Any one here suffering from OCD or ADHD?
Hi All,
I am suffering from severe ADHD since 2019 and taking medications for it but seem not much effect yet, recently visited a health care person and he informed that due to me being careless about ADHD, I am slowly developing OCD within me. I didn't paid much attention back then cause the course they were suggesting to get enrolled was damn expensive and I thought it might be not worth paying that much amount for mere small issue but now feeling like it's been increasing or maybe it's just that health care person playing with my mind to make me enroll for the course.
I took their consulting service felt good and was quite affordable xD
Was just wondering If someone going through same thing here on DD too
P. S : If someone finds this thread irrelevant or useless, please feel free to ignore it or If you want to more satisfy your mind & heart & just ignoring don't work for you. you can vote down and move on. Thanks.
Course is an offline one in the nearby local private mental health center and asking 18K for 4 months, I attended only consulting there for Rs 600 just to check what exactly it is.
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I have ADHD but due to good medicine unavailability in India , I'm just living with it.
Used several useless medicines and nothing worked.
Bupropion Extended Release+Fluoxetine used to work upto some extent but due to stomach issues I had to discontinue it.
High dose of caffeine keeps me focused but I don't take it.
Earlier I used to think I have depression but I was wrong.
It's ADHD.
And I feel you brother.
It feels like hell.
The exact same thing happened to me. This all started back in the year 2019, (maybe it was there before that as well since they say mostly it comes from childhood, but maybe I wasn't very educated about it before). Later that year, the pandemic occurred, and I lost my job; I mistook it for depression and assumed that it would go away once I regained my job.I got the job, and now it will be gone in a few weeks once I spend some time in the environment, but nothing changed, everything was temporary. Once I disconnected from the job environment and came back home, all this stuff used to travel with me. I feel like crying even while typing these, because it is very painful stuff, Some people think it's all maan ka behm, but it's not like mental diseases exist.
I'd like to share a story with all of you. When I was in school and used to go to private coaching there, I had a good physics professor who used to tell us a story about a man who lived in a foreign country and was able to see a lot of humans around him, The people he used to see were either alive or had lived on this planet before, but he didn't know how to differentiate who was real and who was an illusion, so he had three people with him all the time. If all three say yes, then only he used to talk with that person.
I shared this incident. Yes, mental diseases exist, but it's not always maan ka beham.
Happy to see that people are coming out to speak openly about these issues. That's a welcome change, help should be taken without hesitation wherever it is needed 
Reminds me of my topic from past
World mental health day - let sanity prevail !!
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@ZNZ @PlaYITsmooTH how did u identify your condition, u urself intensified it or doc told you that it is adhd not depression?
Doctor.
Thanks bro. I recently visited one and discovered this new thing in me called OCD.
OCD I heard but not ADHD
I will suggest u take the course if u can afford, a distant relative she ignored and now in some hospital with OCD for water..kinda she will empty whole tank many times a day washing hands body utensils...then/now kept in a place with just bucket of water no running taps. I do not have more details than mentioned here
Wish u fast recovery!
For what I have learned after my recent visit to that person, it is like a pattern a person follows again and again. It is a pattern of fear and thoughts that causes or leads us to take action. If ABC fear kicks in, then an OCD person follows XYZ patterns that his own mind has created for him, and if it doesn't, then that fear boosts like a rocket.
I had observed such things happening within but never paid much attention because, like every other OCD person, I used to follow a XYZ pattern to get temporary relief for myself.
During my recent visit, they gave us a diary with many sections, similar to a self-help diary. If fear (obsession) kicks in for ABC, we need to write down the trigger (what happened around that time when that fear kicked in), and finally, "If fear kicks in for ABC, what is the repetitive action (compulsion) you do to get out of that fear?" Let's say I write XYZ.This allows us to track which fears are triggering, when they usually trigger, and what compensatory behaviors, i.e., compulsion, we are engaging in to break free from the obsession.
