Has anyone dealt with this?Red hands, compulsive hand washing.Contamination OCD.Is medication the answer? ERP, therapy?
in the immediate just make sure you use lotion after you wash and switch to a soap that is moisturizing or you will fuck up your handsive gotten to the point where i just wash my hands after i touch something thats been outside or if they feel sticky or oily or whatevernot a huge fan of therapy but it does work for some people so maybe give it a try if you are interested
>>33839521Thank you. Which lotions would you recommend? Even if you might be rinsing it off soon after touching something? Not sure of the best soaps, I have used Dr. Bronners and a Pure Castile soap that I will just add a bit into a foamer and water down.
Something is on your hand that makes you feel sick
>>33839921Is that what it is?
>>33839765sorry nappedi like to use goldbond with aloe but yes anything helps if you rinse it just use a little morealso have you tried gloves? at my worst gloves helped a lot
just forget you have OCD bro. it's all in your head. literally just forget to wash your hands
>>33839480yeah I had (kind of still have) contamination OCD really bad for a few years. Considered killing myself daily for a couple years, but ERP fixed me upI didn't do the structured therapy, I just tried to fight the urge to perform a compulsion every time a trigger occurredSo like, every time I went to wash my hands, I would try to stop like 5 seconds "too soon", and it would feel a little bit "wrong", but the anxiety was manageablealso going outside and doing stuff really helps. Just living in the world and like going to restaurant or whatever naturally exposes you to a lot of triggers, and because you're outside there isn't really an escape routeso yeah just do ERP and try to go out more, you'll be fixed up pretty fast. If you're feeling hopeless, just remember OCD is highly treatableI believe in u anon
>>33839480I did erp with a therapist
>>33840415I just found a brand new bottle of Goldbond I bought awhile ago. Not sure if its the healing or aloe, Ill check, looks similar to yours.I have nitrile gloves in black/blue. The thing is I'm so worried about getting paint on my hands from the cheap white landlord paint that is on my baseboards/door frames all over my place. So I think that when I walk thru the door my hands may have hit the side of the door/frame. I've tried to perfect how to walk thru a door without hitting them but its so weird I know. I extend my arms and place my hands together to walk thru the doorways.
>>33839480I wish I had the handwashing ocd and not the “screaming voice in your head 24/7 ocd.” Or the “delusions that you know are delusions but keep coming back because you can’t stop thinking about them.” My brain is melting. ocd is really bad and I’m convinced antidepressants are really just ocd medication and not depression medication. Most normies go on antidepressants and go “these are useless zombie pills” since their real problem was not getting enough exercise or eating well, sleeping enough, etc. But if you are otherwise healthy there is no reason for your brain to be so fucked. You might want to give ssri’s a try with therapy. People on this site won’t like it but it’s true, they shut your brain up.
>>33840458Sounds very relevant and relatable. Did you read books on ERP or those workbooks to go thru it? Can you recommend anything or methods. For the too soon thing you would say that to yourself and not wash your hands, wait 5 seconds and count it out. Did you ever try to take medication? Thank you for believing in me. I needed that.
>>33840809I’m sorry to hear that. Are ssri’s the best way to treat ocd with therapy? I’m so confused because there are so many and I’m sure therapists would know which to take. Just worried about all the side effects and what not. But if it can change your life it would be worth it for me to cure myself.
>>33841025Zoloft really helped me for awhile, but you need to take a really high dose for it to work with ocd. I didn’t do it with therapy which was probably a mistake, and I ended up going off of it because I “thought I didn’t need it anymore” and now I’m all fucked up. I can finally see what was wrong with me my entire life now, so that’s a plus, but I’m looking to get back on asap. It essentially made the noise in my head go from constant and loud to a whisper. My character changed completely and in some ways not for the better, but honestly if I could go back I would, it’s much better than now.People say it makes you feel like a zombie but I feel like a zombie right now, and before I got on them. Just constantly replaying things in my head and doing meaningless little rituals, seeing patterns that aren’t there and just generally being miserable. I felt like a person on the meds ironically. I tell myself people have used drugs since the dawn of time but really it’s all cope. If you feel like white knuckling it out more power to you, but personally I can’t do it without drugs.It’s strange because no one really knows how these drugs work, but they supposedly induce “neurogenesis,” I’m not fully convinced that these pills work in one specific way and really view them as magic. Like an ape discovering fire. I enjoyed sex and masturbation significantly more on ssri than before but it also changed the way I went about it. So if you’re worried about that then really it’s random, it could get better, worse, stay the same who knows. Same with weight. Wellbrutin is a different type of antidepressant and paired with ssris it can balance side effects.A good 90% of the literature on antidepressants is either incorrect or misleading. Again no one knows how this shit works. You will have to see for yourself. I would highly recommend exercise and other things like therapy beforehand but if you’re out of options medication may help.
>>33841025Ran out of space but fluvoxamine is the one you might want to start out with. Zoloft worked for me but fluvoxamine is the go to for ocd. If your ocd is not severely impacting your quality of life it may be best to avoid the drugs. It’s a risk/reward as they certainly won’t cure you, especially on their own, but they can help. If the side effects sound worse than the ocd itself just try therapy only first.
Just stop washing your hands
I only started washing my hands 100 times a day like two years ago. idk what happened but now I can't stop lol.
