renegadeofjunk

Thanks Ashley, especially for the book recommendations which I think will be really helpful! I've had CBT a couple of times before but feel like, like a nasty virus, my OCD constantly evolves and becomes resistant! I'll see what IAPT say, and perhaps be a bit easier on my GP. I'm still on medication but tapering off Sertraline to switch back to Citalopam as I've found Sertraline pretty bad. She did send me an OCD workbook but it was really more of a leaflet of things I already know!

Hello, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to tell me about their experiences of accessing ERP? I feel like I've hit a bit of a brick wall with my GP I think who has switched my medication back and prescribed Going For A Walk, I've been put on the CBT waiting list via IAPT and asked whether that will be with ERP so waiting for their response but in the meantime I'm considering going private. I'd love to hear any tips on how to get the best out of my GP though!

Hello, I'm new! I've joined because I feel like my (what I suspect is) OCD feels incredibly out of control and I'm finding it really hard to relax. A lot of my worry is about sleeping or dying. I worry I'll die in my sleep, I worry about my health and other people's health. I do have some compulsions but they come and go and sometimes I feel able not to act on them. There are specific things I do in my night time routine and I can feel myself adding more steps, and weird things I do when I see feathers. However a lot of it seems to just go on in my head - I worry things are omens, I worry things mean something and I'll look up superstitions, pretty much whenever I want to do something I worry it will have bad consequences. I also constantly feel overwhelmed by things I *have* to do around the house and end up so worried that I don't do anything or even nice things. I've had CBT a couple of times but I'm not sure its quite been right, I'm on Sertraline having recently switched from Citalopram and I'm a bit concerned its made me worse. I find this really hard to articulate to my GP and worry that maybe I don't have OCD at all and that I'm just right and everything will have bad consequences. I also worry that because it seems to fluctuate so whenever I've had therapy I've been in a fairly good period, and because I'm functioning pretty normally (I can resist compulsions but have to accept that I'm just constantly worried) that I don't really get taken seriously enough when I discuss it with health professionals. Anyway I would love to hear from anyone who's had a similar experience, or any advice is very welcome!