While its symptoms can be hard to deal with, OCD is a highly treatable condition. By working with a therapist who understands OCD, you can get a better handle on your intrusive thoughts and break the cycle of obsessions and compulsions. ...
While its symptoms can be hard to deal with, OCD is a highly treatable condition. By working with a therapist who understands OCD, you can get a better handle on your intrusive thoughts and break the cycle of obsessions and compulsions. ...
In fact, “OCD is one of the most treatable mental illnesses,” Kissen tells Talkspace, “so there’s hope.” Renee Fabian Renée Fabian is a Los Angeles-based journalist and editor. She has written for Talkspace, The Washington Post, and Healthline, among others, and is currently an edi...
Most anxiety disorders are treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), medication, or a combination of the two. Anxiety disorders respond very well to treatment, but the reverse is also true, untreated anxiety can get more severe over time without proper treatment. ...
You may remember that Ben wrote in last week describing obsessive- compulsive symptoms that he wanted to challenge without using medication. After reassuring Ben that these symptoms do not mean he is mad, but that he is suffering from a treatable anxiety disorder, Ben's homework from Step 1 ...
“atypical” in that they affect dopamine and other neurotransmitters without the physical side effects, such as tics and tremors, that first-generation antipsychotics can cause. As a result, these meds can also have unique side effects, specific to their medication. Here are only a few of ...
The last thing one would want to give a person with OCD is a stimulant, which would likely exacerbate the disorder. Therapy and medication require compliance from the person being treated, and a pathological liar who has antisocial disorders may not wish to be treated. A person who suffers ...
I wouldn’t be where I am today without finally making the call to the man who has been my psychiatrist since 2008. Through a combination of medication and talk therapy, he’s gotten me from barely functioning to successful businesswoman. Without his help (and the support of my husband, wh...
Sure. These dysfunctional bosses had, and have, a problem that is either un-diagnosed or un-medicated. I know at least one who did not take his medication because he did not like the way it made him feel. Another told me that he would rather die than change. Their behavior is a prob...
I have a doctor and I’m on medication, but it just dulls the edge. Short of knocking me out, I feel there is no taking it away. It's just who I am, so I try to stay away from people and I feel alone and feel I will be left alone and lost. I have PTSD because of my ...