Living With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | taking zoloft + living with anxiety
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 2019
- Time to open up and get real today, I talk about how obsessive compulsive disorder has been something I’ve struggled with my entire life. Reaching my mid 20’s I realized it got significantly worse, and it was time for a change. Here I talk about my decision for 2019, being a new year, to start taking medication for my OCD, what OCD is as a mental disorder, and how I hope to help myself.
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You have no idea how much of blessing this to stumble across this video. Lately my ocd has been its all time worse and living with it everyday is just painful. I’ve been feeling so alone and strange in this thing feeling like nobody would understand but being able to relate to you has just made me feel so much better that I’m not alone ❤️
How are you doing now?
What I do is keep reminding myself of how logically I think,and knowing that no matter how real this ideas in my head seem,and how i interpreted those incoming signals,I just tell myself that i'm overreacting,I won't deny that the negative feelings that comes along with ocd disappear,but little by little you start to réalise that its just another episode,just be aware of those unreal and negative idea and separate them from your reality,keep telling yourself the logical conclusions and keep affirming them so that they'll establish stronger,i'm now trying to face it without any medication,wish me luck guys.
Hope your doing well today my friend 🙏🏿
She’s right something in our heads is broken or a missing gap between neurons, it’s ok to admit that doesn’t mean your lesser of a person, in fact this is the new norm. Zoloft helped me with my OCD and it got really really worse with age.
How are you now ?
This was incredibly courageous. A lot of what you shared aligns closely with the things I have experienced. I am in awe frankly of your courage.
Only partially through watching but the manifestations of your OCD sound spot on like mine.... And might I say you are so much more eloquent in describing it than I can stumbling over every other word!
Thank you so much for sharing this, has really helped me understand what my son is going through ❤
been on cipralex for 6 months now , been living with severe ocd since I was young and was only really diagnosed 9 months ago because I couldn't act normal anymore and couldn't do day to day tasks , I just turned 23 so I'm really struggling with the fact that I'm gonna need to live with this for the rest of my life. seeing this video helped me a lot , relating to you on a different level !
Thank you for making this video!
How are you now?
Zoloft and Gabapentin have been SO helpful for my intrusive thoughts!! The gabapentin makes my brain a quiet place and peaceful.
It took so much courage for you to speak about your experience publicly. I too suffer from OCD. I have yet to try medication, I definitely want to. ERP therapy is supposedly considered the gold standard for treatment. I know you said it’s expensive but I found an app called NOCD that you may find helpful. Therapy is actually quite affordable through the app, especially if your insurance is accepted. All licensed OCD therapists with wonderful reviews. I start my second session this week. Wishing you the best! Hope you’re doing well.
I am also starting NOCD, how is it going for you now? Did it work?
I could literally write a novel about how much I can relate. I'll sum it up with short descriptions from when I was a child and had no idea that what I was doing was a symptom of OCD, until now, where I realized that the majority of my life is controlled by this mental illness....
I used to stop in the middle of what I was doing, no matter the place or time, to untie and "re-tie" my shoes because I had to make sure each shoes was tightened at exactly the same tension as the other... I did similar things with my hair, making sure each side was exactly symmetrical with the other... As I said before, I could go on and on with the little things that I did and had no idea was a symptom of my OCD...
Fast forward to now, and I am checking my front door, back door, side door, and garage door at least 10 to 20 times before I can leave that house. From checking the stove, all electrical outlets, flipping light switches, and the endless anxiety of something happening to a loved one, it is completely debilitating. It controls my life... I found your video today because I typed in treating OCD with Zoloft and I was curious about any reviews people had. I did this because my new doctor suggested and prescribed it to me today...
Just listening to your "testimony" nearly brought me to tears. I have lost relationships, jobs, and friendships over this issue. As you mentioned multiple times in your video, people that don't have it and nonchalantly use it as a joke to describe being nitpicky do not realize the severity of really having this disorder. As I'm sure you know, it's not their fault though. If we were to have never had it, we wouldn't know any better either. I just want you to know that I understand 100%....
