Posted by delna on October 17, 2009, at 1:46:52
In reply to Re: Parnate 4 OCD? Anyone with personal experience, posted by g_g_g_unit on October 16, 2009, at 20:07:05
Hi
Thanks for the info.
I saw the pub med articles (someone had posted a link here) and it talks about 2 people or about 5o% success rates in a small population of 8. I also read an alogrythym of OCD mamagement......http://www.psychiatryonline.com/popup.aspx?aID=149623
I am on klonopin at 2mg which I take for sleep and have done for years but it has never helped the OCD.My OCD doesn't come from general anxiety (which I also suffer from)- rather it has a existence all if its own. Initially doctors thought it was part of my mood disorder/ general anxiety.
But I get it even when I am high and the most telling is that a) I was diagnosed with having a co-morbid OCD condition by one of the most senior pdocs in the US b) when I was initially put on Geodon for the bipolar depression and anxiety, my pdoc thought Geodon would control the 'Obsessions' because it would help the anxiety put Geodon has activy on serotonin. So he withdrew me from my maintenance dose of an SSRI which I did because I trusted him implicitly.
All my mood and anxiety symptoms went away with the Geodon. I was 100% stable and anxiety free for some months. But suddenly 'bang' one day I got an obsessive thought which developed into an OCD episode that rapidly took over everything. Although he did not want to an an SSRI, initially taking me off Provigil as he thought it may be causing the OCD he eventually had to give me an SSRI. He also confirmed that OCD was indeed separate.So to answer your question, no it is not stress related at all. My OCD fears are typical of people who suffer from 'pure' OCD like contamination etc
Honestly I don't understand your question. No, it is not to personal at all- please ask away. I just don't understand what you are asking...
" if this is too personal, please feel free not to answer, but did your OCD turn psychotic from stress? mine's pretty bad. if i thought about just trying to manage it through therapy if Parnate doesn't work out (and indeed "going psychotic" is one of my OCD fears), so i was just wondering if it can happen to any OCD sufferer .."Thanks for the help and advice. And please do ask me the question again....
Take Care
Love
D
poster:delna
thread:921138
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20091012/msgs/921214.html