OCD Forum - Why Your Doctor May Be Making Your OCD Worse!
Do you see a doctor about OCD?
Do they give you pills that are supposed to help with OCD?
They probably put you on some anti-depressant pills which are supposed to work in your brain over time to make you feel better and less anxious.
They probably gave you a benzodiazepine as well, in case you have an "anxiety attack." or to "calm you down."
Either way, I feel these drugs are passed out too freely and to quickly. Doctors don't really work with your mental health, they will refer you to a counselor or therapist. They deal with symptoms. They rarely deal with cures.
So if your OCD is so bad, you can't go to work or school or do daily functions, then I would recommend you talk to your doctor about some medications that can make you be able to function again. But in the mean time, realize that these are only band-aids and not "solutions."
If you have mild OCD, you should not be taking drugs, rather, you should be dealing with the root problem, which is your fear that something will happen if you don't perform a ritual or a number of rituals.
You've got to face that fear head and and not perform the ritual. When you feel anxiety by not doing the ritual, let it wash over you, knowing it will pass within 30-60 minutes. This time frame has been proven on many studies you can google. (tm)
Take action: Today what you want to do is talk to your doctor and see whether you are at the stage where you need drugs. If not, work on dealing head-on with your fears until you no longer fear them. You do this by after not performing the ritual, you see that the bad thing you thought was going to happen, didn't. This proves to your brain that the ritual is useless and if you keep doing this, the brain will naturally let rituals go as an answer.
Do they give you pills that are supposed to help with OCD?
They probably put you on some anti-depressant pills which are supposed to work in your brain over time to make you feel better and less anxious.
They probably gave you a benzodiazepine as well, in case you have an "anxiety attack." or to "calm you down."
Either way, I feel these drugs are passed out too freely and to quickly. Doctors don't really work with your mental health, they will refer you to a counselor or therapist. They deal with symptoms. They rarely deal with cures.
So if your OCD is so bad, you can't go to work or school or do daily functions, then I would recommend you talk to your doctor about some medications that can make you be able to function again. But in the mean time, realize that these are only band-aids and not "solutions."
If you have mild OCD, you should not be taking drugs, rather, you should be dealing with the root problem, which is your fear that something will happen if you don't perform a ritual or a number of rituals.
You've got to face that fear head and and not perform the ritual. When you feel anxiety by not doing the ritual, let it wash over you, knowing it will pass within 30-60 minutes. This time frame has been proven on many studies you can google. (tm)
Take action: Today what you want to do is talk to your doctor and see whether you are at the stage where you need drugs. If not, work on dealing head-on with your fears until you no longer fear them. You do this by after not performing the ritual, you see that the bad thing you thought was going to happen, didn't. This proves to your brain that the ritual is useless and if you keep doing this, the brain will naturally let rituals go as an answer.
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