There's got to be more

[bruces]

Is there really nothing else that can be used as treatment? Can they not do some kind of brain surgery to alleviate ocd and gad,a person cannot live with this amount of worry and the constant craving for life to end ?

[DRFCno1]

There are other options (DBS etc..) but they would be difficult to access on the NHS and would be quite expensive privately. There are various trials that you can volunteer for on the NHS but would have to meet certain criteria like having tried intensive inpatient CBT which I would recommend you try first before going down the surgery route.

Hope you feel better soon bruces.

[bruces]

I'm having cbt but I can't deal with it really

[DRFCno1]

How often are you getting CBT?

[Caramoole]

I'm having cbt but I can't deal with it really

Why not?

[bruces]

I can't take it in there's just so much information

[Ashley]

I can't take it in there's just so much information

Bruces, you are looking for a quick fix option, a magic pill, a magic light switch. I am afraid it does not work like that, you have to be prepared to work at recovery and previous threads have suggested that is not something you have been overly proactive at? (sorry, but it seems to be how I read your threads).

[bruces]

I just can't seem to have any hope,to get well you need a positive outlook but I can't seem to manage that.

[Guest yinyang]

I can understand how being severely depressed can give you a negative attitude but surely you must have a goal?

You want to be free of OCD and depression right?

So look at that as your positive outlook, that's what to aim for.

CBT is hard and you have to put the effort in for your end goal.

Infact I would say that if you don't come out of a session with your feather's ruffled, then your not putting in enough effort or your therapist isn't doing their job properly.

If your having trouble taking in all the information then tell your therapist and he/she will be able to adjust to suit you, it's nothing to be ashamed of

[bruces]

I'm so deeply depressed I find it hard to engage and then when I've been my ocd kicks in and I try to go over the meeting word for word, in such a terrible place at the minute alls I can think about is when will life end

[Guest yinyang]

Make sure your therapist knows all this, write it down while it's fresh in your mind if it helps and take it with you on your next session

[bruces]

Many things add up to create a very difficult situation on top of the ocd

[Guest]

I wish you would admit yourself for inpatient help at an OCD centre. If you firstly took out health insurance and then went to an OCD centre the insurance company could pay for it. NHS services here: http://www.veale.co.uk/resources-support/public-information/ocd/

[Guest yinyang]

"Many things add up to create a very difficult situation on top of the ocd"

Yes unfortunately that's the case for most of us also. That's why it's important to be as open with your therapist as possible

Edited November 26, 2015 by yinyang

[bruces]

My therapist reccomended that I move ?

[Guest yinyang]

Then maybe you should take that into consideration?

[bruces]

My mind is just really not cut out for life ?

[Guest yinyang]

It's kept you going this long, would be a shame to give up on it now

[bruces]

It hasn't though lol my mind has been at the heart of every problem in my life and has ruined every aspect of it,it really annoys me when you read these sayings like suicide is a permanant solution to a temporary problem and suicide is never the answer,don't get me wrong I'm not about to kill myself but I know my problems will only end when my life does ?

[Guest yinyang]

That's why you need to kick up a gear with your therapy.

It's not designed for the hell of it, it change's lives.

It could be your life it change's

[Guest]

When I moved to a place where there was support and built upon that, life came good. As scary as moving may be, why don't you be an inpatient at an OCD centre, build up your strength, get good advice and clarity and then you'll have a clearer idea where you can try again at life

[bruces]

If I had some direction it would help,just don't know where to go regarding work,life etc

[Guest]

Well you aren't going to know these things at the moment and it isn't the time to sort out the job situation etc. those things are too complicated for a sick person to even contend with thinking about. So don't try to sort it out in your mind for now. Can your GP not give a written referral to an OCD inpatient centre? That would be all you need to do at the moment. Get a GP referral to an OCD centre and then everything will sort itself out once you are in an inpatient program.

[bruces]

How is your life Orwell are you on the road to recovery?

[Guest]

Why not try this? http://www.bath.ac.uk/psychology/mental-health-partnership/making-referrals/