you in on a little secret, I had signed up on this site a couple of years ago and then pretty much let my account / activity run out (if that can be done here) -or- I may have closed my account ... I can't remember which.
For some reason or another, I swung by the site again last night (Sunday, 01.02.2011) and was perusing the OCD section when I happened to come across your posting. Read it and then went about my business here on the Internet.
However, I kept having a nagging feeling like I needed to reply to your question / request.
So, lo and behold, I signed up once again (albeit under a new alias - "vertebrae" - which really stands for nothing other than it is a word which can be typed entirely my left hand [all the letters are on the left side of the keyboard] while I scroll around with the mouse), just so I could offer a reply / suggestion for you to consider.
Was thinking about this during the day today and another idea came to my mind. I had a friend who volunteered to assist at the local society for the blind / visually impared. What she did was read books aloud while having it recorded on audio / compact disc for the blind individuals to listen to at their leisure.
I'm guessing that she was reading current titles for these individuals, and I do believe that it was for free. Now if you run into any trouble in obtaining current book titles that you may be interested in, you may want to check with the local chapter of the blind / visually impared. If you don't find anything, you can always do a Google Search for "Blind Guild" or "Society of the Blind" or "Friends of the Blind". Or, contact your local eye doctor / Lenscrafters / etc. and ask them if they know a local blind guild.
I think that you *may* be able to obtain these audio books to possibly use in conjunction with the hardcopy editions of the books (so that you can read along with the audio version). This will hopefully negate your anxiety with regard to getting stuck on certain words, letters, or punctuation. The benefit of having the audio version will kind of act like having a co-pilot while you read. 
Also, your local library is a great source of books on tape / CD's. They should have both the audio and hardcopy versions of titles. Additionally, you may want to take a gander at the large print editions. I think that sometimes a larger printed font on the page can assist with reading something clearly.
Sorry to hear about your experience with Zoloft. I'm not sure what types of SSRI's may work in conjunction with your condition (Bipolar?), however, there has to be something out there that will alleviate your OCD symptoms.
OK then, gonna scoot here. Hit me back with a reply on your thoughts about my suggestions and we'll take it from there.
Hang in there,
vertebrae
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