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Today has been the best day for me for months. maybe even a year. I met a friend today and out the blue he said he felt like he had his friend back and could tell that the medication was starting to do its job. its only been 2 weeks at 100mg but the increase has lifted me quite considerably. Even had a chat with the women working on the till at the supermarket which is not something id normally do. Hang on to anyone starting up. Its a tough time but if i carry on improving on today ill be so glad i stayed on sertraline!
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GodsServant matt18802
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Matt, so awfully good to hear this! You may still have a blip here and there, but once you get better, the trick is not to forget your meds and to keep stress low and try to be healthier. Cheers!
matt18802 GodsServant
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yep i know it's too early to be out the woods yet. ocd is back today 😔
GodsServant matt18802
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Matt, take it day by day. If it comes back, do NOT try to push it away. Just acknowledge that you're having the OCD thought and say to yourself, "So what? I've had a good day yesterday and today you want your day, you OCD demon, but I will give you an hour here or there. Then the rest of the day is mine!" Then laugh it off and go do something you enjoy. I used to do that to myself all the time, I will joke with OCD - it was my enemy, but since it is in me, if I were to off it, then I would off myself in the process, so over the decades I learned to make the OCD thought a friend. It can be allowed to exist in a tiny spot inside my head, but it has to keep quiet (symptoms) at bay. 😃 This poem helped me a lot, even though I am a Christian through and through:
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
matt18802 GodsServant
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its definetly easier than the early stages. Its just annoying how i cant even watch a tv show without gay thoughts being triggered and then i question if i even know myself and if it is ocd or i am just gay. i know it is ocd because ive only ever enjoyed being with women. Any straight person will never be happy with gay thoughts so trying to joke about it is proving difficult for me
c53732 matt18802
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hi Matt. Good to hear about your improvement.. What was your dose before the increase and how long have you been on sertraline? l am just starting week 12 on 50mg , slight improvement but generally still struggling especially early morning.
matt18802 c53732
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hello. I was on 50mg for 12 weeks. so 14 weeks in total
c53732 matt18802
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Thanks for replying. Have you only improved since upping the dose or were you starting to feel improvement after 12 weeks? ( l also follow the Bruno Snow group).
matt18802 c53732
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Yeah i did improve abit on 50 maybe about 60% better on a good day compared to how I was pre-sertraline. i could just tell i needed a stronger dose, hard to explain but my body was telling me i needed to go up
c53732 matt18802
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Thanks. l have improved a bit and am going to try and stay on 50mg for the 16 weeks. Am struggling with major nausea in a morning at the moment, That had disappeared but seems to be back.
BulldozerMcr matt18802
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Very good news pal! It will continue to get better! Well done!