I hope that this medication has continued to be beneficial for you, for the sake both of us, and anyone else that is going through this!!! :)
I also developed pure O when I was nine and it started with religious thoughts as well... I understand so well the feelings of guilt. I think this mental illness is rooted in Guilt, perhaps experienced at a very young age. The only way I found to control this (and even make the symptoms dissapear) are antidepressants. I wish you the best!
Also don't worry if one medication doesn't work for you. I've tried so many... Some worked others haven't.
me too, I know how terrible this is and the guilt, I would pray God to forgive me all the time
@@Rocio-wy2eg please I'm really going through it right now im losing my mind over this and I feel disgusted with myself. What medication helped for you? Been through a bunch without any success. ✝️❤️🙏
@@right..5651try to stop submitting to the ocd thoughts like if you think you have to do something than don’t do it and in my experience they will have less power over you
Acupuncture
Props on the video and share! It’s not easy but awareness is everything! Subbed to your channel and found inspiration here for mine! Keep doing you!
Courtney, will you be doing an update video? It’s comforting to hear your not alone and I’m sure we’re wondering if the medication has helped.
I am currently dealing with PURE O , but I wanted to ask have you ever heard of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) or Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) best well known method for all OCD. Exposing yourself to the fears you’ve created in your head instead of suppressing them. E.g losing your boyfriend , instead of saying how you don’t want to lose him tell yourself that you want to lose him and sit with that feeling. What that will do is rewire the brain to no longer fear that thought and it will gradually decrease the better your become at letting the thoughts sit. I’m dealing with mines currently and I hope that helps you along your journey. You are strong and brave !
Thank you so much for this, I just started taking Zoloft also. Let's pray to god that our OCD gets better
How are u now did the zoloft help at all?
@@Smiley_410 i still have to give it some time, sooo I'll let you know!
I'm considering medications as well. Do share your progress! would be grateful to know.
@@bloodplaguedwolf8055 much difference?
I would say there is a difference, just be careful. At first it's hell, but once you get going on them. They work good!
had ocd since 13, one theory is that it's cause by a viral infection @ onset of menses, and I developed it then and always had viral infections...ocd is one of the worst illnesses to have bc it's not voluntary and so misunderstood. We're cogent and in touch with reality but it's such a misunderstood illness.
Thank you for sharing! I was looking for an update from you. Did you find this helped? If so, what dosage worked? Thanks again! 🙏🏽
Zoloft was the most commonly prescribed antidepressant in the USA in 2018 with over 38 million prescriptions.
Hi, my name is Dorothy. I have ocd, I dwell on words and it is a definite mental disorder. I'm on 60 paxil, lamotrine 150- 2x a day and over the counter ZAC. and Clonapin as needed. think I am getting immune to them. One thing I found helps, is listening with earphones before sleep to subliminal videos. There are so many, for different disorders. I go on the ones that are for intrusive thoughts and ocd. They have subliminal affirmations that get to your sub conscious Good luck. There is also online help where therapists give tips on how to deal with the problem. I know what your going though and it is very difficult! What meds. do you take? Love to you. Keep praying.
Oh my gosh!!!!! I suffer from the exact same thing! I keep having these horrible thoughts that I don’t mean about god, and i just cannot seem to keep them away:( so now i am on medication but it’s not doing much
How are you now?
Was just curious if you had any updates on how the medication went for you if it ended up working or if you stopped taking it? Thank you hope you are doing well!!!❤
OMG!! you sound so much like me and it happened to me around that age too
But I’m going to my doctor next week and we’re going to talk about it see if that’s a smart thing to do because that is a lot to take in one day
Hi...not sure if you will see this as it's been a long time ago since you posted this...but I'm starting this journey with ocd and just now got on zoloft and I am hoping you can share with me how it helped or didn't help...praying you are feeling better!
Thanks for the video, can I ask what’s the update on taking a higher dosage for your ocd? Are you at 100mg and it’s helping? Take care
I take 5HTP, Inositol, and b-vitamins and I went from 8 panic attacks a day. to none if a month or so. My OCD went from severe to mild. I was happy for a couple years. But now it's back and as worse as ever. I'm considering switching to Zoloft. I'm a little bummed it'd didn't work for you. Multiple attempts at Exposure therapy have not worked for me. I think my condition is to severe
Hello young lady I was watching your video I’m on Zoloft I’ve been on it for like three years I went from 100 to 200 now I just want to 300 not from my doctor and I think it’s working better my thoughts are not so overwhelming
Thank you
I can relate to some of the things that you said. I'm on sertraline for ocd too. When bad thoughts pop up instead of tensing up and fighting against them try to relax and ignore them. I will say a prayer for you also.
