I'm assuming you gradually weaned off your medication dose under the direction of your doctor? You seem quite switched-on when it comes to your mental health, but it never hurts to ask! You have insight into your OCD, which is great. It's unfortunate that going off your meds was unhelpful, due to being triggered by a horrid movie. I'm glad you have been able to commit to CBT and see a genuine change in your symptoms.
My OCD obsessions are germs and illness, and my main compulsion is hand washing. I would avoid the exposure and response tasks. I did CBT twice as a teenager, though I wasn't fully committed to the program. CBT combined with the right medication can be really effective. I'm glad that your mental health symptoms were under control for several years. I have now been on an SSRI for four years, from age 19-23.
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I then went medication free until I was 19, when I developed an atypical eating disorder that fed into the OCD. I was on a cocktail of meds until the age of 16. I was diagnosed with OCD at 13 by a psychiatrist. Just like you trying to help each other out Or you can keep chatting on the BB forums. You can always call the helpline or chat online to the counsellors in the tabs at the bottom left of this page. I put my trust in the dr (if I couldn't trust them I would find a different one as I needed one I could connect to) and I have found that has helped. I was on an SSRI and they changed me to an SNRI (they almost put me on a different SSRI but they decided against it, I just let them chose what was best for me as they know my history). My psych changed my medication mid way through this year too. I also know the struggle of medications and finding the right one. I can't always put them together if my brain is struggling for mind space (so to speak) but thinking of one of these things helps. Even little things like my family, the happy family movies, the weather etc. I try remember all the good things about christmas. I hope you can still be excited for xmas, I know it is hard. I know how intrusive thoughts can take up your whole day and your whole train of thought. We are all here to support each other in the BB forums. Me and Hylo know how it feels and how terrible it is. Even remembering those days (without having active intrusive thoughts but memories of past ones) can make me feel terrible. They are a lot more manageable and come less often but they do still affect me. I can relate to you as even thought I am relatively well (unfortunately my GAD is like the beach, sometimes it's smooth and some days it is rough with lots of waves) I still get some intrusive thoughts. It is scary to have unwanted thoughts about self harm amongst other things. For me this is one of the worst parts of an anxiety disorder. I went to headspace and talked to my mental health nurse about my thoughts and fears and he finally told me what it was, intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts are the worst aren't they?! I didn't know what they were until I was 23. I hate feeling like I'm the only one going through this. If anyone has any suggestions and or just can relate to this that would be great. This is devastating for me as I love Christmas time and I'm usually so happy during it. The scariest thought is that there's no escaping any of it and this makes it very hard for me to be happy and look forward to things. However mostly at night I still get some thoughts which scare me meoderetly and make me doubt everything. Since then things have improved such as the panic attacks and intensity of thoughts. I went back on meds in July however my new psychologist recommended another medication. Anything I try to think to reassure myself or what a family member says, my mind wants always has doubts even though these doubts aren't rational nor make any sense But the hardest things part is the way my OCD makes me doubt everything. I know they these are just thoughts which I don't want to actually happen. The most obsessive and intense thoughts are mostly to do with hurting myself and or going crazy.
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I went well for a few months until a horrible movie triggered intrusive thoughts similar to what I used to have. The last year however I tried going off my meds, thinking I had outgrown my anxiety. All my anxiety pretty much went away between ages 17 and 20 ( with help from meds and CBT). Since I was around 12 I started to have anxiety/ panic disorder and OCD symptoms and have been on medication since I was 15.
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