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So OCD sufferers don’t have low serotonin?

Yeah - it started in 1995 and continues to this day.

Are you a doctor?

Really? How come there’s plenty of research suggesting OCD sufferers have low serotonin? Is this part of your anti-medication agenda?

I worked for a publishing company for years with OCD. No-one knew and it was very challenging and anxiety provoking. Despite this I got promoted several times. On the other hand I had to go to a lot of functions and on trips abroad and unfortunately developed a dependency on benzodiazepines and later alcohol which nearly killed me. At some point I started having extremely violent intrusive thoughts about people sat near me. That was the final straw. I went on sick leave and never went back.

What you describe seems different to the comment about “fishnet pictures”.

People with nothing to hide don’t need a browser that doesn’t track.

Thank you. Interestingly April 10 is the day of my meeting with the health trust. Yes it does sound like it could be helpful.

Ashley will be attending the meeting in April via zoom.

52 today and still debilitated by this horrible condition. It’s sometimes unreal to me that’s it’s been almost 29 years since that one thought came into my mind leading to decades of crippling anxiety. A meeting in April with senior managers of the NHS Trust to discuss access or rather lack of access to intensive treatment but I’m not feeling hopeful. I’m actually exhausted by what I’ve been through with mental health “professionals” in the last three years. I also have liver disease and am supposed to avoid unnecessary stress. Ha!

Is it? I’m pretty sure for many a combination of medication and appropriate therapy is beneficial. You have an anti-medication stance from what I recall - no?

I can’t stand it. It really affects my mood.

Thank you

Hi, in the absence of therapy I’m trying very hard for a couple of hours a day to deal with the noise of kids outside. So no “white noise” from YouTube, quieter or no music, windows open and going outside at times of day I was reluctant to previously. I suppose this is a bit like of ERP? It’s still very distressing.

Thank you Angst.