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Posted 6/10/2013 6:38 AM (GMT 0)
I have Pure OCD harm / going crazy type and I think I also have GAD. I was taking cymbalta until february then I began to have sleeping problems and panic attacks. I quit cymbalta I had the worse withdrawal with panic attacks and Extreme anxiety and OCD for one month and half. Then because my OCD and anxiety wouldn't go away I tried Prozac because I heard is good for OCD. I felt weird and high and very nauseous my stomach couldn't handle it after 4 weeks I stopped it. I am a college student I almost lost the semester because of cymbalta withdrawal, I couldn't even stand it, for 4 weeks I couldn't even walk straight. Right now June I have anxiety and really bad OCD, and since I am aware of what I try to not obsess and do what I learned before with my psychologist , I try to not do any compulsion for example if I am afraid of hurting someone clearning something in the kitchen , I do not run away from my fear I stay there doing what I have to do with anxiety and panic but I still do everything . My OCD jumps from being afraid of going crazy, of hallucinating having schizophrenia , of being a bad person, of hurting somone, getting depressed and hurting myself ( I am terrified of getting depressed) or any thought that scares me it could be anything. Its a constant worry about all my stupid intrusive thoughts I know I have nothing but OCD makes me doubt and think I have all I worry and when i doubt I panic . I am not taking any pill right now for OCD , I have tried Luvox, Prozac, Lexapro , Zoloft and Cymbalta. The one that worked was Lexapro for one year and half I felt normal , still with OCD but normal then after some family and school problems. I got panic attacks again, I then I began cymbalta. I really don't know what to do I only take xanax a night to sleep when i need it because in the day I never take anything I try to take the panic and stand it. I am just really afraid because I have a good life, I love my family and my boyfriend and I am tired of this. I want to be calm I think cymbalta really hurt me because I never experienced anxiety this bad for such a long time.

Thank you for all your help and opinions. smhair shakehead confused
Posted 6/10/2013 11:40 AM (GMT 0)
Lunakg1,

I have a lot of the same symptoms as you. I see a therapist once every two weeks and his opinion is that pure "o" and general anxiety disorder really overlap a lot, so the difference between the two as a categorization doesn't matter that much.

Currently, I am on small doses of meds, mainly to help me sleep. During the course of the day, whenever my obsessive thoughts hit and trigger bad feelings, I just repeatedly remind myself that it's all anxiety and that I have an overall good life. Truthfully, I think many people have repeated obsessive thoughts throughout the day, but as anxiety sufferers we attach more meaning to them (ie they are driving is crazy, we won't ever be able to think about anything else etc.). I try to replace those thoughts with the calming thought that it's all anxiety, and that I am not that different than everyone else. I can't say it always works, but it seems to help.

I think these types of solutions are very prevalent in cognitive behavioral therapy. Definitely check out the worksheets on this website, even running through them in your head may help. And definitely see the doc, they help a lot as well.
Posted 6/11/2013 5:53 AM (GMT 0)
I think I might go back to lexapro :/ and take therapy! IT is the only pill I am able to tolerate. It doesn't take the OCD away but it makes the anxiety very low. To a point where I can control it and forget about the intrusive thoughts. It worked for one year and at some point I felt almost free of OCD. It was the only pill I took. Is either that or valium but I feel lexapro could help me , I also took it when i had some IBS problems when I was 17 so I think I might go back to it :/
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