redflower
05-19-2008, 03:06 AM
Hey guys! I am a pure-O and I have been on Luvox for a while now. It has not been working for me at all. I have also tried Lexapro, Serequel, and Zoloft. I dont know what to do anymore. I am getting really depressed bc of this. I went to my doctor and she told me that she doesnt know what to do. She said I might just have to cope. That made me really depressed. She is going to present me as a case to the hospital. I am just so irritable right now. I want to get better and feel like I use to feel. I am getting ready to move to another state and start a doctorate program but I am afraid my OCD is going to get in the way. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks guys! Its good to know I am not alone.
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Sari05
05-19-2008, 07:39 PM
Hey guys! I am a pure-O and I have been on Luvox for a while now. It has not been working for me at all. I have also tried Lexapro, Serequel, and Zoloft. I dont know what to do anymore. I am getting really depressed bc of this. I went to my doctor and she told me that she doesnt know what to do. She said I might just have to cope. That made me really depressed. She is going to present me as a case to the hospital. I am just so irritable right now. I want to get better and feel like I use to feel. I am getting ready to move to another state and start a doctorate program but I am afraid my OCD is going to get in the way. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks guys! Its good to know I am not alone.
Hi redflower,
I can understand what you are going through. I have OCD too, and I have been taking Luvox too. I've been on Luvox since April of this year, and it has been working for me ( even though I don't like the side effects). Have you tried doing CBT with your doctor? If not, I really think that you should try that. CBT is Congitive Behavioral Therapy, and it really does help OCD.
If your doctor doesn't do that, then you should find a doctor that does like a Psychologist. Also there are many books on OCD, and there are offline support groups for OCD that can help you too.
I just thought that I should let you know that. I hope that this post is helpful to you.
Take care and good luck! :) Let us know how you are doing with your OCD, it's not easy!
Hi redflower,
I can understand what you are going through. I have OCD too, and I have been taking Luvox too. I've been on Luvox since April of this year, and it has been working for me ( even though I don't like the side effects). Have you tried doing CBT with your doctor? If not, I really think that you should try that. CBT is Congitive Behavioral Therapy, and it really does help OCD.
If your doctor doesn't do that, then you should find a doctor that does like a Psychologist. Also there are many books on OCD, and there are offline support groups for OCD that can help you too.
I just thought that I should let you know that. I hope that this post is helpful to you.
Take care and good luck! :) Let us know how you are doing with your OCD, it's not easy!
purplegirl1
06-03-2008, 08:54 PM
I have to be honest...I am wondering if you should try another doctor....that sounds kind of strange to me that the doctor would she does not know what to do?? There are sooo many drugs out there...is she sure that you have OCD? If you do not have the correct diagnosis then sometimes it is hard to find the right medications...or maybe you need more than 1 medication....keep me posted and hang in there.....regarding the move, did you move as I see you wrote a few weeks ago originally??
