Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

Tips ?

Any tips on how to overcome suicidal ocd and fear of depression ? Does it get better ? Currently dealing with this theme for only 6 months and it sucks I don’t wanna think like this …..

Suicidal OCD

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

Mine felt very real and I ended up in the psych ward, twice, after two regular therapists told me I was depressed for months. I failed to tell anyone I was also having harmful thoughts against my family because I was scared my son would be taken away or I would be involuntarily committed. I finally told a social worker in the ER and she told me about harm OCD. I had no idea that was a thing. Getting the right diagnosis, medication and ERP therapy saved my life.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey Omg I am so sorry to hear about that !! That must’ve scary ! Did you ever think it wasn’t gonna go away ?

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? I was scared it wouldn’t go away and knew I couldn’t continue on like that.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey Well I’m so happy you were able to get past it ! I’m not diagnosed one of my therapist said what I had was passive and my stomach sank ! Then found this page and related so much to it . I’m to scared to get on medication so I’m trying the natural route first and hopefully this will be a thing in the past !

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? I hope you conquer it! I take magnesium and Nac - both natural supplements that help with anxiety and intrusive thoughts.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey I am taking NAC and magnesium at night before bed. How long till you noticed it did anything ? I’ve been taking NAC for about a month now but hasn’t really lessened the thoughts or anxiety .

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? It took a couple of weeks for the magnesium to kick in. I upped the dose pretty slowly too. I’m still working on upping the doasge for Nac - I take it for skin picking and, well, I’m still picking so that’s a work in progress.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey How much magnesium do you take ? And how much NAC do you take ? I take 2 of each

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? 480mg of magnesium. 1800mg of Nac (just increased from 1200mg yesterday). I split the doses between morning and evening.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey Ok! Is that what your doctor recommends for each ?

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? Yes on the magnesium. I’m kind of winging it with the Nac - I have read varying amounts and heard in a support group yesterday a person was taking 3000mg. I’ll probably get up to 2400mg and see how that goes for a few weeks.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey Ok yes please let me know how that works . I’m just going based off the recommended on the label so it scares me to go any higher

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? Will do. My therapist said at least 400mg on the magnesium for it to be effective. She has OCD and takes it, so I feel like she is a reliable source and I feel like it has helped my anxiety. I also put magnesium oil on the bottoms of my feet.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey Ok yes that’s what I do I do 400mg of magnesium at night before bed . Thank you so much for the advice . Do you have social media we can possibly talk on ?

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? I only have LinkedIn🤣

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey You might split the magnesium morning and night for more even coverage

Slicey

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey Also do you have a therapist through NOCD? If you do, you have access to the support groups - I just attended the harm one for the first time and it’s AWESOME!!

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@Slicey No I don’t , it’s kinda pricey so the best I can do is just talk to people on here which helps a little !

MichelleV

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

Be open with your therapist and learn to gradually sit in the fear and discomfort. It’s really hard, but 100% something you can overcome. It does get better.

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

@MichelleV Thank you so much !! It just scares me because I have kids and the thoughts feel so real and makes me confused

MichelleV

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@Who_knows? It’s so hard when OCD makes things feel so real and scary and urgent. But remember that what you want is more important than what your OCD wants.

roarytorii 🌸

Date posted: 1y

This was my first OCD theme 5 years ago and it hasn’t bothered me since. You literally just need to face the things that trigger you and let the thoughts be. It really sucks at first but it WORKS! You got this!!

Mario1532

Date posted: 1y

@roarytorii 🌺 What if you cant face the trigger because it’s best not to? I don’t want things to escalate more than they already have. I just get intrusive thoughts about this person

Endlessly Po...

Date posted: 1y

Meds and therapy, got super lucky with therapy options. Helped a ton

Who_knows?

Date posted: 1y

What were your guys’ experiences with this one like thoughts and stuff ? Didn’t feel so real to you and make you confused ?

tayloraniston

Date posted: 25w

Suicidal ocd

I’m not suicidal by any means, I had a thought one time when I was going through some stuff and ever since then I wake up every morning and think about it all day I have thoughts like “did I mean that?” “Did I want that?” “Am I gonna think this all day” “would I really do that” and literally it’s to the point it’s driving me nutssss please tell me I’m not alone and please tell me how you got through this, I started antidepressants about 6 days ago it’s called Effexor for the mean time I need some advice

KTomsich

Date posted: 21w

Need advice

I'm new to NOCD and have been dealing with harm/suicidal, and Pure OCD for some time now. It started off being healthy related anxiety that led to compulsion where I would research information on an uncommon illness or something I thought I had. Now it has snowballed into intrusive thoughts and images of me killing myself in various ways or my wife. The former is what has been the most debilitating and hardest to shake. Recently I seem to find triggers almost every where I look. "What if I killed myself this way" if I see a kitchen knife or a bottle of pills. A friend talked about going to a gun range a while back and an image popped up of me being there and turning a gun to myself which is something I dont want to do. I love life and its so painful to go through thoughts that try to tell me otherwise. That particular image/thought has really stuck with me. I know about ERP and my therapist said I could rip the bandaid off and go to a gun range but it terrifies me. I don't own any weapons but I often think, "what if I buy one and im actually suicidal?" Just typing it makes me anxious. I'm wanting to start a low dose of Prozac which opens up another can of worms about worried my "overdose thought" will come true, on top of potential side effects. This is long winded but im looking for any advice to get through this. I know others are worse off than me but considering I've never been like this and it only started 6 months ago, I'm really struggling. Thanks everyone.

G.M

Date posted: 17w

Does it actually get better?

So I just started Zoloft 25mg almost a month ago and I’m still experiencing extreme panic and intrusive thoughts. It’s not fun, I genuinely just always think there’s no way I’ll “make it through life” living like this. And I’ve felt like this for four years straight I feel like recently it’s gotten a lot worse. Even when I feel like my brain is alittle quieter I was so obsessed w ocd that I just go right back to thinking abt it and scaring myself. Also I did ERP hated it I just started ICBT and I kinda like it. But when anyone else gets thought spirals and freaks out and has extreme panic do they have thoughts like they need to be admitted to a mental hospital and smth is seriously wrong with them? Bc the panic that comes with the ocd makes it feel soooo real and debilitating

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