Vou começar a tomar esse remédio e vi pessoas falando de ganho de peso, mas não entendi se é por comer mais (ganho de apetite) ou se o ganho é metabólico (ganho de peso mesmo comendo igual). Alguém com experiência pode me ajudar?

i (19f) feel like i've been battling this spiral for months now with very few glimpses of hope. at this point i've stopped expecting it all together. my ocd has made me withdraw socially since middle school and i haven't been able to recover since. i spent my teen years majorly depressed and missed out on so many "normal" life experiences to the point where i feel like im starting from the ground up when my life has barely started. i've been in and out of therapy for years and i feel like my medication is only a temporary solution.

i've put in the work, i've tried to be mindful, but each day is turning into a blur and its making me miserable.

my question is, how do you cope with it? i want to love myself and lead a fufilling life but my brain is my worst enemy. how can some of you find love and meaningful friendships without letting this tear you apart from the inside anymore?

When your OCD is so severe and the theme is so egodystonic and you spend years where your consciousness is marinated in and only in obsession and compulsion and avoidance against your will and then learning to completely disregard a thought - my brain can't hold a thread of thoughts the way it used to. I had to manually to teach it to disengage in a way that now it defaults to out of over-coping. This is a part of it. The body-wide response at all times to nonstop ocd and the torture I'm convinced have physically scarred parts of my brain and damaged it to the point I feel like it must be early onset dementia if I wasn't so young.

Other than the tricyclic Clomipramine, everyone seems to be on SSRI's (fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, escitalopram...).

Question is, if a doctor couldn't prescribe SSRI's for whatever reason (side effects, bipolar patient, etc...), is there any medicine that can treat OCD very effectively?

Whether it be an antipsychotic (Abilify, Rexulti, Vraylat, Olanzapine, Haloperidol...), a mood stabilizer (Lammotrigine, lithium, Valproate) or an SNRI like Venlafaxine or Duloxetine...isn't really there that can be as effective as SSRI's for OCD?

Undiagnosed (as far as I know) but my psychiatrist suspects and is treating me for it. I just want to know how people diagnosed cope so I can hopefully learn to cope too.
Sorry this post is kinda low effort, I just need the help.
Thank you.

Hi! I just started Fluvoxamine (Luvox) a week ago at 25mg and I’m really hopeful it helps. I’m unsure if it’s placebo effect but I have been sleeping better already and a bit more patient with my 6 year old and not thinking myself in circles as much.

I’m just wondering if anyone experienced acne on this medication and/or any skin changes. I also have hormonal conditions (Pcos and endometriosis) so I’m trying to pinpoint what symptom goes with what lol and just the past week my skin has broken out quite a bit and is dry (but I’m also in an endo flair and hoping that’s not also caused from the medication)

I will say I have been extremely sick to my stomach since starting it and hoping I’ll adjust more within the next week or so? I was told 25mg once a day for 4 weeks then 25mg twice a day

Any tips for getting over the need to have a very accurate environment to be able to sleep? Got a trip abroad with family and kids, and my ocd is making me panic wanting to plan every detail about the room so id be able to sleep.

I am afraid of being alone, and I am also afraid of being around people I do not feel safe with. Whenever I feel unsafe, I constantly perform compulsions, such as taking photos and videos, to get reassurance. I have been doing this for around 3 years.

Now I feel extremely isolated. I do not feel able to go outside my house at all because I have a very intense fear of leaving. I stay locked inside my home because I am afraid that I might have a blackout, leave the house without awareness, and do things that are completely against my character.

Because of this fear, my mother has to keep the key somewhere safe where I do not know the location, because I am afraid I might lose control and touch young boys without their consent, even though this goes completely against who I am and what I believe.

I also have an intense fear that men may attack me or harm me in a very serious way. Because of all these fears, I feel completely isolated from life. I feel trapped, unable to live normally, go outside, or feel safe.

To preface, I have so much love for myself :) I love who I am as a person and overall what I’ve grown to look like (especially my body). But starting in high school, I got into a habit of looking at my reflection often. Because I was finally feeling pretty and loved what I saw. Now that I’m an adult, my facial-features have settled and the proportions look a little different compared to my teenage years. And that’s fine, it happens to all of us. But I didn’t realize until I went to therapy that I currently have a mirror-checking compulsion.

If I see my reflection, I *have* to pose and smile a certain way to find that cute angle that I know and love. Every time I use the bathroom, I look for that angle, usually find it soon if not immediately, and leave feeling happy that I look like that. The cute image of myself lingers in my head and gives me confidence. But sometimes I struggle to find that angle, especially now that I’m older and gained a little weight. It keeps me in the bathroom longer because I’m trying to restyle my hair, or find the right way to smile, maybe change the lighting in hopes that it will help. I call this a “ticket-to-leave” behavior, because finding that angle is what allows me to leave the bathroom. If I catch my reflection in a window pane, I do the same thing. If I find the angle but moved around and lost it, I have to start over.

Despite how often I do this behavior, it’s not *that* much of an issue. It feeds my self-confidence more often than not. But when I do struggle, it sucks. And I start to notice how much control it has over me. Especially if I accidentally see my reflection and have to go through the song-and-dance. If I stare directly into the mirror without any emotion, no happiness in my eyes, I’m not always a fan of what I see.

I don’t know if anyone relates to this, but I wanted to share my thoughts. My other OCD compulsions involve door and stove checking before bed.