GatsbyLuvr1920
06-04-2008, 09:35 AM
I sincerely hope that you find a medication. I understand how it feels, too, because I am also going through the same thing. I'm also a pure obsessional, and I've been on Zoloft two different times, Lexapro, and Prozac, all of which have failed to help my OCD/anxiety. I also have tried the benzodiazepines Ativan (did nothing) and Klonopin (only works for extreme panic attacks, not OCD or general worry). My doctor recently asked me to try Xanax, because Klonopin makes me so tired, but that also made me tired. Plus, I've been in three rounds of CBT, and that has also failed. My OCD/anxiety is bad once again, and I'm meeting with my doctor soon. I suppose the next step is to try an atypical anti-psychotic, but, like you, I worry about what will happen if that medication also fails. It does indeed seem like an endless cycle of medication-related trial-and-error. We just have to hang in there, no matter how hard it is, and like my mother said to me the other day, there are many medications out there, and there has to be something that works. :angel:
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aliya77
06-06-2008, 02:26 PM
hey there, i don't know if this could help you at all, but this is my story how i beat, i'll just send this to you in case something that helped me could help you too. i know the hell of ocd, it's awful always questioning and analyzing everything, not being able to just be and rest, and always being scared of your own mind. anyways, here it is:
I was scared of using antidepressants, so i looked for alternatives, and found many and for me, they really worked. i got huge help from bach flower remedies(bach flower remedies can be used with any medication, 'cos they are so called "energy medicine" so if you are on medication bach remedies can be used anyway); white chestnut for unwanted repetitive and intrusive thoughts that won't go away, cherry plum for fear of going crazy and losing mind and losing control and doing something you don't want to do, pine for guilt, crab apple for fear of dirt, contamination, sin, bacteria etc, scleranthus for being unable to decide, constantly changing mind, cerato for not trusting yourself and your inner voice and being very sensitive to outside influence, always doubting yourself, and also walnut for protection from outside influence, mimulus and aspen for fears, so these flower remedies are really good for ocd. i also used st. john's wort, valerian and passion flower and took zinc and magnesium and a good E-EPA fish oil capsules (E-EPA and st. john's wort have been in some research found to be very effective in treating ocd, but i found valerian and passion flower to be very calming, and zinc and magnesium are good for the nervous system, too), i read up a lot on orthomolecular medicine, that treats mental disorders (schizophrenia, panic attacks, ocd, depression....) with vitamins and minerals, fatty acids and a gluten-free diet also free of sugars, caffeine and additives (i have noticed that sugar and caffeine give me anxiety and after ingesting gluten i don't feel good either, being gluten-free has helped me tremendously with ocd and anxiety). I also got reflexology treatments for about half a year, and they helped, too, it strenghens the nervous system, and balances and relaxes. The herbal remedies and vitamins and fatty acids are supposed to naturally balance and help the brain and nervous system, so that ocd is naturally healed (ocd is thought to have being caused by low amounts of serotonin and dopamin and these remedies help with that), i've read about remedies like amoryn (that has herbs and vitamins in it, that have been very helpful for ocd, i haven't used amoryn myself, but have used some of the stuff that's in it). don't give up, you will get better, just keep finding and searching for cures and remedies, just don't give up! i don't know if this was of any help to you, sorry to bother you with this, but just in case, i want you to know there is lots of help out there for ocd! there is hope! just google "alternativementalhealth" or "orthomolecular medicine" and you'll find lots of stories how people have beaten ocd, don' t give up!i really hope you get better and can beat ocd and enjoy life again. god bless you!
I was scared of using antidepressants, so i looked for alternatives, and found many and for me, they really worked. i got huge help from bach flower remedies(bach flower remedies can be used with any medication, 'cos they are so called "energy medicine" so if you are on medication bach remedies can be used anyway); white chestnut for unwanted repetitive and intrusive thoughts that won't go away, cherry plum for fear of going crazy and losing mind and losing control and doing something you don't want to do, pine for guilt, crab apple for fear of dirt, contamination, sin, bacteria etc, scleranthus for being unable to decide, constantly changing mind, cerato for not trusting yourself and your inner voice and being very sensitive to outside influence, always doubting yourself, and also walnut for protection from outside influence, mimulus and aspen for fears, so these flower remedies are really good for ocd. i also used st. john's wort, valerian and passion flower and took zinc and magnesium and a good E-EPA fish oil capsules (E-EPA and st. john's wort have been in some research found to be very effective in treating ocd, but i found valerian and passion flower to be very calming, and zinc and magnesium are good for the nervous system, too), i read up a lot on orthomolecular medicine, that treats mental disorders (schizophrenia, panic attacks, ocd, depression....) with vitamins and minerals, fatty acids and a gluten-free diet also free of sugars, caffeine and additives (i have noticed that sugar and caffeine give me anxiety and after ingesting gluten i don't feel good either, being gluten-free has helped me tremendously with ocd and anxiety). I also got reflexology treatments for about half a year, and they helped, too, it strenghens the nervous system, and balances and relaxes. The herbal remedies and vitamins and fatty acids are supposed to naturally balance and help the brain and nervous system, so that ocd is naturally healed (ocd is thought to have being caused by low amounts of serotonin and dopamin and these remedies help with that), i've read about remedies like amoryn (that has herbs and vitamins in it, that have been very helpful for ocd, i haven't used amoryn myself, but have used some of the stuff that's in it). don't give up, you will get better, just keep finding and searching for cures and remedies, just don't give up! i don't know if this was of any help to you, sorry to bother you with this, but just in case, i want you to know there is lots of help out there for ocd! there is hope! just google "alternativementalhealth" or "orthomolecular medicine" and you'll find lots of stories how people have beaten ocd, don' t give up!i really hope you get better and can beat ocd and enjoy life again. god bless you!
