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Hey, I hear you. That sounds incredibly heavy and exhausting to carry, especially when you’re feeling like therapy alone might not cut it. You're definitely not alone in this—many people have tried medication for their thoughts, whether it's anxiety, intrusive thoughts, depression, OCD, or something else entirely. And for a lot of folks, it really has helped. Sometimes, when your brain chemistry is way out of balance, therapy can feel like trying to climb a mountain with no gear. Medication can act like a support—something to stabilize things just enough so you can even start to use the tools therapy gives you. It’s also okay to not be sure what will help. Sometimes it's a mix—meds to dial the volume down, therapy to work through the patterns, and maybe even lifestyle stuff too (sleep, food, support system). You're not weak or broken for needing more than one approach. Do you feel like your thoughts are more racing, intrusive, repetitive, or just overwhelming in general? And are you already working with a therapist or a doctor you can talk to about how you’re feeling?

I take two types of medication, one for depression in the morning on regular which also calms my mind with OCD. Normally that can be enough for me to do EPR the whole day, but sometimes I go down into a spiral or become really vulnerable and then I have a medication specifically for my OCD. It’s helpful to some degree but it’s rather calming and making you tired, it won’t take away the thoughts, ofc. But it will make them easier to ignore

High dose inositol can help! And it’s completely natural if you don’t want to get on medication. https://gabapsychiatrist.com/inositol-for-ocd/

Magnesium gycinate + B complex supplements have helped me with the stress/anxiety part somewhat

I’m on Effexor xr and wow it has really quieted down thought loops I had for years!!

Yes, I was put medication and it worked for about one year and stopped working. I can truly relate to your feelings. My intrusive thoughts made me cry and I would lose my peace of mind. When the medicine for OCD stopped working NOCD taught me the skills to cope with unwanted intrusive. In my experience they both work, but I am grateful to have learned and to be using each day ERP.