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Old Apr 30, 2015, 09:26 PM
alecc alecc is offline
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Hello, I have been having GAD,depression,OCD already from a very early age. I didn't start taking any medication for it until 25 when my personal situation got too bad due to health issues and other things. I tried various ADs so far and NONE helped at all (lexapro,remeron,wellbutrin,cymbalta,tianeptine).

My last doc basically said he can't do much for me anymore. Now I went to a new doc and was hoping to try out more drugs but he basically said that drugs won't help me and that my issues must be rooted in my personality and that only depth psychology can help me and that this process will take long.

I don't know what to think about this. I mean first of all I dont have many childhood memories. I dont know why I have these issues. Even if I could find out that a certain event caused these issues what would this change? I'm really confused. I dont know if this depth psychology can help me or if it's basically a bottomless pit. What if it only leads to more frustration or insecurities?

I mean let's say I talk about a childhood memory and then the doctor tells me that this memory probably did this and that to me then how shall I know if this is true or simply his opinion!? This whole stuff seems totally vague to me. But after talking to him I feel worse now. Now I feel like there's no hope for me outside of what he has to offer. I know that I have many psychological issues and that I'm pretty bound my ocd. I don't deny that.
But I am also really sceptical that simply talking about my past and trying to find subconscious triggers is going to cut it. What if brain chemistry is the main factor? It could just as well be brain chemistry.

Another factor is that I needed to find something which helps me soon and not in a few years. I am not functionable the way I am because all my personal issues/worries and my health issues totally overwhelm me. There are days where I spend the whole time reading stuff online hoping to find something which gives me hope cause no doctor has been able to help me with my many issues.
The pdoc told me that all I think about is my issues. That is true. But isn't this normal when you simply have all kinds of serious issues? I mean what shall I do? Simply not care and be unaffected by them at all? I dont see how this is possible. There are things which I simply CANT deal with it has always been this way. Even small things totally drag me down for example when I see that my gumline is receeding or that I'm losing hair then it totally hits me it makes me feel like decaying. It simply creates a huge fear response inside of me which makes me feel absolutely miserable and it has always been this way.
But the problem is that at the same time I simply have a lot of real health issues which can't simply be denied or simply all be put into the "psychosomatic ailments" black box. I have a lot of things which I notice about my body which arent normal for someone in my age (28).
I was okay up until 20 and then the decline started. I noticed more and more symptoms in my body and developes pains and aches and all kinds of things.
That's why I'm sure that there are things in my body which aren't right but simply no doctor knows what it is.
It could be sooo many things. I feel hopeless cause doctors only treat symptoms today nobody really looks for root causes.
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