Help!

[OCDErica]

I just need to vent. Yesterday was a bad OCD day and today I feel awful!( I am physically and mentally drained)

I am constantly having thoughts of harming myself or my family. I can obsess on these things all day to a point of horrible anxiety and physical symptoms. I am tired of constanlty questioning and my mind is never at rest. I just want to feel and be like I used to be. I am never happy anymore and I want the Life that God promises us in the Bible. does anyone have any tips for how I can get over this? I want to be me and who God has called me to be, but I am not sure if I know tho that person is anymore. I am afraid that I am going crazy, or have some other mental illness. I need some encouragement please!!!!

PLease pray for me!

 

[OCDErica]

quick question.

I am taking lexapro and I have been on it for 8 weeks. I think it is making my OCD worse. Has anyone else had this problem? does anyone have any suggestions on what medications have worked for you?

 

[dabro]

Yes I think Lexapro made my OCD unbarable. Because when I started to go see the Doc it was for my psychosis. Not OCD, and they thought I was anxious so they put me on that. Then I went thru POCD not harm O but ever since then I've struggled with it. IDK if it was that, but it seems like a clear indication that it was. With the thought's your going to have to try to accept that you will prolly never be the same and will have to do some work to atleast try to get there. You'll have bad days and good days but really the trauma by these fears are too much to forget.

 

[keryakos]

quick question.

I am taking lexapro and I have been on it for 8 weeks. I think it is making my OCD worse. Has anyone else had this problem? does anyone have any suggestions on what medications have worked for you?

I am not discouraging u from meds but it is quite typical to encounter this .have u looked into anything natural ? with your doctors knowledge of course .

 

[OCDErica]

do you know of any natural suppliments that would help that I can suggest to my DR?

 

[trippe]

The was a pastor that once told me that if i started eating healthier and excercised more that it would probibly help, granted it was before i was diagnosed with ocd but it makes sense when you think about it. Im not saying it is a cure for OCD by no means. If OCD is a chemical imbalance in the brain the stuff we eat has alot of different chemicals in it, maybe its hurting us even more. I have always wanted to be in shape and feel better about how i look so i ordered that P 90 x thing off of tv. Mainly because of the nutrition guide. Im going to try it and eat healthy like it says and see if that helps with some of the other problems that i have. Please pray for me while I attempt this. I just dont want to have to take medicine for the rest of my life. I was also on lexapro which didnt really do anything for me so i stopped taking it. I will keep you all updated.

 

[lunapearl]

I'm certainly not discouraging anyone from taking meds, but I don't and I don't want to. There is no pill that will help me. OCD is so entrenched in my personality and in everything I do, I don't even know what is me and what is ocd. I've suffered with this condition since childhood, and everything I've ever done has been influenced by it. The person I am right now was deeply influenced by it. I've only known why I was so "strange and different" for a year now, so I'm still sorting it all out.
I'm like trippe in that I don't want to be on meds for the rest of my life...and if I started on meds I would be. This condition isn't going away, so I'm just trying to deal as best I can. I'm happy for those of you who do gain relief from meds though.
Hang in there OCDErica! Maybe you could talk to your Dr. about lexapro possibly making you worse. Maybe the Dr. could change you to something else.
I know what you mean about your mind never being at rest. I'm the exact same way. I get headaches all the time and it almost seems as if it's caused by brain strain from excessive thinking! I'm seldom "happy" either. There have been times where I've forgotten what it was to be happy. You can't be anxious and fearful and happy, so it's no surprise you're not happy. Of course, we all want to be happy, but it's not going to happen until we attain a little peace. The only way I get peace is when I focus on God and His love, His sovereignty, His goodness etc. Nothing else in my life brings that kind of rest. When I reach that place (which, sadly, doesn't happen that often) then I can be happy and have fun and relax for a little while.
I'll pray for you!