I just joined today. I have been diagnosed OCD for probably over 20 years. I did get some therapy sometime back and that helped. I am on meds. I start my day with 3 St John’s Wort tabs and a 30 mg Paxil (paroxetene - but too long to write out all the time); later in the day I take a second 30 mg. At night, we just started a 0.5 mg of risperidone. I have also been give Valium that I can take up to 4 times a day, 10 mg light blues.
I have to say that OCD is a wretched thing that has consumed years off of my life. I am going on 59 (baby boomer who refuses to grow old) - but I know how much time I spend, my wife spends helping me out of mental jams when I cannot - and it has been a curse.
I imagine that some of you have OCD and others know those who do. But if you have it, the curse is in some weirdly constructed manner a blessing as well as a bane. Some of the same things that have made me successful in life from a healthy perspective, are the same things that, when out of control, are the OCD behaviors that wreak havoc in my life.
I am much better now than I was 30-40 years ago (I had it before I knew what it was). Even over the last 20 years I have gotten better. But it is hard work and unrelenting work. I hope there are successes out there whom are willing to share their stories. It will be hard for me to read all about everything that you have all shared to this point, but I am interested from this point forward.
So hello and welcome to me.