What dose are you on? I just upped my dose from 50 to 100.
@@rachaelwitchey8268 I'm on 100 mg right now.
@@zackbuzza583 nice, did you notice a difference?
@@rachaelwitchey8268 maybe a little. I think therapy will help. Also I may need to bump up to 150 mg. I've heard that ocd generally requires a higher dose to be effective vs depression. But everybody is different. Talk to your doctor and see what they say. Don't change dosage by yourself and definitely don't quit taking them cold turkey. If you decide you want to come off them you have to taper off very slowly. Probably better to do it over a course of many months lowering the dosage by 12.5 mg every couple weeks. A doctor may say to taper off over a course of four weeks but from what I've learned you should do it much slower than that.
@@zackbuzza583 Are you healed brother? 🙏
If no one else in these comments understands. trust me I do
If it sounds crazy, imagine living it. Just sought treatment after going 26 years of your similar story! I am hopeful
How are you doing now?
Everything you just said happens with me where not bad people just remember that av just started taking sertraline hope it works
I've dealt with OCD that manifests in ruminative worry about hurting people's feelings and making bad decisions and mistakes. I have tremendous low self esteem, guilt, shame, depression and GAD. I've been on nearly all SSRIs (zoloft and prozac have not tried) and found paxil worked best but stopped due to deal breaking side effects. I'm on 100mg luvox and 15mg remeron and increasing to 150 luvox.
How are you now?
Been 4 months.. How did Luvox go? I sure it's good.. would you mind doing a brief update now.. Hope you're doing well..
I'm switching to Zoloft from luvox. I've been on celexa, cymbalta, lexapro, paxil with amitryptyline, remeron, rexulti, nefazodone and lamotrigine. luvox made me completely flat and adehonic at 100mg and extremely depressed at 150mg with suicidal ideation. im getting therapy through NOCD now. the only drug that makes my anxiety go away is klonopin .25mg as needed. my psych may add the amitryptyline because that did see. to help.
...and I was diagnosed just recently with complex PTSD so my psych says my fight,flight,freeze is always active and exacerbates my OCD. UGH. endure. just endure.
@@northernstar1869 Wow.. can totally understand what you're going thru.. stay strong you will get thru this.. just a rough patch..
Hav heard a lot of positive feedback regarding Zoloft.. is it helping the OCD now?
btw, do see if you also experience ADHD and Bipolar like symptoms..
Do you still take Zoloft and what have been all of your side effects? I’m currently on Lexapro 10mg but my doctor wants me to switch but I have anxiety about the side effects and switching
How is Lexapro going for you?
Do you have an update on this?
hi i just recently went to a psychiatrist and got officially diagnosed of ocd after years from childhood of suffering from symptoms. I was given satraline 50mg and to be honest im rlly having second thoughts of continuing the medication as im afraid of side effects from taking it and the side effects from withdrawing from it in the near future. any advices? i just took 1 last night as my first time and the moment i woke up i definitely felt something strange and uncomfortable.
How is it now for you?
@@samia6888 ello mate i stopped taking it at year end last year. i was rlly paranoid and confused by my thoughts and actions whether they were contolled by me or influenced by the medicine. right now i'm just like trying to sort things out, maybe hopefully go to therapy but i rlly dont know. i'm just trying to live life like i should hoping for better days and better things in life. btw thanks for asking.
OCD is very curable. I didnt have OCD for years because i did ERP (Exposure response prevention). Honestly ERP is the only thing that realy works with OCD, it doesnt manage the symptoms but also kill the ocd monster. Please look into it. On youtube there is a channel from Ali Greymond, she is an OCD coach who had OCD herself and she has over 1000 videos online to help you get rid of OCD yourself.
