How do you treat your Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

anon93437440 · October 18, 2016, 6:09pm

It’s a prescription medication also available without prescription online as it is also a nootropic.

anon73478309 · October 18, 2016, 7:33pm

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Obsessive compulsive disorder and the efficacy of qEEG-guided neurofeedback treatment: a case series.

T Sürmeli and A Ertem, Clinical EEG and neuroscience, Jul 2011

While neurofeedback (NF) has been extensively studied in the treatment of many disorders, there have been only three published reports, by D.C. Hammond, on its clinical effects in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In this paper the efficacy of qEEG-guided NF for subjects with OCD was studied as a case series. The goal was to examine the clinical course of the OCD symptoms and assess the efficacy of qEEG guided NF training on clinical outcome measures. Thirty-six drug resistant subjects with OCD were assigned to 9-84 sessions of QEEG-guided NF treatment. Daily sessions lasted 60 minutes where 2 sessions with half-hour applications with a 30 minute rest given between sessions were conducted per day. Thirty-three out of 36 subjects who received NF training showed clinical improvement according to the Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive scale (Y-BOCS). The Minnesota multiphasic inventory (MMPI) was administered before and after treatment to 17 of the subjects. The MMPI results showed significant improvements not only in OCD measures, but all of the MMPI scores showed a general decrease. Finally, according to the physicians' evaluation of the subjects using the clinical global impression scale (CGI), 33 of the 36 subjects were rated as improved. Thirty-six of the subjects were followed for an average of 26 months after completing the study. According to follow-up interviews conducted with them and/or their family members 19 of the subjects maintained the improvements in their OCD symptoms. This study provides good evidence for the efficacy of NF treatment in OCD. The results of this study encourage further controlled research in this area.

Oh something I’m going to try is neurofeedback. I already wanted to try that before, but now I’m really starting. I have read some studies that show an abnormal pattern with OCD (excess fast waves, which I had too) that can be improved with neurofeedback. Or so they say.

anon63589023 · October 18, 2016, 8:25pm

I feel my ocd is incurable. I also can’t take an antidepressant. I doubt that’d cure it either though!

anon80629714 · October 18, 2016, 8:36pm

I am going for psychotherapy soon

Ninjastar · October 18, 2016, 9:15pm

I do neurofeedback and yoga. I never responded well to propranolol or antidepressants.

Esm · October 18, 2016, 9:25pm

I just started cbt for it today. Hope it helps

Ninjastar · October 18, 2016, 9:26pm

CBT is amazing for lots of people. It was torture for me.

Esm · October 18, 2016, 9:29pm

Yea i can’t imagine the part where i’m gonna be forced to face fears and refrain from compulsions will be fun.

Ninjastar · October 18, 2016, 9:31pm

If you can handle it it truly works. When I tried to refrain from my compulsions, my skin would start burning and I would get stabbing pains. Now, I realize it may have been tactile hallucinations.

magicmindedman · October 18, 2016, 10:34pm

I started sertraline/Zoloft not long ago and it lifted my mood right away and had effect of making my obsessions and compulsions totally consistent instead of being so anxiety driven and episodic. Still, I don’t believe there is any cure for my OCD because it is also tied in with cognitive distortions that are part of my schizophrenia. And there is probably no medication or therapy that will treat the negative symptoms of sz.

TheGreatestDrZen · October 18, 2016, 11:34pm

I find that too much of one thing can be a bitch… OCD can be helpful and most time not. the balance is there if you lesson less to the idea in your head and more to the people around you. you be less likely to clean stuff.

anon58900831 · October 19, 2016, 1:16am

I have obsessive thought disorder i just take 0,25 mg ativan and do breathing exercises

Thanna · October 19, 2016, 2:29am

I have multiple compulsive addictive personality
Not the same thing but this covers everything
It’s me all over
Cured compulsive spending through experience after years of dysfunction
Now trying to deal with sugar

anon73478309 · October 19, 2016, 9:17am

Mindfulness against ocd. http://discovermagazine.com/2013/nov/14-defense-free-will

Wave · October 19, 2016, 8:55pm

Antidepressants are really the only thing that works for OCD
Everything else is secondary

anon63589023 · October 19, 2016, 8:57pm

You can’t use ads though right wave? I know I can’t because I’m rapid cycling schizoaffective. And you’re similar right? Wellbutrin caused my two biggest psychotic breaks. My doctor said no to ads because of my history. It’s just something I gotta deal with.

Ninjastar · October 19, 2016, 8:57pm

I can’t take antidepressants because they make me manic. Neurofeedback works amazingly.

Wave · October 19, 2016, 9:07pm

Hi @chew Yes I can’t take any kind of AD because like you I have rapid cycling Schizoaffective Disorder.
But for people who don’t have Manic features and have OCD, Antidepressants usually work well.

Hey @Ninjastar Yeah I can’t take ADs because they will cause manic and mixed episodes also.
I’m glad that Neurofeedback works for you ninja star

anon73478309 · October 20, 2016, 7:44pm

Oh I forgot to say: i use saffron (30mg/day) now. It seems to work not as harsh as an antidepressant, but I do feel it helps the OCD a bit. But for people who can’t use an AD - i wouldn’t try it.

anon72351231 · October 21, 2016, 4:32am

@anon73478309 I won’t continue to use Inderal (propranolol), I read some horror stories about coming off of it, heart failure and so on. So I’ll just ask my pdoc for a way to deal with them… I have an appointment in January so I’ll suck it up until then.