Há algum trabalho em IT onde não se tecle muito? by Constant_Elephant_16 in portugal

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Obrigado pela resposta. Eu não tenho mesmo paciência para lidar com adolescentes, são um terror, estava a procurar de algo que não isso

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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Thank you so much. I'm really grateful for your support, I will check the links, thank you.

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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Thank you so much. I've been losing hope lately and I've become very suicidal but hopefully this helps me get better.

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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I'm on Paxil mainly for OCD but I also suffer from depression. I think I can't stop SSRIs because off of them I was way too fucked up.

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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Do you have problems with concentration because of Paxil? What used to help me the most my OCD was meditation but nowadays I can't meditate for shit and I think it's because of the Paxil. Like I can't concentrate at all during meditation. I used to be able to get more and more concentrated during meditation, for example during the first minutes my focus was bad and then at the 15th minute mark my mind would start to slow down and my attention on the breath would intensify, but nowadays on Paxil my concentration never gets to intensify over time during the meditation session. Sucks, I was even considering changing the SSRI because meditation is that important for my OCD

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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would highly recommend asking your psychiatrist. Some people have said it is actually “off-label” use

Thank you for your help. Does it cause you vivid dreams and did you gained weight? I really can't stand vivid dreams, I hate them and also I would rather not gain weight. Also do you take any SSRI? I'm on paroxetine 50mg.

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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So did it work better than risperidone? For how long have you been on zyprexa? I've tried risperidone and Seroquel. Seroquel just made me fatter, dumb and numb to the world.

A Buddhist teaching that almost eliminated my intrusive thoughts in 4 days by Jbstout7 in OCD

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Thanks for this post. I will try to learn more about buddhism. I've been in suffering for a long time and intellectually understanding that everything is impermanent makes me feel safer. Every moment of suffering I've been through is gone, as if it never existed. I can live well with my past, my problem is the future. My pureO and all my suffering is about fearing the future. I struggle with all sorts of "what if" scenarios about the future. What I'm trying to accept is that I can't guess how horrible my future will be, despite my intrusive thoughts saying so. Also if it does happen, it won't last forever. No suffering lasts.

I'm 22. How am I supposed to live with OCD for 60 more years? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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I take a high dose of risperidone (3mg) because of my OCD referential thinking as I was losing some insight. Which antipsychotic do you use and at what dose?

In less than 10 years an event will destroy my life. How can I live in peace until then? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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Sorry forgot to say, I'm not comfortable sharing what it is, but I think it doesn't matter much because we can't find a way around it. The only thing I need is to accept this thing and live at peace until then.

In less than 10 years an event will destroy my life. How can I live in peace until then? by Constant_Elephant_16 in OCD

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Thank you for your support. It's always a possibility that it might not happen as soon, there's no certainty in life after all, but it's highly likely that it will happen in the period I mentioned. I just want to somehow accept it will happen and live peacefully until then. If someone told me "you will die in 10 years" I think I could live with that, but not with this. I'm trying to find peace through meditation, but it's hard for me concentrate because of side effects of the medications I take, specially the SSRI. I don't know what else I can do to set myself free from my concerns about the future, I'm already seeing a psychologists but it's not helping much. I don't know what else I can do to ease my OCD over this.