Posted by tom_traubert on November 29, 2004, at 9:19:38
In reply to Re: Meds for Obsessional Thoughts, posted by TommyIsland on November 29, 2004, at 2:11:55
> Thanks for the great insight again Tom. I know what u mean about just getting away from the thoughts and not dwelling into them. Let me tell u a little history for a moment about my condition. I hit rock bottom at 15 in high school. I was a popular kid with many many friends who talked a mile a minute and told jokes like it was my job. Then like a strike of lightning I became paralyzed with the obsessive thoughts, then came the depression, then came the anxiety. Over the next few years I became for able to "banish" the thoughts or "forget the really scary ones" if u will. I seemed to have control for years but then it reached a peak again and the thoughts spiraled out of control again. So I do agree with you that life improves when your not thinking about these thoughts. However, in my case, they went away for years and then came back with more power than ever...........it's like I had them in jail and they broke out. Is there any medication that you've encountered that helps to ease the thoughts and banish them more easily. I agree being drug free is the ultimate goal but sometimes it takes some excellent meds to help you in getting there. Once again thanks there buddy.
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>Happy to help, Tommy. Again, Anafranil worked great for me, but I started on it 12 years ago. I'm pretty sure since then new drugs have been developed to combat ocd, but I don't know which are best.
You say the thoughts went away for years and then came back. My guess is that a period of stress or a new stage of life came along with more responsibility. is that right? Because that's what happened to me. It hit me when I was 18 and went away to college. It first became unmanageable with the onset of puberty, sort of dealt with it, but then the responsibility of college and making it and creating a life for myself and everything else an 18 year old goes through just opened the gates. It makes you think that the things you are going through causes the ocd, but I've found that it's not the case at all, it's not that simple. The ocd is there as a pattern first and foremost and attaches itself to whatever is in your life. A stressful event brings it out more, but doesn't cause it. You can manage the symptoms for awhile, build elaborate crutches that work, but the pattern the pattern the pattern has to be seen or you're going nowhere fast.
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