Guest frazzle Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Hi I haven't been on for a long while, my OCD is still there and at the moment its very bad I would love some advice/support?! I fear I may cause harm without knowing, i.e. knock a small child into a busy road, or bump someone off a bridge etc I stopped driving because of it and I find it hard to get out by myself, I worry I'll cause a road accident by not being careful enough and everyone that passes me I have to look back to 'check ' they're ok, sometimes rewalking my route to check. I also have OCD around my home checking stuff. At the moment my OCD has latched onto a thought that I bumped a guy holding a baby in the mall, he was standing right on the edge of the balcony onthe upper floor, holding his baby and of course with my ocd I thought 'oh my God what if I bumped him and he dropped the baby over the balcony'! I did walk round again to check the baby and managed to put the thought away, well I suddely remembered it the other day and now I can't get rid of it, I feel sick with fear I've caused death! I can usually disregard these thoughts to a certain extent but this one feels scarily real and when I try to ignore it, I feel guilty like I'm ignoring something real and thats evil! A while back my psychiatrist wanted me on Risperdal to take along with my Clomipramine 250mg dose, I'm wondering whether to try this but am quite scared, I hada really bad time coming off of Valium years back I know this is different drug so I duno?! Any experiences with Risperdal you guys? Any advice with help with accepting this thought and not engaging with it, I try but I then feel guilty about ignoring something so potentially terrible! Thanks guys Edited January 24, 2012 by frazzle Link to comment
Guest Berick Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I'm on risperidone for the past month now, it's helped enormously, I don't know how i would have gotten through the roughest patches without it. while I can't help you with other advice (i'm very new to OCD) they put me on risperidone almost immediatly, and it's greatly helped. So if I were you i'd give it a try. Link to comment
Guest Suite Pea Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm on risperidol too, only mine is for Tourettes, not OCD. It has helped with the tics, but I haven't noticed any difference in the number of OCD thought, rituals, etc. I do find though that it makes me feel tired and cloggy - I've been on it for 4 years now though, and I've got used to the side effects. Link to comment
joanne123 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Hi just wanted to say your doing the right thing by not engaging with the thoughts well done and i hope the tablets start helping you x x Link to comment
Guest sarah1984 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Hi Frazzle, Risperdal/risperidone is an atypical anti-psychotic and belongs to a different group of meds from valium/diazepam which is a benzodiazepine. Valium is highly addictive and should only be prescribed on a short-term basis. First of all, don't let the name put you off - it doesn't mean that your psychiatrist thinks you're psychotic! Anti-psychotics can be used at very low doses to boost the effects of anti-depressants. They are also now being licensed to treat anxiety/depression as well. I've taken seroquel/quetiapine for nearly 18 months now alongside my venlafaxine. At first, I just took 75mg/day for the booster effect but I now take 300mg/day alongside 225mg venlafaxine. 150-300mg is the recommended dose for anxiety/depression while 600-800mg/day is used for schizophrenia/bipolar disorder. I take the extended release version and I take it at night time because it tends to make me sleepy, as Suite Pea found with risperidone. However, I've had no other negative side effects from it and I believe it's had a significant impact on my levels of anxiety and agitation. Here's a link to a really helpful free to download guide on anti-pyschotics by Rethink Mental Illness: http://www.rethink.o...est_medica.html Edited January 26, 2012 by sarah1984 Link to comment
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