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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 20:47:25 +0200, Ann Shlapobersky <ashl…@kinneret.kinneret.co.il> wrote: >Are there ocd people who can make it without the drugs? >Thanks for listening, >Ann

Sure, I don’t use any prescription drugs for it. I would try them probably only it’s too much paperwork, money and time for me in the USA.

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Many people with OCD can get by with out drugs. They can benifit from cognitive behavioral treatment. I dont know what is available where you live but even self help books that explain this approch can be very helpful. I usually recomed Getting Control by Baer and Mastery of Your OCD by Foa. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Ann Shlapobersky wrote: > My daughter was diagnosed with OCD about five months ago. She had been > acting ‘differently’ for years (she’s 16 1/2), but we did know why. I > had been living on a roller coaster, never knowing what to expect. > Though a straight A students, she gave up going to classes 6 months ago > and sat in her room for weeks. Finally she agreed to get help and has > been in a pschic. ward for three months taking favoxel. The drug doesn’t > seem to be working anymore and they want to change it. My daughter wants > to go without any drug. she seems to have taken several steps forward > though, washing her own clothes and willing to see a few friends again. > Are there ocd people who can make it without the drugs? > It has been a long haul. I get support from my husband and her younger > sisters are trying to understand, but it’s not always easy for them. > As I live in Israel, the knowledge of this is not wide spread and I know > of no others with this type of problem. > Thanks for listening, > Ann

– Jim Claiborn Ph.D. ABPP J-Claiborn-…@worldnet.att.net If I survive this life without dying I’ll be supprised. Mulla Nasrudin

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My daughter was diagnosed with OCD about five months ago. She had been acting ‘differently’ for years (she’s 16 1/2), but we did know why. I had been living on a roller coaster, never knowing what to expect. Though a straight A students, she gave up going to classes 6 months ago and sat in her room for weeks. Finally she agreed to get help and has been in a pschic. ward for three months taking favoxel. The drug doesn’t seem to be working anymore and they want to change it. My daughter wants to go without any drug. she seems to have taken several steps forward though, washing her own clothes and willing to see a few friends again. Are there ocd people who can make it without the drugs? It has been a long haul. I get support from my husband and her younger sisters are trying to understand, but it’s not always easy for them. As I live in Israel, the knowledge of this is not wide spread and I know of no others with this type of problem. Thanks for listening, Ann

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Ann Shlapobersky Wrote: (Snips) >My daughter was diagnosed with OCD about five months ago. >Finally she agreed to get help and has been in a pschic. ward for >three

months taking favoxel. The drug doesn’t seem to be working >anymore and they want to change it. My daughter wants to go >without any drug. I am adult with OCD that was diagnosed a year ago.  I knew I had OCD, but held off diagnosis because I couldn’t deal with it until then (I also have a 16 y/o son with TS/Asperger’s/OCD/ADHD). I am not able to take any medication due to my responses to medications.  I am currently undergoing behaviour thereapy  with a psychologist and am also reading Brain Lock (at his suggestion).  It can be done, but it is really hard.  I have been very successful, my obssessive thoughts are still there, but are much quieter and I can deal with them.  Sometimes during times of stress they get worse, but I either distract myself with something I like to do or I "confront" the thought, I play it out in my head to what might happen and using the steps outlined in Brain Lock, I lessen the impact. My rituals have lessened greatly, to the point where I have much more time to enjoy doing the things I like and being me.  I think the most important thing I have learned is the difference between OCD and me.  I have separated the two, I am NOT OCD (which I call "It"), I am becoming more of myself and not listeneing to It. Pat

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