phild

Hi All, This is a big step for me as I’ve never posted on any forums before and have lived with Pure O on and off for 20+yrs. I was on a low dose of Citalopram 10mg for years and “had” been getting by ok for the past few years there were bad patches (Dad passed and mother has Dementia) but I handled them as best I could. But in Feb I then got Covid, the physical infection wasn’t too bad (+ I didn’t really find all the lockdowns too bad mentally) but since my Covid infection in Feb my pure O OCD and Anxiety has gone through the roof, so bad, think it’s a sign of long Covid? I’ve also been consulting Dr Google which can be a terrible for us OCD sufferers. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice/tips with old false memories? As they seem to be the worse of it all. Going over past happy events and false memories trying to change things. I’ve gone up from 10mg to 20mg 2 weeks ago and also my anxiety is bad anyone else know how long until I see even some minor improvements? 4-6?weeks I’ve read. Thanks for any advise as if you’re even on this forum you’ll also be suffering in some way. Thanks again Phil

Hi, sorry a little late to this and my first post on this forum, but YES my OCD is pure o manageable but mid Feb I got Covid not too badly (physically) but since then my OCD has gone through the roof, worst it’s ever been. There must be a link unfortunately