[Keightii]

I have OCD, almost certainly, not diagnosed though, but I was wondering if medication could help to curb obsessions, rather than that combined with therapy. Therapy - not a chance. I cannot talk to anybody abouut anything so I'm not going to be able to open up to some stranger about weird fastinations, however much they undertand. Thanks.

Hey there,

It makes me sad to hear that you can't open up to someone else about your struggles. Therapy is a major part of treating OCD, and medication is a smaller part of it. As hard as it is to believe, those "weird" obsessions going on in your head are experienced by EVERYONE! It's just...people like us feel really guilty about our "bad" thoughts.

Therapy saved my life. I learned the coping techniques necessary to handle my OCD. It never did cure me (I don't think OCD can really be "cured") but it was extremely helpful. I learned that thoughts are simply thoughts, and the issue is not what we're thinking, but how we react to it. As for medication, it made things worse for me. (However, medication depends on the person. Everyone is different).

If you ever want to chat with me, feel free to send me a PM.

[eyeball40]

hi eyeball here. I have 2 therapists. one very keen not to label me the other very keen ! confused ! well i have decided that yes i am ocd and have bdd, but for me it adds to the drama that i tend to create around myself, because i need constant reasurrance that everything is not my fault. Therapy has cut me to the core and exposed every emotion, it is exhausting and as its the holiday i havnt been for 2 weeks. The relief of not going has been great, but I know there is a long way to go and i have waited too long to get help.
I totally understand how u feel .my whole werid eye thing, but the relief of it no longer being such a dirty disgusting secret out ways how i had been feeling for 24 years !!!

Originally Posted by Keightii

I have OCD, almost certainly, not diagnosed though, but I was wondering if medication could help to curb obsessions, rather than that combined with therapy. Therapy - not a chance. I cannot talk to anybody abouut anything so I'm not going to be able to open up to some stranger about weird fastinations, however much they undertand. Thanks.

[ickydog2006]

I hate to say it but I think ohseedee is right... I'm not sure you can really cure OCD. You can learn how to cope with it and control it through therapy, and sometimes medication is needed to help give us the ability to cope with it, but meds certainly don't cure it.

[Aunt Donna]

Originally Posted by ickydog2006

I hate to say it but I think ohseedee is right... I'm not sure you can really cure OCD. You can learn how to cope with it and control it through therapy, and sometimes medication is needed to help give us the ability to cope with it, but meds certainly don't cure it.

I agree with ickydog2006 and ohseedee. I have OCD and I have to control with therapy and medication. I have had it for over 38 years. Medications alone will not cure it. A person needs therapy. Find a therapist you are comfortable with. I know it is hard because I had therapists that just didn't work for me. I didn't give up and now get the help I need.