I really can't see getting over OCD without drugs. I personally need them. In fact, age 25 was when it got really bad for me too. Ihad to get dressed over and over in the morning, repeat just about everything, go up and down the stairs in my apartment building many times until it felt right, checking my door all night long, obsessing about illness, etc. That's when I first went on medication. Since starting the med, I could control the compulsions MUCH better by myself. I can usually stop them now.