>>33841134The hangup I have is actually getting a Dr to prescribe these. As you have to formally get diagnosed with OCD and I'm always in fear about that being documented in the system. Always feel you can be locked up into an asylum and or the government can label you crazy and do things or prevent you from doing things/opportunities such as jobs etc.
>>33841362Did you actually or are you just trolling
>>33841154What if I cant
>>33843234What your country cause if you’re in the US or Canada they hand them out like candy. You can find a nurse practitioner who will give it to you in like 5 mins of talking. If they don’t just try another. Pretty sure you can do it virtually too lol. Just say you’re anxious and have trouble going outside and shit.Things like lithium or other antipsychotics will be harder to get your hands on, same with adderall or benzos. But you probably don’t need those.
>>33840809This. Everyone has an opinion but having OCD for real is a hell. Those who know, know. I thought for sure I’d never get out. Ever. Did SSRIs and some therapy and I’m mostly good nowadays. It’s real. You can get out. It took me about 5 years of it melting away slowly and then it eventually just kind of let go and accepted its defeat. Focus on health as well. It doesn’t need to be some huge social media life change. Just slowly start cutting out crap from diet and take every little opportunity to increase health when your brain gives you a bit of slack.
>>33843287In Canada. A nurse practitioner can prescribe these?Are other antipsychotics needed for OCD treatment? This is all new to me.
>>33844270You could need antipsychotics but ssri worked fine for me. Start with that it’s super easy to get. You need to do therapy at the same time to get all the benefits.
>>33844309I don't have benefits to get either right now. So fluvoxamine is the one to get and or others?
>>33844309Also are the side effects of fluvoxamine and other ssri's really bad? Just looking them up, decreased libido, difficulty achieving orgasm or having an erection? Damn is it that bad.
>>33844390Yes the side effects can be quite bad, but very random, that’s why I said to consider your options first. In Canada I’m not so sure how easy it is to get viagra or cialis, the states is much easier but I’m Canadian and it was expensive last time I got it here. There are other ways to deal with ED if you do your research.You can go to pretty much any walk in and ask for antidepressants if you want. If that doesn’t work go to the next walk in but I would be surprised if they don’t give them to you right away. Mention ocd and they’ll probably give you fluvoxamine, ask for it specifically but they all work similarly. They’re fairly cheap without insurance but therapy will be expensive. Good luck
>>33843238Not trolling, true story although it didn't happen in one day, it was still gradual. I kind of didn't even notice it at first. People started commenting on it. I can't stop washing my hands and I can't touch any surface that's been touched by someone else or dirtied by something. I was neat before but not psycho.
>>33844427Walk in clinics will do that for real. Do they diagnose you with OCD when asking for the meds or anything. Starting the blue pills for chicks would be tough but maybe its necessary.
>>33844428How are you holding up? Are you going to try meds/therapy or anything. Reading books on it to self study/looking at techniques online.
>>33839480>ERPErotic Role Play is the cause of your red hands
Watch out for Luvox (fluvoxamine). Yes it’s the most powerful drug for OCD. Yes if you combine it with 2000 mg NAC (N-acetylcysteine) it’s like a nuclear weapon that will wipe out your OCD.However, in my experience it can make you feel very fatigued, and I acted very strangely on Luvox. It’s a powerful SSRI. If it works for you, great. But I did some weird things on Luvox, including allegedly committing a felony crime on the internet. Looking back now, I can’t believe I acted that way. It fucked me up good.Zoloft also works for OCD, not as strong as Luvox but it also didn’t make me behave like a fucking madman.That said, 200-300 mg Luvox and 2000 mg NAC will absolutely NUKE the OCD out of your brain, no matter how deeply entrenched it is. Use with caution.
>>33845150What even is that?
>>33845153Is this a troll? Are you the same guy who I've been talking with on here? I actually bought some NAC awhile ago and haven't been taking it.
>>33845656That guy is 100% not trolling, these ssri’s can send you into full blown mania, give you the motivation to kill yourself if you’re suicidal, and just generally fuck your life up. I would still recommend them for your ocd if you’re out of options, like I said earlier in the thread. Be careful with how you feel, especially if it’s “too good” since that could be mania. Yes NAC works too, haven’t tried it but you should and give other supplements a shot.Try to stay away from recreational drugs or things that make you too excited when you get on ssri’s.
>>33845117I got a prescription of something for panic attacks because I kept going to the hospital with non-existent heart attacks lol. I never took the meds and the panicking went away. HOL UP now that I think about it my panic attacks kind of metamorphosed into the OCD-like symptoms. Win some lose some I suppose.
>>33846308Thank you. Like smoking/vaping/edibles of weed are really bad on ssri's? Also I've heard doing mushrooms on them can be not so good. Not that I do these things just wondering as you mentioned recreational drugs.
>>33839480Unrelated to OP, but I have a coworker who has some kind of hand-washing obsession (after every single action), and it fucking sucks because we work in a damn restaurant that gets rushes often. I feel too bad to tell him that it's wasting a lot of time and getting me screamed at.
>>33847763https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polysubstance_combinations
>>33847771Is this a fine dining place or a chain?
>>33848380What a list, need to research all the interactions.
>>33839480I practice Japanese with my left hand. You just have habits you use to manage stress. They should really stop translating psychology into ancient greek to simulate depth.
try associating it with an addiction. that's how my gf made it stop. it really is tough...
>>33848629Is that a good way to manage stress. How did you learn Japanese.
>>33848636How did she do this? How did she treat it
