re: Ocd diagnosis

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Got diagnosed with ocd yesterday

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jfc

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Got diagnosed with ocd yesterday, anybody else deal with this and have found effective treatments/ways to cope?

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Mushrooms. Seriously OP. It really helps.

I’ve heard amazing things about Ibogaine, but it’s not legal in the US yet

I think all three letters of OCD should be capitalized, but don’t get hung on it.

I'm ADD and OCD. ADD gives me the attention span of a gnat, the OCD balances that. I tell people I'm in crisis management, it's law enforcement, because of this. Chaos is normal to ADD people and OCD allows me to be detail oriented. Together they have made me successful in my work if not irritating to others. As for the dark thoughts, being exposed to what I have seen and had to do in my job causes that from time to time. But I always had them growing up. I laugh at myself and the thoughts go away or I compartmentalize them. My poor daughter has ADHD and that's rough but I can relate so we work together when others don't understand our methodology. Hope for the best and get the help that's available. I feel for you.

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If you round up at the pump to an even dollar amount, no matter how many quick trigger pulls it takes., You probably have OCD.

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Both numbers have to be even or a good poker pair for me.

The pair of 9s being ok was a big step for me to get off the even number rule.

This, thats a beta blocker it will keep you up unless you take it early and limit caffeine. It will also having you taking crazy dumps.

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Got diagnosed with ocd yesterday, anybody else deal with this and have found effective treatments/ways to cope? The intrusive thoughts are crushing me right now.

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I'm pretty sure I have this. There was associative random intrusive thoughts I don't get as often nearly as much as before. Personally I think it was a lot more frequent when I took kratom everyday and the effects heightened them. Something with how the brain processes things.

Good job on getting diagnosed and treated. I just started a new job so I don't have insurance until September 1 but I do plan on treating my AUD which as I learned from something my mom sent me that mental health conditions are likely underlying and trigger my urges to binge drink. It makes a lot of sense. Which to answer your question before I relied on booze and other self medication to numb out the racing and or intrusive thoughts, come down from the stress of the day, and catch a buzz. But this isn't healthy.

Thanks for sharing it and I hope you are well before long and hope to follow right behind ya in treatment and or therapy whatever is suggested. At first I thought light of OCD and It has served me and my attention to detail and knack for organizing storage in tight places well but if it's causing more issues or problems than makes it worth it then I do need to get it checked out.

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Combining Zoloft, propranolol, and trazodone requires close medical supervision due to risks of serotonin syndrome (from Zoloft + trazodone) and enhanced sedation or low blood pressure (from trazodone + propranolol). These medication combination definitely, absolutely warrants monitoring for side effects.

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The risk of getting serotonin syndrome is incredibly low if nigh impossible from this combo. Usually we only see serotonin syndrome with 4-5 serotonergic agents.

Trazodone can cause orthostatic hypotension and taking it with a beta blocker could potentially make that more likely. It can also cause priapism.

Regardless I agree he should be closely followed by his PCP, psychiatrist, and therapist.

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It can also cause priapism.

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If you have severe anxiety, you can’t just do this. We don’t tell someone with a broken leg to put dirt on it. Anxiety is a mental health disorder.

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I get what you’re saying. If someone has clinical anxiety or OCD, just telling them to “stop worrying” isn’t enough and can come off as dismissive. That’s not what I was going for.

This was more about everyday overthinking that a lot of people do, which is the number one cause for unhappiness. For actual disorders, professional help is the real answer.

That said, a lot of people still benefit from catching the worry loop and redirecting it. I’ve seen people (raises my hand) who used to spiral for hours over small stuff start using a simple anchor thought (something solid they can picture) and it short-circuits the spiral enough that they can actually function again. It’s not a cure-all, but it does help in a lot of real situations. Those who do not do this will usually end up right where they started, with nothing solved, and worry/aggravation/stress/displeasure, etc. still present. And it's very likely that whatever it is they were overthinking about will play out much different than what they imagined.