Posted by yxibow on September 10, 2006, at 4:19:43
In reply to Re: Does anti-psychotics help, or worsen, OCD?, posted by notfred on September 9, 2006, at 21:25:22
> "you can't talk to illness'!
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> But you can learn skills to cope.
> Like learning not to see things as either black or white.Which is behavioural therapy.... more or less.
When you learn these skills, you can apply it the next time OCD floats into life, because short of a caudatotomy (which would leave one with quite a mess), OCD is there for the long haul. But that doesn't mean that it cannot be overcome again with the same skills. Sometimes it will require medication again, that doesn't mean one is weak -- rather one is seeking help for a bad flareup.
-- tidings
Jay
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