Cure for OCD

Answer 1

There are several different classes of psychiatric medicines used to treat OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). One of the classes of medicines that is known to have the least incidences of side effect or discontiuation are the SSRIs. Two of them are more prominently known for OCD. THese two are Zoloft and Luvox. Both of these have FDA approved generics that are equivalent to the brand names.

Answer 2

The best treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT,) A renowned specialist in the OCD - CBT area is Paul Salkovskis (Kings College, London,) === === It is a way of talking about: * How you think about yourself, the world and other people * How what you do affects your thoughts and feelings. CBT can help you to change how you think ("Cognitive") and what you do ("Behaviour)". These changes can help you to feel better. Unlike some of the other talking treatments, it focuses on the "here and now" problems and difficulties. Instead of focussing on the causes of your distress or symptoms in the past, it looks for ways to improve your state of mind now.

It has been found to be helpful in:

* Anxiety * Depression * Panic * Agoraphobia and other phobias * Social phobia * Bulimia * Obsessive compulsive disorder * Post traumatic stress disorder * Schizophrenia CBT can help you to make sense of overwhelming problems by breaking them down into smaller parts. This makes it easier to see how they are connected and how they affect you. These parts are:

* A Situation - a problem, event or difficult situation

From this can follow: * Thoughts * Emotions* Physical feelings * Actions Each of these areas can affect the others. How you think about a problem can affect how you feel physically and emotionally. It can also alter what you do about it.

The sessions

CBT can be done individually or with a group of people. It can also be done from a self-help book or computer programme. In England and Wales two computer-based programmes have been approved for use by the NHS. Fear Fighter is for people with phobias or panic attacks, Beating the Blues is for

people with mild to moderate depression. If you have individual therapy: * You will usually meet with a therapist for between 5 and 20, weekly, or fortnightly, sessions. Each session will last between 30 and 60 minutes. * In the first 2-4 sessions, the therapist will check that you can use this sort of treatment and you will check that you feel comfortable with it. * The therapist will also ask you questions about your past life and background. Although CBT concentrates on the here and now, at times you may need to talk about the past to understand how it is affecting you now. * You decide what you want to deal with in the short, medium and long term. * You and the therapist will usually start by agreeing on what to discuss that day. The work * With the therapist, you break each problem down into its separate parts, as in the example above. To help this process, your therapist may ask you to keep a diary. This will help you to identify your individual patterns of thoughts, emotions, bodily feelings and actions. * Together you will look at your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to work out:

- if they are unrealistic or unhelpful

- how they affect each other, and you. * The therapist will then help you to work out how to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours * It's easy to talk about doing something, much harder to actually do it. So, after you have identified what you can change, your therapist will recommend "homework" - you practise these changes in your everyday life. Depending on the situation, you might start to: * Question a self-critical or upsetting thought and replace it with a positive (and more realistic) one that you have developed in CBT

* recognise that you are about to do something that will make you feel worse and, instead, do something more helpful.

* At each meeting you discuss how you've got on since the last session. Your therapist can help with suggestions if any of the tasks seem too hard or don't seem to be helping.

* They will not ask you to do things you don't want to do - you decide the pace of the treatment and what you will and won't try. The strength of CBT is that you can continue to practise and develop your skills even after the sessions have finished. This makes it less likely that your symptoms or problems will return. * It is one of the most effective treatments for conditions where anxiety or depression is the main problem * It is the most effective psychological treatment for moderate and severe depression * It is as effective as antidepressants for many types of depression CBT is used in many conditions, so it isn't possible to list them all in this leaflet. We will look at alternatives to the most common problems - anxiety and depression. * CBT isn't for everyone and another type of talking treatment may work better for you. * CBT is as effective as antidepressants for many forms of depression. It may be slightly more effective than antidepressants in treating anxiety. * For severe depression, CBT should be used with antidepressant medication. When you are very low you may find it hard to change the way you think until antidepressants have started to make you feel better. * Tranquillisers should not be used as a long term treatment for anxiety. CBT is a better option.

Answer 3

From my expierence with OCD ( they categorized me in the severe range ) there were two treatment options: There is a form of therapy that forces you to do the things that OCD makes uncomfortable, eventually numbing you to this, and there are pills you can take, for example Fluoxitine.

Answer 4

The teatment for OCD can usually involve many kinds of therapy and medication. One of the common medications used for treating is SSRI's. The patients who suffer from OCD are usually said to have low brain serotonin levels. SSRIs are tolerable but have mild side effects. They mainly include headache, diarrhea, agitation, nausea, and insomnia. Other medications used for treatment of OCD include sertraline, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, and fluoxetine. Common side effects from these medications include drowsiness, nausea, dry mouth, and sometimes sexual side effects.

Answer 5

OCD can never fully be cured it can only be controlled to an almost unnoticeable level.

Answer 6

i have ocd and let me tell u: THERE IS NO CURE but, going to therapy can help, and so can certain medications