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Angelwings08
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Mood: Full of life
Date: Aug. 04, 2008
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i learned i had ocd about one year ago and have been struggling with the pure o symptoms ever since. i started on zoloft about 2 months ago and it seems to help me alot. i am feeling alot better, the thoughts are still there but they aren't as powerful as they where before. i was never a big believer in taking medications, that was even one of my obsessions. i was scared to take meds, but now im glad i decided to take the zoloft because im starting to feel more and more like myself. i just want to let all of you know that i am here for you if you ever want to talk, im sure i can relate with alot of you and it always helps to talk with someone who has the same symptoms as you because you know they will not judge you. through all of this i have even been thinking of going back to college to be a therpist for people with ocd. 





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From: jlion
August 5, 2008, 9:11 am
HI, came accross your blog & am having a particularirly hard morning. The latest irrational thought about how something might be "contaminated" has been running through my mind & I'm so tired of going through this! I want to feel normal everyday.Was on medication for a while, then went off because I was feeling better, contemplating going back on because I'm just so stressed in my personal likfe right now I know its making my OC thoughts more freguent and overwhelming. Sorry for just going on, I've been sitting at the computer just balling because I'm so tired of feeling overwhlemed by fearful thoughts. I wish I could just "knock it off". I know its just irrational thoughts & i know I have nothing to fear, but feel like I can't just let it go in my mind & calm down right now. I don't want to take meds, but I'm at the pooint where I feel like I'm going to start having frequent panic attacks again. I want to scream & yell! I want the comfort of my mom & dad. I just want to feel "normal"! 

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From: cholub
August 5, 2008, 8:49 am

My best friend's daughter is 12 and was recently diagnosed with OCD.  My friend is having a hard time dealing with her constant obsession with confessing everything she's done, apologizing over and over, repeatedly asking if her mom understands what she means, etc.  I feel so helpless...  My best friend is also my co-worker so I see her every day and every day she has her daughter she comes in just drained from the night before's constant ocd behavior.  The daughter is on meds and doesn't really act on her impulses while visiting her father because he blows a gasket and yells at her and scolds her.  He has no clue what is going on with his daughter.  He thinks it's all in her head...  Anyway, I sent this website to my friend and asked if she thought it would help her daughter.  I'm hoping she will agree to let her sign up so her daughter can release some of her ocd thoughts in a blog.  Thanks for listening...



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August 5, 2008, 4:44 am
thank you for saying that medication is helping you. It was my last resort, Iwish it had been my first choice. The difference is unbelievable for me....and worth every pound I've gained! I'd rather be happy and chubby than bone thin and a nervous wreck.And if I were my child I would love to have a nice soft mommy to climb up on her lap as she is sitting reading a book, rather than a skinny mommy who I have to chase after for some love because she is always frantically cleaning something.

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From: rq5738
August 4, 2008, 9:06 am

Glad you are feeling better!! Stay on that medicine... if you "goof" it up- call your Dr. and keep things constant.  The worst thing I've done, is that when I start to feel better, I forget to take the med. and then wind up kinda "falling off" it... and though it doesn't seem to be severe at first, I wind up a MESS.  The reason you feel better IS the medicine!!  Keep it up!!

 

~RQ 



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August 4, 2008, 8:56 am
Good for you...I'm glad that you are feeling better. Your idea for going to school and helping people with ocd is fantastic. Blue

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August 4, 2008, 8:00 am
im glad you are geting better.  and best of luck on going back to school

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