‘OCD’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 7

Q: I was taking Prozac for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for about 6 months. I was on a dose of 60 mg per day for about 3 months. However, I started having “brain shivers.” I have heard that such things can happen if you change your dose, but I wasn’t lowering my dose or raising it. [...]

Q: I am a 19-year-old male and I have been diagnosed with OCD and Major Depression. I’m not that convinced that medications (SSRIs, etc.) are the real answer because they probably don’t treat the “roots” of my problems. In a way, it seems like lying to myself to just take a pill to alleviate my [...]

Q: I’m a biological scientist. I’ve heard there’s some evidence that some people are more susceptible than others to falling in love. Supposedly, the reason for this is that they produce more oxytocin and vasopressin.
If all this is true, I wonder if there are any medicines that can either stop a person from falling [...]

Q: I am 23 years old and I have had OCD for most of my life. I always think that I am going to die from everything and have horrible panic attacks. Recently I have got it into my head that I am going to go crazy and keep imagining this horrible scenario. The other [...]

Q: I am in school to be a clinical social worker and one of my cases has clear OCD (obsessions about something bad happening if she doesn’t repeatedly count/tap/touch things), but I want to know if she also may have Separation Anxiety. She is able to go to school and her sports/dance lessons, but becomes [...]