cure for ocd.

bre · Newbie User Joined: Apr 05, 2007 Posts: 3

is there any cure 4 ocd without takin medicaton. i'm kinna scared about takin medicine cuz i don't want it to make me lik a zombie and change my personality

cheeseandrice · Newbie User Joined: May 01, 2007 Posts: 11

There is no "cure" for OCD....

Some people over time have their OCD symptoms minimized; but more often than not there is no 'cure'...

regards,

cheeseandrice

Aoeu · Newbie User Joined: May 08, 2007 Posts: 12

cheeseandrice · Newbie User Joined: May 01, 2007 Posts: 11

AOEU is correct in regards to CBT....

OCD hates when you understand it....

regards,

Cheeseandrice

Musicocd · Newbie User Joined: May 16, 2007 Posts: 57

No cure

. I've never taken medication and I can just about manage without it because I fight it. The thoughts are wrong and we are right and as soon as we realise this it makes it a little easier. It's tiring fighting, but it's worth it in the end Smile

NightStalker · Newbie User Joined: May 15, 2007 Posts: 10

You need Clonopin or Zyprexa. That's what I take.

bullyingstop · Newbie User Joined: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 15

it depends on what you do if u turn light switches on and off like 100 times turn tvo n and off get up and sit down and most of all touching wood to a serton number then there is a way without medication ocd medication tho isent that good but what i done was gone to Therapy and trust me 100% it will work u can do it ur self just get a piece of paper write down all the things and every week stop doing one of the things and after 1 year of therapy mine was eventualey gone but it was only this year its come back Sad

now its worse than ever u just gotta be strong

paulmm · Newbie User Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 47

i have OCD, mostly Pure O, but I do have some compulsions, especially knocking on wood.

I found the following things to be helpful:
1. RESIST compulsions. The more you give in to compulsions, the more power you give them, and the more power you give your obsessions. Might sound too simple to be true, but believe me, this helps a GREAT deal.
2. WRITE down your thoughts, feelings, etc. I don't care if your obsessions are about killing and molesting babies - write it down and write down every feeling and thought you have about it. I do this with all my obsessions and it doesn't help right away, but for some reason the next day I wake up obsession-free.
3. TALK about it with a therapist, parent, good friend, etc. Therapists are the best because they understand the disorder. What they will tell you is this: OCD thoughts are not wrong because there is no such thing as a wrong thought, only wrong actions. And wrong actions can only be made right by realizing that it was wrong, making it up to those you wronged, and doing good things in general. Obsessing about it and punishing yourself is doing nothing but strengthening your OCD.

Remember that we're only on this planet once. Don't waste it worrying and feeling guilty. Live.

Sisi · Newbie User Joined: Aug 18, 2007 Posts: 3