It partly depends on what you're taking the medications for. Uncomplicated panic disorder without agoraphobia has the highest rate of complete remission. Severe obsessive compulsive...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
How Does Deep Tissue Stimulation Help OCD?
Question: I recently saw a special on deep tissue stimulation for OCD. It worked in this patient. How does deep tissue stimulation work? - Lea...
OCD & SSRI's
Question: I am 34 years old and a couple of years ago I had an onset of horrible anxiety now diagnosed as OCD (intrusive thoughts)....
OCD & SSRI's
Question: I am 34 years old and a couple of years ago I had an onset of horrible anxiety now diagnosed as OCD (intrusive thoughts)....
OCD Overview - Sane People Doing Insane Things
Are you sure it’s obsessive compulsive disorder? What if it won’t go away? You better check.? (This is “OCD think.”) Almost everyone has obsessive thoughts,...
Most Common Types of OCD
OBSESSIONS • Contamination • Harm • Symmetry • Religious • Sexual • Hoarding • Unwanted Urges COMPULSIONS • Checking • Cleaning/washing • Repeating • Mental...
Medical Treatment
The Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRI’s, remain the number one choice for the treatment of OCD. All people with OCD have some abnormalities of the brain...
Behavioral Therapy for OCD
I always insist that my OCD patients listen to or read Brainlock, by Jeffrey Schwartz. The book not only explains effective cognitive behavioral techniques, but...
Medications and OCD
Classic OCD starts with a thought, “what if?”. Obsessive thoughts lead to compulsive behaviors. The serotonin system in the brain is overactive. Medications that increase...
OCD: Did You Know?
? OCD is like the brain getting ‘stuck in gear? unable to shift to another thought • 2% to 3% of Americans, or 1 in...