I have recently discovered OCD within me with the help of that doctor. I don't know much about it yet, since it's just been a week. But, whatever that doctor said, I agreed with him because I have been observing this repetitive behaviour for many years within me, even before losing my job in the pandemic.
Got treated for OCD.
Earlier I myself tried using ERP but used to fail, but then medicine + monthly follow up/consultation + little efforts on my own worked.
I can say, it is not curable 100% but I feel I'm 70%-80% better than before and can carry day to day activities without any intrusive thoughts that used to affect me earlier.
I'm glad to hear that you managed to come out of this, brother. Well played! and congrats.
Bro, If you don't mind, would you please let me know what medicines followed? It was my first visit to the doctor with regards to the OCD
https://www.desidime.com/discussions/any-one-here-suffering-from-ocd-or-adhd?page=1#post_9010180
They only told me this much, and they have asked me to write down the majority of the fears, triggers, and compulsive behaviours I discovered within a week. I might visit them again next week to share everything I have noted with them.
if u dont mind me asking paji, what symptoms u get in ocd, adhd etc.?how to determine if it is sadness or depression or something else?
Aisa kuch nahin hota hai. Kisi formless cheez ko bas ek naam de do toh saari kaainaat uski form banaane mein lag jaati hai. Chaar din khaana peena band kar do OP ka, aur sone mat do bilkul toh sab OCB/OCD baahar udd jaayega 🙏🏻
I think it is when we try to be more perfectionists in things , or are in loneliness or reserved person , or have some or any kind of insecurity or fear , or over sensitive , or have careless people around etc leads to such disorders.
On top of that, I've had this obsession with being perfect since childhood; maybe that was one of the triggers that snowballed over the years.
I suggest you to visit a good senior psychiatrist.tell him everything dont feel shy
With proper counsellings and medication it will be cured.
One suggestion is get busy.in that way your mind will distract from obsessions
All these gadgets, internet & social media distractions adds up to the cause of ADHD and OCD . Keep it to a minimum, else it becomes more invasive.
Try doing Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with these books https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Books-Cogni... first , if not helpful try reaching to a CBT therapist at your location/area.
A combination of daily journaling, Meditation ( Vipassana or any other forms) & exercising( yoga) with healthy food reduces the symptoms a lot. Wishing a healthy recovery ahead!!
If you're dealing with mild ADHD, Himalaya Mentat tablet helps massively.
OK,
Just an update.
I'm just fed up with my depression and ADHD.
I stayed nearly 2 months without meds but as it's a vital time for me and can't waste a single day feeling down soooo, starting the meds again.
Doc recommended to start fluoxetine at 40 mg and reduced bupropion extended release to 150 mg stating it would not cause stomach problems anymore.
And one more thing , don't make mistake like me , don't discontinue medicine just because you feel like discontinuing it.
Doc said it will take another good 3-4 weeks to kick in.(be effective)
Bro does your doctor have license to write methylphenidate, remember only very doctors have the license or permission to write this med, and sometimes dr are selfish to not refer to the ones who have. The meds you wrote are for depression and may not be effective for adhd, 10 20% improvement is as bad as no improvement. Depression, OCD, ADHD have their own treatments.
I am myself suffering from severe form of ADHD and general anxiety and anxiety induced hyperhidrosis since birth without any treatment. It hurts badly when you have brains to do what ever you want but can't do it because of adhd. I have taken appointment from nimhans, I will go and talk to dr.
do you share your depression/thoughts with your family/closed ones on regular basis?
are they aware of your condition?
or you just interact with your doctors directly?
On positive side
https://mantracare.org/ocd/ocd-examples/famous-...
https://www.scijournal.org/articles/famous-scie...
You need to explore yourself without any shame, guilt. 🙂🙂🙂
Included 1000mg*2 times l taurine and 100mg*2times l theanine with the medicine I was taking. (Fluoxetine 40 mg).
Now the difference is hell and heaven.
Feeling so much better now.
Anyone here have experience with using Modafinil ?
It will be great if u can add some more details like link of the course if it's online else provide some contact details if it's offline.
It will be helpful for some and also saves you from multiple dms.