OCD requires max dosage of an ssri for 12-16 weeks
I have severe "Pure O" harm OCD. I just watched this video and I have a doctor's appointment in about an hour to see about switching from Lexapro to Zoloft. I'm super nervous and feeling very discouraged because I'm not sure if it's going to help anything. Since you posted this video back in January, are you doing anything now that has seriously made a significant difference for you?
I've only told a few people about my OCD and they couldn't believe it. Sometimes I feel like I'm just suffering in silence but I do tell my boyfriend about my thoughts (bless him) allll the time. I know my stress 24/7 and the constant reassurance can be taxing on others which makes me feel guilty. :/ I need to start ERP again but I'm trying to switch medications first. Sorry for the rant, but yes! Anything that's helped you please let me know.
I have the same situation, did Zoloft help you at all? I just got prescribed and I’m pretty nervous lol
TrainedCYBORG09 yes I’ll answer I yelped me a lot been in for years 👍👍
Hey friend.. I'd really appreciate if you did a brief update about your issue.. God bless..
@@virathiyam5401 Hi! During that time, the doctor actually ended up prescribing me Prozac which messed me up so badly...It made me suicidal and it was NOT a good time. After going back, they ended up doubling my Lexapro dosage from 10 mg to 20 mg and that along with doing exposure therapy as much as possible, also on my own, and being sarcastic with myself about the intrusive thoughts (“oh sure, thanks for that”) sort of deal, I am SO much better than I was before. You have to take away its power and just remind yourself every time it happens that it’s just your OCD and it isn’t actually you. I am so so much better now. Best of luck to everyone and remember that what medication helped me may not help you, you’ve just gotta try different things and never give up. I felt like giving up and never thought I would be where I am now ❤️
@@ch.8325 Amen ❤️🙏
I discovered it at the age of 30. Then many things in my life began to make sense (since I was a kid). We all have different struggles but that feeling of "nobody understands me" isn't really true. We're going to make it! If you put your trust in God he promised he'll keep you till the end!
sertraline 100 mg or Zoloft 🙏🏼❤️
Are you still taking zoloft? x
Hows the zoloft working for ya now? I to have extremely badd OCD intrusive thoughts that make me very scared. They ripped me off my anti-depressant in the hospital after a break down and everything has spiraled sense than. I'm waiting for my psychiatry us to pull her head out of her rear end and prescribe it back to me. I just got out of the emergency Room yesterday for a panic attack from them thoughts. I'm always freaking out that my husband's gonna cheat on me or hes gonna die you name it...
I’m so sorry you’re suffering with intrusive thoughts. As someone who suffers daily from them, I know the struggle. It’s a tough thing to experience, that a lot of people don’t understand. And it’s impossible to put into words.
Unfortunately Zoloft didn’t work for me. I removed myself from it.
I started taking a high dosage of vitamin D, St. John’s wart, magnesium, and 5htp. So far that mixture of vitamins has been working pretty well for me. The thoughts are still there, but it makes hem tameable.
@@CourtneyCoxx you are sooo lucky that it works for you. And the method you are taking is prescribed by doctor?
@@CourtneyCoxx St John's Wort is a mild mao and worsened my ocd and anxiety, everyone's neuro-chemistry is individual and what works for one may not for another
@@CourtneyCoxx hey… mixing saint John’s Wort and 5htp is really dangerous.
Chiming in....
She grew up religious..... started having religious intrusive thoughts..... and then spiraled...
Clearly...... and many reports are starting to acknowledge that ocd is actually ptsd.....
The ocd “thoughts” are a way for the brain to (original) protect the brain from the trauma....
You tube “ocd is ptsd” to get a glimpse of what I am talking about
Ur extremly wrong
@Makai Threads 😅
Look at my name.
everytime woman I dated said I text too much and named as insecure it meant I've OCD LOL
Hi
Just have to tell you PLEASE speak louder your not speaking loud enough thanks. Iam interested in what your talking about l need to hear it.
Everything your going threw, I'm going threw as well beside taking pics lol
Ocd sucks doesn’t it?
@@CourtneyCoxx I want to get on zoloft, but I'm not sure how its gonna effect me
Try to avoid using the word broken when speaking about mental illness