I am 23 years old and I am taking escitalopram 10 mg 1 time for ocd last 3 years. My ocd is fine but still I have no feelings any (sad or happy) and no excitement and no motivation.
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This know as emotional numbness common in ssri, you can try different class of med like vortioxetine or try cbt for ocd and reduce escitalopram.
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That is exactly why you should combine medication with therapy. We are all emotional beings and rely on our feelings to to experience life in its fullest form. Meet with a counselor as soon as possible. Please take your parents with you to determine the possible developmental issues that may have contributed to this condition. This is a fear-based condition and for some reason you have not been dealing with this childhood fear which has now developed unto these repetitive adaptations to seem to need it for normal functioning. The behavior will then become based on magical thinking and certain rituals will become necessary to do normal things making you believe that either the frequency or the ritual is important to its success. This of course is a fallacy but there will come a time that even if told the truth, your belief will defy any logic and you will continue behaving like that even if it cripples you in your daily routines. It only appears as though some other force is behind these behaviors and that you are compelled to act in this fashion. That is obviously not true but no one can convince you of anything different. The obsession is a repeating thought pattern with no meaningful outcome; and the compulsiveness is the need to act on those obsessions also in a repeated behavior pattern as though you just cannot help yourself. This is all driven by fear and when you are frustrated with it, you will escalate anger over it. Doubt, insecurity, uncertainty, and lack of firm memory will all plague you and increase stress. There are certain behavioral techniques to be implemented and if they work you may get out of this condition rather easily. If that does not work as desired, then medication in combination with counseling much work can be achieved. But you cannot neglect the emotional component to your problem, which lies at the bottom of your problems.
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Dear lybrate-user, you should start going out and carry out your routine activities (follow social distance and personal hygeine measures like wearing masks and using sanitizers. It may take some time for you to over come the feeling of having the disorder. There's a book called brain lock. You should start reading that.
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Hi lybrate-user! good that the ocd is under control, but there may be some underlying coz for the no feelings or reactions towards sadness and happiness. Just a non-reaction or non- expression kind of feeling you have towards any action or situation. Depends.on the childhood attitude but it is quite common to a few in 100s if still this kind of attitude is bothering you can consult a psychologist for the same. You can even contact me for the same to overcome either through chat or fix an appointment and contact me for the same to overcome. Take care just young not too old to overthink as well as time goes everything comes to the track, still if you feel needs to be rectified contact a professional psychologist or a counselor to solve this issue. With regards psy. Msv.
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Dear Lybrate user, if you are taking same quantity of medicine from long time I suggest that you should update your medicine by consulting to your doctor & if still you face the same issues then you should take counseling sessions to help you identify the reasons of that feelings. Counseling can help you well to come back to live your normal life. Thank you divya gupta psychologist.
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Dear Sumit, In few patients, this sort of side effects come with SSRI - escitalopram. Discuss with your doctor. She/he may shift to another tablet, or add another tablet/ therapy
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It is common to have comorbid or secondary emotional symptoms in ocd. You need to consult a psychiatrist for the same too. Good liuck.
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So you have to continue.
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