redflower
07-15-2008, 09:34 PM
Hey guys! Thanks for the responses...I am trying another medicine now...I just started it this week...I dont feel a change yet but its early. I will be making the move soon and I am excited...yet..I would be alot more excited if OCD wasnt still in the way. I went to another person who I thought was a psychiatrist but ended up being a social worker. He thinks that I just have depression and thats where my obsessive thoughts come from. I dont think so though. I told my other doctor how I have been feeling and she took me off the Luvox and thought it would be better not to take anything at all. So I did that for a while..I felt the same..if not a little worse. Then when I went back I tol her that I really needed to try something else bc I cant take this..so now I am trying effexor xr. I am on 37.5 mg right now and will start 75 next week...she wants me to stay on 75mg...so thats where I am at right now. Thanks for all the responses everyone! It is much appreciated.
nojo12
07-17-2008, 02:42 PM
I am just curious how you are doing? FOr whoever is reading this any thought are welcome. We are sick with worry. My daughter who is 11 has been having obsessive thoughts for about 2 months now. They are very intrusive and disturbing and just constantly pop in her head. They can be mean,sexual, or challenging her to kill herself. Like her brain will say " If you don't pick up the cat, you will kill yourself". SHe tells herself that she would never want to do that. This is a very good, sweet little girl who has never said a bad thing about anyone, has no desire to even know anything about sex yet and all of a sudden all these horrible thought are entering her mind. We are taking this very seriously and just took her to a phychiatrist last week. They did a Brain Spect on her at the AMEN clinic and he will go over the results next week. In the meantime we gave her a first dose of Lexapro last night ( 1/4 of a 10MG tablet ) and I am hoping the doctor will add in some natural supplements to help her since he is know for using alternative medicine. I am not one to ever medicate unless necessary, but this seems like a need for much more than just natural supplements. I am so scared about meds altering her personality and her zest for life. She is a straight A student and on a very high level competitive cheer team. She needs to stay focused and I am scared of what these meds will do, yet I can't let her go on being tortured by her own mind.
