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Posted by ace on February 3, 2003, at 22:08:32
If anyone has tried Anafranil for OCD tell me the results. Wright as much as possible!
Posted by Kari on February 4, 2003, at 11:15:29
In reply to Anafranil for OCD - tell me your experiences!, posted by ace on February 3, 2003, at 22:08:32
Hi,
I took Anafranil for years and it had no effect at all on my depression or OCD... perhaps even made it worse. That was before the SSRIs were available...
Kari.
Posted by Jack Smith on February 4, 2003, at 12:52:43
In reply to Anafranil for OCD - tell me your experiences!, posted by ace on February 3, 2003, at 22:08:32
Ace,
You have said how great Nardil is but you seem to keep looking for something else--the perfect drug combo. I think maybe you should consider the Nardil in combo with CBT. I know CBT doesn't work when you are severely depressed but you seem to have beaten depression, you just still have some residual OCD. It seems like someone in this state is PERFECT for CBT to permanently wipe out your OCD. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those anti-medication nuts. I believe in medication but I also believe that there is no magic pill that is going to cure everything. . . . Just a thought and I truly don't mean to come off as condenscending, it just seems like you keep looking for something to bring you to a perfect state and I don't know if medication is the thing that is going to 100% conquer our illnesses.
Jack
Posted by michael73 on February 4, 2003, at 17:44:52
In reply to Anafranil for OCD - tell me your experiences!, posted by ace on February 3, 2003, at 22:08:32
I took anafranil for 5 years. It was like a smart pill for me. I had a sense of sureness in my decisions I never had before. Without medication I tend to be what people would call dense. I check instructions over and over (reading them start to finish) to be sure of my understanding. I beat little minute points to death and until I am mentally exausted. Anafranil seemed to have given me mental clarity. It also helped with shyness because I no longer felt so unsure of what I was going to say or afraid of how to come back if someone was confrontational towards me. It made me feel "normal" except for the side effects of a nervous tension not allowing me to relax and difficulty urinating. The most I could really handle was 50mg every 18 hrs which was something I thought up myself and probably not adviseable since I yo-yoed. Anafranil without the side effects would be a miracle for me! Michael73
Posted by ace on February 4, 2003, at 18:54:10
In reply to Ace??, posted by Jack Smith on February 4, 2003, at 12:52:43
> Ace,
>
> You have said how great Nardil is but you seem to keep looking for something else--the perfect drug combo.I'm not yet. I'm giving 90mg much more time time yet to kill OCD -- which it will.
I think maybe you should consider the Nardil in combo with CBT. I know CBT doesn't work when you are severely depressed but you seem to have beaten depression, you just still have some residual OCD. It seems like someone in this state is PERFECT for CBT to permanently wipe out your OCD. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those anti-medication nuts. I believe in medication but I also believe that there is no magic pill that is going to cure everything. . . .
I did CBT for years. In many respects it made OCD worse (along with Exposure & Response prevention. I don't believe you can talk a broken leg into healing. Same with biochemical issues. I think the CBT helps to live with the disease, not to treat it. CBT helped depression minimally. Nothing really helped my anxiety. Believe I did everything. I had heaps & heaps of self help books.
I believe their is a magic pill, or at least a combo. You hear of these ridiculous numbers of 40% relief from SSRI, so you then need CBT. Nonsense I say. Plenty of people find the right drug or combo to fix their symptoms 95-100%.
Just a thought and I truly don't mean to come off as condenscending, it just seems like you keep looking for something to bring you to a perfect state and I don't know if medication is the thing that is going to 100% conquer our illnesses.
Do you do any therapy Jack? Tell me your experiences. You don't sound condescending, it's just your view, which is perfectly fine.> Jack
Posted by calaway on February 7, 2003, at 11:25:21
In reply to Anafranil for OCD - tell me your experiences!, posted by ace on February 3, 2003, at 22:08:32
Hi Ace,
I took anafranil years 8 years ago and I was on it for just over 2 1/2 years. For me it was great. My only side affect was that I gained 30lbs on it(which I have never lost). For the first time in years I felt "normal". I haven't heard of any taking it for so long now that I wasn't even sure it was around any more.
I went off the anafranil and was drug free for about 8 months when I crashed. My new Dr. put me on Paxil. I did great on it as well, I recently switch to effexor to try and lose both my babies weight and my meds weight. I never was really happy with the effexor but have been coping. However I recently had a huge anxiety attack and now am going back to the Dr. to reevaluate meds again.
Good luck to you
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