2009-03-06, 06:17 PM
what solutions are there to OCD?
OCD. obsessive compulsive disorder. i mean for real. can't sleep at night because i can't stop doing my compulsions and if i absolutely absolutely force myself to sleep i give up and turn the light back on because i'm obsessing so much about them that i can't sleep anyway. i do not mean maple. i mean washing-hands-until-they-bleed type meaningless behaviours.
um, if you are clinically trained, i'm also apparently comorbid anxiety with some executive dysfunction. i've had some attempt with imagery therapy to help me sleep better but this has been almost completely thwarted by the OCD.
i can think of several interventions:
- cbt - cognitive behavioural therapy (i guess imagery goes into this.)
- aba - applied behavioural analysis
- don't know of any medication. i refuse to take medication unless it has a huge amount of scientifically solid evidence behind it, but if it's there i'd like to know about it.
- don't place much hope on psychodynamic therapies but if there's evidence for it i'd be curious about it too.
in this thread i am asking what options for therapy/intervention are there for ocd, with evidence, that you guys know of? posting in the rubik's cube to emphasise serious question.
sincere thanks in advance.
OCD. obsessive compulsive disorder. i mean for real. can't sleep at night because i can't stop doing my compulsions and if i absolutely absolutely force myself to sleep i give up and turn the light back on because i'm obsessing so much about them that i can't sleep anyway. i do not mean maple. i mean washing-hands-until-they-bleed type meaningless behaviours.
um, if you are clinically trained, i'm also apparently comorbid anxiety with some executive dysfunction. i've had some attempt with imagery therapy to help me sleep better but this has been almost completely thwarted by the OCD.
i can think of several interventions:
- cbt - cognitive behavioural therapy (i guess imagery goes into this.)
- aba - applied behavioural analysis
- don't know of any medication. i refuse to take medication unless it has a huge amount of scientifically solid evidence behind it, but if it's there i'd like to know about it.
- don't place much hope on psychodynamic therapies but if there's evidence for it i'd be curious about it too.
in this thread i am asking what options for therapy/intervention are there for ocd, with evidence, that you guys know of? posting in the rubik's cube to emphasise serious question.
sincere thanks in advance.