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Anyone older with issues still?
I just recently turned 51 and take medication for ocd but STILLhave major issues--i need some hope--š„°
I just recently turned 51 and take medication for ocd but STILLhave major issues--i need some hope--š„°
Last helpful Thing I found: my NOCD therapist explained that OCD will be with me for life, unfortunately. It will go on vacation with me and go everywhere I go. once I learned that, I started the grieving process for that piece. But with tools like the ERP and such, Iām hoping for being able to manage it to a great degree with much symptom relief. Iāve always been hopeful but here we are in our 50s, incredibly frustrating at times. Sending healing hearts to you.
I am 54 and was diagnosed in my 20's, though I'm pretty sure I had it before then too. I've been on various SSRI's. I was on Lexapro most recently and was still struggling mildly to moderately; I went off it for a sleep study and also to try microdosing psilocybin. After months off lexapro, my ocd symptoms were severe again (and psilocybin did not help me), Two weeks ago I started prozac; I remember relief with this one from decades ago, even more than with the lexapro, so I am hopeful. I have resigned to the fact that I will likely need SSRI for life :( I thought maybe adhd was primary for bit, tried adderall during the off med period, ocd became worse, not for me. Then I read that ocd can often mimic some adhd symptoms. SSRI's give me 30-60% relief. Prozac closer to 60%, Lexapro more like 30-40%. It seems that the medication match is significant. Michelle
I was on Prozac and it made me suicidal, so I guess everyone is different. Lexapro isn't working for me anymore. I'm at a loss. Tried so many meds and nothing seems to work. I'm 57 by the way and have had OCD since 20
Itās crazy how medications impact people so differently. Luvox is specifically for ocd. I almost went that route and may if Prozac is not working 30 years later. I get fomo when I hear people say their ocd was cured. OCD is a huge ātime thiefā for me and can be so relentless. Sorry with the jargon, Iām a late bloomer with a 14 year old so ā¦
Also stress seems to impact my ocd greatly. How is your stress level? I have cptsd and started āinner bondingā and it has helped greatly as well. I dialogue much better with the lies ocd/limiting beliefs tell me. My mom, who lives with me (4 years) and is the source of my cptsd and with a personality disorder, will be moving to a senior center next month and already my ocd is slightly improving (subconsciously I think it came back at full force) so stress in life I think is a factor for sure.
My OCD manifests with over sharing for sure ha, but I do want to help. I wanted to share that I am listening to a podcast about certain tests that one can have and I had no idea that there is a test for our neurotransmitter levels. That would for sure take the guessing came out of medications. Iāll share if I find out how to go about that. Are you with ERP here at Nocd? have found ERP helps a lot with some of my symptoms and then some of them are just much more stubborn and probably will take more time here .
Hello Trudy, Let me first express that I am so sorry for the pain you are going through. I understand from your post that you take medication, but I want to ask, are you currently in therapy, as well?
Hi Trudy, I'm sorry you are struggling with this! OCD is a chronic condition and is likely to be present for life. However, it is very manageable, so please keep your hope alive! You mentioned medication- is this prescribed by an OCD specialist? Often folks go to their primary care MD for OCD meds which is fine for the short term, but a specialist can best determine therapeutic levels for your individual needs. If you haven't done so already, I invite you to learn more about care here: treatmyocd.com. Let me know if this was helpful and whether I can answer any other questions!
Iām turning 30 in a few months and all I can think about how my Parents never took the initiative to actually help me when it came to my mental illness. Now my OCD is probably the worst itās ever been and I feel like I canāt do anything. Like Iām trapped in a tunnel and thereās no way out. Iāve gone from job to job, never fully finished my degree due to severe OCD/depression never making enough money for professional help and being gaslighted all these years about my illness. I resent my family and myself for not trying hard enough to get better. If anyone can relate feel free to share. Anyways I pray this year will be the year I find my out.
Anyone else develop it in their 30s? Iām 33 and just started showing symptoms in October 2024. So far have only been diagnosed with GAD , PD and depression.I started having intrusive thoughts after a series of panic attacks . My compulsions would be googling. I have made an effort to stop though because it only makes me feel worse. My intrusive thoughts have been around fear of going crazy
back in october i made my first post about my specific type of ocd, how it mixes in with my day to day and how i ādealā with it. i talked about the starting point, how it gradually got worse, and then how it was going just a few months ago. i always think itās insane how much can change in just the course of a small to a large amount of time. right now, i honestly feel like garbage. to be quite sincere i really want to give up, iām barely holding on by a thread. and if i cut that thread, i really doubt anyone would care. iāve never considered myself to be a suicidal person, and i still donāt consider myself that right now. it just gets to a point where itās just, a lot to deal with. i donāt really enjoy things a lot nowadays. sure i have good days like everyone does, like today, when i was just enjoying my day without worries. but then it all comes crawling back twice as bad the following days. i take online college so iām usually just stuck at home most of the time. but, when i do decide to actually go out and leave my house, my ocd just explodes because i have this whole routine i need to do or else i feel like iāll contaminate wherever i end up going. iām not going to go really deep into my compulsions because itās hard enough to live with them, much more having to type them all out in detail. but when i go out my compulsions go from wiping down all my stuff iām going to use after showering, to washing my clothes/cleaning the washer + dryer. i also have separate things (or two of the same thing) i use specifically in my house, and items i use when going out. such as shampoo/body wash, deodorant, lotion, hair curler, etc. as if thatās not draining enough, i also feel the need to fast a couple days prior to any plan i make because iāve forced myself to believe i need to feel empty in order to be clean. iām not sure if thatās my past eating disorder talking, or my ocd, but my brain canāt help but think any food in my house is utterly and completely contaminated. iām so tired of this feeling, feeling like nothing will ever be clean again. feeling like my ocd is trapped in my childhood home. feeling that wave of diseases rushing through my veins the moment i step foot into whatās supposed to be āhomeā. and iām so scared of therapy because what if i do get healed, and then everything comes rushing back the second i step into my room. iām planning on moving somewhere far from my current house in this next coming year, so sometimes i feel like just waiting it out. but itās insufferable when going to hangout with someone. i miss my friends, my family, and my partner. itās crazy to me that iām dealing with all this at the young age of 18 but, iām sure lots of people have it way worse. i just want to find a way out, any possible way. but i keep pushing myself deeper and deeper that when i finally find a way, it will no longer exist.
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