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Four Types of OCD.
Contamination & Washing. ...
Doubt About Accidental Harm & Checking. ...
Just Right OCD: Symmetry, Arranging, & Counting. ...
Unacceptable Taboo Thoughts & Mental Rituals.
Treatments include:
Psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help change your thinking patterns. In a form called exposure and response prevention, your doctor will put you in a situation designed to create anxiety or set off compulsions. You’ll learn to lessen and th...more
Contamination & Washing. ...
Doubt About Accidental Harm & Checking. ...
Just Right OCD: Symmetry, Arranging, & Counting. ...
Unacceptable Taboo Thoughts & Mental Rituals.
Treatments include:
Psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help change your thinking patterns. In a form called exposure and response prevention, your doctor will put you in a situation designed to create anxiety or set off compulsions. You’ll learn to lessen and th...more
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Dear lybrate-user,
both fluvoxamine and prozac are ssris. The anxiety and fear of severe withdrawal is a part of your ocd. Please withdraw from 100 to 50 and stop. No need to go for 25 mg - may not be available. No withdrawal will happen, since it is at a lowest dose. Usually fluoxamine will be withdrawn from 300 - 400 mg/day. Please add therapy also for your treatment so that with erp (exposure and response prevention) your fear comes down - not only for withdrawal but also for other obsess...more
both fluvoxamine and prozac are ssris. The anxiety and fear of severe withdrawal is a part of your ocd. Please withdraw from 100 to 50 and stop. No need to go for 25 mg - may not be available. No withdrawal will happen, since it is at a lowest dose. Usually fluoxamine will be withdrawn from 300 - 400 mg/day. Please add therapy also for your treatment so that with erp (exposure and response prevention) your fear comes down - not only for withdrawal but also for other obsess...more
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We all tend to engage in some repetitive activities at various points in our lives. However, when a person continues to engage in the same activities which are rhythmic but purposeless, resulting in self-injury or injury to others, it is known as stereotypic movement disorder (SMD). In order to qualify as an SMD, the routine movements should continue for at least four weeks and should interfere with the daily functioning.
This disorder is more common in adolescent boys than in girls, an...more
This disorder is more common in adolescent boys than in girls, an...more
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Autism is a development disorder which is characterized by the problems that occurred while interacting with people socially. And, sometimes the person's behavior becomes repetitive or restricted. This is basically caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Several risk factors are also there such as rubella or valproic acid infection during pregnancy. Autism affects the process of sending information to the brain by changing the synapses of the nerve cells. However, the sign...more
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Psychiatrist•Visakhapatnam
We all tend to engage in some repetitive activities at various points in our lives. However, when a person continues to engage in the same activities which are rhythmic but purposeless, resulting in self-injury or injury to others, it is known as stereotypic movement disorder (SMD). In order to qualify as an SMD, the routine movements should continue for at least four weeks and should interfere with the daily functioning.
This disorder is more common in adolescent boys than in girls, an...more
This disorder is more common in adolescent boys than in girls, an...more
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We all tend to engage in some repetitive activities at various points in our lives. However, when a person continues to engage in the same activities which are rhythmic but purposeless, resulting in self-injury or injury to others, it is known as stereotypic movement disorder (SMD). In order to qualify as an SMD, the routine movements should continue for at least four weeks and should interfere with the daily functioning.
This disorder is more common in adolescent boys than in girls, an...more
This disorder is more common in adolescent boys than in girls, an...more
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Autism is a development disorder which is characterized by the problems that occurred while interacting with people socially. And, sometimes the person's behavior becomes repetitive or restricted. This is basically caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Several risk factors are also there such as rubella or valproic acid infection during pregnancy. Autism affects the process of sending information to the brain by changing the synapses of the nerve cells. However, the sign...more
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Schizophrenia affects over 1% of the world s population and affects the way a person thinks, feels and behaves. In most cases, it is diagnosed when a person is between the ages of 16 to 25. This condition can be hereditary and is said to affect men more often than women. Schizophrenia is characterized by an inability to distinguish between real and imaginary which can lead to delusions, social withdrawal, hallucinations and other forms of social and occupational dysfunction.
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Psychiatrist•Bareilly
Hello, there are much better medications available for ocd that shows respose within a month. Also read exposure and response prevention therapy and apply it on yourself with the help of your family member or psychiatrist. You do not need to carry this problem when such promising and quick treatment is available.
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