Skylerzx
07-25-2008, 11:44 PM
Hello,
I have severe OCD for four to five years now and Luvox does absolutley nothing for my condition. Unfortuantely, I have found you need to personally dig deeper and try to find out what the problem is, that is to say the root of where it all began, and like everyhting in life try to work on the problem yourself. Because ultimately in this world we're on our own..Just a thought..If anybody does find some type of med that works for OCD I would love to know about it-Regards-Skyler
I have severe OCD for four to five years now and Luvox does absolutley nothing for my condition. Unfortuantely, I have found you need to personally dig deeper and try to find out what the problem is, that is to say the root of where it all began, and like everyhting in life try to work on the problem yourself. Because ultimately in this world we're on our own..Just a thought..If anybody does find some type of med that works for OCD I would love to know about it-Regards-Skyler
Skylerzx
07-26-2008, 12:14 AM
I am just curious how you are doing? FOr whoever is reading this any thought are welcome. We are sick with worry. My daughter who is 11 has been having obsessive thoughts for about 2 months now. They are very intrusive and disturbing and just constantly pop in her head. They can be mean,sexual, or challenging her to kill herself. Like her brain will say " If you don't pick up the cat, you will kill yourself". SHe tells herself that she would never want to do that. This is a very good, sweet little girl who has never said a bad thing about anyone, has no desire to even know anything about sex yet and all of a sudden all these horrible thought are entering her mind. We are taking this very seriously and just took her to a phychiatrist last week. They did a Brain Spect on her at the AMEN clinic and he will go over the results next week. In the meantime we gave her a first dose of Lexapro last night ( 1/4 of a 10MG tablet ) and I am hoping the doctor will add in some natural supplements to help her since he is know for using alternative medicine. I am not one to ever medicate unless necessary, but this seems like a need for much more than just natural supplements. I am so scared about meds altering her personality and her zest for life. She is a straight A student and on a very high level competitive cheer team. She needs to stay focused and I am scared of what these meds will do, yet I can't let her go on being tortured by her own mind.
Skylerzx
07-26-2008, 12:28 AM
Regarding the child with OCD...Having read your situation..It just breaks my heart that an 11 year old child has to go through this problem. In your case perhaps it is good to try any medication that your doctor recommends, I am normally not a big fan of meds.
Do you know if there was a traumatic situation that may have happened, near the time your child first started experiencing OCD? Even though Doctors and Therapists can help, we ultimately are on our own. Take their advice and weigh the options yourself.
Perhaps, you really need to talk to your child in a supportive manner and try to dig deep and find out how this all started. Give her many positive outlets to show that even at her young age she can help people and make a positive difference, get her involved in hobbies, crafts anything to get her, to the best of your ability not to compulse, or have negative thoughts. Try to keep her mind busy in other areas. In some cases direct her...but let her think she came up with a great positive thing to do...give her the credit.
No child deserves to go through something like this. It sounds like you are a great parent and you will be in my prayers...Skyler
Do you know if there was a traumatic situation that may have happened, near the time your child first started experiencing OCD? Even though Doctors and Therapists can help, we ultimately are on our own. Take their advice and weigh the options yourself.
Perhaps, you really need to talk to your child in a supportive manner and try to dig deep and find out how this all started. Give her many positive outlets to show that even at her young age she can help people and make a positive difference, get her involved in hobbies, crafts anything to get her, to the best of your ability not to compulse, or have negative thoughts. Try to keep her mind busy in other areas. In some cases direct her...but let her think she came up with a great positive thing to do...give her the credit.
No child deserves to go through something like this. It sounds like you are a great parent and you will be in my prayers...Skyler
tony1527
07-26-2008, 12:39 AM
I wouldnt give a child lexaro.Its still early,TAKE her to INDIA to a town called travaderum south INDIA.If your wealthy.GL
GatsbyLuvr1920
07-26-2008, 07:33 PM
If you've exhausted the SSRIs, you might consider asking your doctor about trying Anafranil (clomipramine). I started it a week ago, and 90% of my obsessive thoughts are gone. My mind is clear for the first time in my life, and it's wonderful! I've had OCD since age three (severely since age 11), and this is the first medication that I've tried that has actually worked. It's also helped with my panic attacks. I've tried Zoloft (twice), Lexapro, Prozac, Abilify, Ativan, Klonopin (works for panic attacks only), and Xanax, with no relief. Anafranil, however, has been a miracle medication. It was the first anti-obsessional medication, but it's a tricyclic antidepressant, so it has the potential for more side effects and isn't prescribed as much. But for treatment-resistant OCD-ers, it's sometimes the only thing that works.
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eyesworld
07-26-2008, 08:54 PM
my son also began symptoms at age 11-he is now 25. He's gone through many meds but what really seemms to work, althgough he doesn't like the lethargy associated with getting used to it, is a combo of buspar and luvox.