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International OCD Foundation

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
    Bonus Episode: The Two Things Anxious People Do That Makes Everything Worse
    1 week ago
  • Alison Dotson
    Catching Up with Erin Venker
    3 months ago
  • ocdtalk
    My Apologies!
    6 years ago
  • unreasonably rational
    Change
    7 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

Popular Posts

  • Intrusive Thoughts and Harming Fears: A Review of I Hardly Ever Wash my Hands: The Other Side of OCD by J.J. Keeler
    TLC Book Tours contacted me about reviewing J.J. Keeler's I Hardly Ever Wash My Hands: The Other Side of OCD , and I was intrigued ...
  • Telephone Phobia: Fear of making phone calls
    I thought I'd have to call someone today to get some information, and I got that old familiar dread. I was relieved when the person ema...
  • Hypochondria and Health Anxiety OCD
    About 15 years ago, I was in graduate school, and I had a sharp pain in my neck, ever so brief, and it didn't even register. Then it ha...
  • Finding a therapist for "Pure O" OCD: 5 Things to Watch Out For
    I was in psychodynamic therapy for 6 years with a therapist who said I had OCD, but who didn't have a plan to treat my OCD beyond ha...
  • Living with Me and My OCD: An Interview for Claire's Documentary
    ClaireJaneOCD on twitter is creating a documentary about the experience of having OCD, and invited me to contribute a video.  Claire and...

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