Sourced from Wikipedia, "Medications as treatment include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as paroxetine (Seroxat, Paxil, Xetanor, ParoMerck, Rexetin), sertraline (Zoloft, Stimuloton), fluoxetine (Prozac, Bioxetin), escitalopram (Lexapro), and fluvoxamine (Luvox) as well as the tricyclic antidepressants, in particular clomipramine (Anafranil). SSRIs prevent excess serotonin from being pumped back into the original neuron that released it. Instead, serotonin can then bind to the receptor sites of nearby neurons and send chemical messages or signals that can help regulate the excessive anxiety and obsessive thoughts. In some treatment-resistant cases, a combination of clomipramine and an SSRI has shown to be effective even when neither drug on its own has been efficacious."
My two cents: Recent research data gathered by Valenstein in his book, "Blaming the Brain" highly suggests that SSRIs serve a substrate/receptor relationship in which drugs such as Prozac instead of regulating receptor sites, stimulate more receptor sites to grow as a result of the unexpected surge in prozac as a viable substrate. In order to meet the added amount of chemical material, the receptors will multiply in order to meet the increased demand and therefore will require more Prozac in order to cause similar effects in the patient. Because not all of the biochemical pathways in the brain are known, there is no clear explanation of this phenomenon. At the same time, there is no clear prediction that this treatment will not cause receptor growth within the human brain in order to meet the increase in serotonin.
Disclaimer: I'm only an undergraduate who's taken three graduate level psychology courses. I'm a double major in Psychology and Genetics/Biotechnology.
You might not even receive Prozac or an SSRI as treatment. If you want to know more, you can check wikipedia. The information there is pretty sound believe it or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-c...Medication
Note: It seems like everyone and their mom is a cognitive-behavioral therapist. It tends to compromise the ridiculous unyielding view of behaviorist with cognitive ideology which has always been a sort of compromise between Freudian psychotherapy and Skinner behaviorism. In general it's probably the best person you can see. I wouldn't see a psychiatrist until you see a therapist first. But don't see a psychotherapist, because the only thing they would want you to do is to probably talk about your issues like many people do on a forum and try to find greater meaning behind your past than what's really there.
Honestly though, different strokes for different folks. No two humans are made the same way and I honestly think that psychotic people have gotten shafted by social engineering and a tyranny of the majority. Explore all options. It's the least you could do for yourself.
My two cents: Recent research data gathered by Valenstein in his book, "Blaming the Brain" highly suggests that SSRIs serve a substrate/receptor relationship in which drugs such as Prozac instead of regulating receptor sites, stimulate more receptor sites to grow as a result of the unexpected surge in prozac as a viable substrate. In order to meet the added amount of chemical material, the receptors will multiply in order to meet the increased demand and therefore will require more Prozac in order to cause similar effects in the patient. Because not all of the biochemical pathways in the brain are known, there is no clear explanation of this phenomenon. At the same time, there is no clear prediction that this treatment will not cause receptor growth within the human brain in order to meet the increase in serotonin.
Disclaimer: I'm only an undergraduate who's taken three graduate level psychology courses. I'm a double major in Psychology and Genetics/Biotechnology.
You might not even receive Prozac or an SSRI as treatment. If you want to know more, you can check wikipedia. The information there is pretty sound believe it or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-c...Medication
Note: It seems like everyone and their mom is a cognitive-behavioral therapist. It tends to compromise the ridiculous unyielding view of behaviorist with cognitive ideology which has always been a sort of compromise between Freudian psychotherapy and Skinner behaviorism. In general it's probably the best person you can see. I wouldn't see a psychiatrist until you see a therapist first. But don't see a psychotherapist, because the only thing they would want you to do is to probably talk about your issues like many people do on a forum and try to find greater meaning behind your past than what's really there.
Honestly though, different strokes for different folks. No two humans are made the same way and I honestly think that psychotic people have gotten shafted by social engineering and a tyranny of the majority. Explore all options. It's the least you could do for yourself.