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Medicine for OCD

EKS:  Expert Consensus Guidelines

Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

American Psychiatric Association

Practice Guidelines for Treatment of OCD

My Experience in Choosing Medication: A Continuing Series

Part 1: OCD and Medication Decisions
Part 2: Starting Medication while Struggling
Part 3: The Limits of Research in Medication Decisions
Part 4: My First Prescription for SSRI's
Part 5: Feeling it in the Jaw: Side Effects of Medication
Part 6: Being on Medication & OCD Weeping
Part 7: Wanting to Get off my Medication
Part 7.5: Built on Sinking Sand:  OCD and Health Anxiety
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I took the average 17 years to find out I have OCD and even longer to actually find someone who knew how to treat it.

Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy allowed me to reclaim my life.

OCD can be treated. Remember this.

Update 9-10-16: I rarely check my email for this account.


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Helpful Sites on OCD

  • Center for OCD and Related Disorders
  • Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
  • Fred Penzel Articles
  • International OCD Foundation
  • Local Support Groups from IOCDF
  • Online Support Groups from IOCDF
  • Newsletter of OCD Foundation of Michigan

My Blog List

  • CBT School Podcast with Kimberley Quinlan
    “I’m Not Good Enough”: 10-Minute Guided Exercise for Self-Acceptance & Healing Shame | Ep. 511
    4 days ago
  • Alison Dotson
    Catching Up with Erin Venker
    7 months ago
  • ocdtalk
    My Apologies!
    6 years ago
  • unreasonably rational
    Change
    8 years ago
  • The Beat OCD Blog
    Getting My Thoughts on "Paper"
    10 years ago
  • OCD Reflections
    Spreading the Word: OCD on the Air
    11 years ago

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