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OCD Treatment

Darawanker
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Hi all, I am a long term OCD sufferer that has intrusive thoughts take over my life. I have been taking medication for many years now which have helped but lately I feel the OCD is beginning to win again. I have not seen a psychiatrist for many years but am considering revisting that. Does anyone know if there are any new therapies available as I am sick of just taking drugs and them not really working.
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romantic_thi3f
Blue Voices Member
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Hi Darawanker,

Welcome to the forums and thank you for being here. Can I ask, are you referring to psychological therapies?

If you are, then yes. While there's a lot that can be used for OCD there's one that's fairly common that I'll share with you and hopefully that will help.

It's called CBT-ERP. That stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Exposure Response Prevention. While that sounds like a hell of a handful, it's basically a therapist working with you on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours - and looking at ways to gently expose yourself to the things that scare you.

It might sound a bit daunting, but it is a step by step process, and the therapist goes at a pace that works for you. As a very basic example, if you felt like a pool was contaminated, the ultimate goal might be swimming with friends, but one of the small steps to do that might be driving by the pool or being near a pool.

If you want to read more on this you can look here - http://beyondocd.org/information-for-individuals/cognitive-behavior-therapy

I hope that this helps - feel free to have a search for OCD in here and there's lots of people talking about their own experiences.

RT