Im on SSRI for years. Recently tried NAC 400mg. First dose was fine. 2nd dose the next day was horrible. Made me very anhedonic with unexplained rage. Anyone else experienced this before? Didnt touch it since

First time venting here, i’m not opposed to advice:) I can’t enjoy TV shows anymore. Everytime I watch anything, I have to rewind 10 seconds over and over and over to make sure I know exactly what was said. For example a character might say “that’s a yellow car” and suddenly i’m questioning whether they said “That’s or that is” in reality IDGAF which which one it was, but my brain forces me to rewind and make sure I know what exactly was said or i’ll freak out and feel like i’m gonna die if I don’t do it / panic attack.

I’ve tried ignoring it but I genuinely can’t. And if I try to ignore it, ill begin thinking that the longer I ignore it for, the more annoying it’ll be when i inevitably can’t take it anymore and have to reverse all the way back to the scene. I don’t want to do it but I have to, it pains me everytime to the point I get angry and just give up. And once i realise what exactly was said, I start repeating the sentence in my head over and over to not forget it and if i do forget I need to go back again, which then leads to me being distracted from the show..

It’s exhausting and i really can’t enjoy any media nowadays because of this. I’m wondering if anyone else experiences this, would be nice to know i’m not the only one. I can’t enjoy watching shows around friends or partners, because I don’t want to annoy them.

Sorry for how long this rant was.. FYI I’m not diagnosed with OCD, but i definitely have my suspicions.. Also sorry if the grammar is poor, I wrote this in a fit of rage haha.

TLDR: everytime i watch a show, I have to rewind 10 seconds over and over to ensure I heard the exact words said, and rehearse them in my head and it completely ruins watching shows for me.

Im doing ERP, trying to stop smoking weed and go to therapy once a week at the moment.

When I do get in a bad loop ill start asking myself questions or testing about whats happening like ill say “lets be honest that is kind of (insert feared sensation/feeling here)” and it will feel real like that was my inner self that rationalized it so I must actually think that. Then I’ll get a wave of adrenaline and feel horrible and anxious. Does anyone else get this where they try to rationalise a thought and end up saying something to themeselves that feels worse or makes it seem that you actually did like/want to do X?

I need to just stop trying to rationalize or see if I do actually think that about something. Literally had one of the best days up until about dinner time and only just starting to move on from it now.

First ever reddit post, bare with me here.

I’ve had intrusive thoughts and have been browsing reddit for years about hobbies, somehow I’ve never thought to look up mental illnesses to find other people who experience stuff similar to what I do, my themes have revolved mostly over harming closes ones, and I’m sitting here crying because I’m not alone.

I feel like an imposter since I just have a generalized anxiety disorder diagnosis but I’m currently waiting for further therapy for intrusive thoughts. Still wanted to thank all the kind and brave souls who post their story here.

I take Paxil, Buspar, low dose Abilify with Xanax for occasional breakthrough anxiety. Edibles when I'm feeling overwhelmed as well. Together it has significantly improved my OCD, depression, and anxiety. Currently trialing Trazodone for sleep with not much success - planning on trying low dose Remeron next.

What combination works best for you?

do you think god will forgive people with severe contamination ocd ? its the worst type of ocd. is any one having similar experience ?

this is a question about ocd because i show ocd symptoms, that’s why i’m here but it’ll be personal

TW for animal cruelty and violence in general

i’m not gonna go into detail but as a kid i have had problems with hurting people, animals and myself. i would never now and i believe i developed enough empathy. however sometimes i still get the urge to hurt things. it feels like what i was doing as a kid didn't heal properly and that i still have the potential to do those things again. i know i would never but i’m scared of losing control. when i'm trying to look at those specific animals without being bothered, it feels like i'm trying to pretend to think like how other people do about those things. it makes me feel like an outsider

so with my history of doing those things, whenever i have violent thoughts now i can’t tell if they’re intrusive thoughts or a sign of something else. does anyone know how to tell those things apart?

these are all already hard to admit so please don’t judge me for it. i’m in the process of getting help for all this but i just needed to ask this

I wish that I could trust the people in my life. I want to be able to listen to my parents, friends, partner, colleagues, etc., and not go into detective mode and obsess over what I perceive as inconsistencies. My OCD keeps telling me everyone is out to get me, that everything I’m told is all a lie told by a loved one for some ulterior motive, that no one really loves me, and that I’m actually a burden and/or joke to all. I know this isn’t true, but it feels so real all the god damn time that I have a hard time being fully comfortable around anyone. I want to trust the people in my life, but I always have this voice in the back of my mind telling me that I shouldn’t, that I’ll get hurt if I do. It’s a nightmare.

I think I would be more content with the idea of death if I wasnt scared that I am going to hell. Also I would be more forgiving of my past and live in present moment if I knew that I am not going to hell.

Are there actual steps I can take to truly stop being scared of hell?

I am not religious those are just thoughts I have in my mind that are written in it. Just Like "if you dont do this you will die" But worse.

It literally sucks when your intrusive thoughts aren't just toward you. Like when it's not just "Do people like me or are they pretending? Am I really doing good at my job or do they just say that?" and you get stuck in the loop. When it comes after a loved one - that's the shit I can't stand.

Why does it have me replaying the worst day of my husband's life over and over again in my head? How difficult the situation was and how I could barely do anything to help it. We overcame it together, but my OCD has me hanging on like "What if he's really not okay? What if something like that happens again? Will you be strong enough to handle another setback?"

It sucks so much. I honestly can't stand when it does that. 🙄