What has worked for you?

[smith1]

Hi all,

I was just wondering what therapy/treatment/medicine/supplement, etc. has helped you the most with curbing your OCD.

 

[OCD=Owie]

Zoloft. I started taking it when I had already passed the peak of OCD in my life, but Zoloft really helped to make it more of a minor thing in my life. It's mild, with the only significant side effects I know of being troubles related to sleeping (I'm no doctor, so don't take what I say as 100% accurate).

 

[stacymay]

I had therapy with an LMFT for a few months but can no longer afford it. She used mindfulness techniques and exposure. It wasn't terribly helpful, but it did help a little. She recommended an anti-anxiety med or anti-depressant to "take the edge off." If you do want to get medicated, I recommend taking it with a healthy dose of therapy as well. That way you can work the advantage of a slightly less edgy experience and make some progress psychologically as well.

Books have also helped me. The OCD Workbook is a good one, and also Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? by Ian Osborn, MD.

 

[Danny34]

Smith1, look up on your search engine the following: 1. Candida parasites OCD. 2. Mercury metals OCD.
I'm sorry if you find this information too much to handle, God bless.

 

[Faith2008]

Hi Smith1,

I've recently been taking the B complex vitamin supplment "Inositol" - this can be found in 500mcg pills at GNC. It's got roughly the same chemical compound found in SSRI's, except it's natural and has no side effects. Some research has been done on it's reaction on people with OCD and it's been positive. I'm in my second week and have seen amazing results (I'm Pure O). I would look it up, if I were you!

 

[smith1]

Wow, thanks guys for all the info! I personally have experienced my greatest help with taking 500mg of Magnesium and 100 mg of Zinc every day. I have started taking Inositol (about 2 g per day) and am now chelating myself with cilantro, malic acid and yellow dock as well as chlorella. I also did a full-body detox. I have yet to address the candida issue, but I have changed my diet radically. I'm on a gluten-free, casein-free, processed sugar-free, soy-free diet. I am slowly removing all that stuff from my diet and my health care products. I'm also exercising. I take a B-vitamin complex with vitamin C. I am also on omegas (flaxseed oil and fish oil). I also take Vitamin D. I'm also on medications: Luvox and Risperdal. Zoloft never helped me at all that I could tell, so I'm switching to Luvox. But overall, so far, the magnesium and zinc are what has helped the most. I still worry every single day though, and I wonder what it's going to take for these thoughts to really go away.

 

[sevenmsw]

As an addiction counsellor I help people who are compulsive on a dail basis. I believe that compulsive behaviour is one of the ways Satan keeps you in bondage. The worst thing you can do is not talk about it. Satan thrives on secrecy. Once you have begun to talk about it, which you are doing here, you are lossening the bonds and Christ is already working to free you. God Bless!

 

[Lik3]

Prozac and Abilify have been great for me. It hasn't stopped my thoughts completely but at the same time writing the thoughts out has helped too.