Suffering from ocd since 5 yrs. On psychiatric meds. Is OCD totally curable? Any particular diet that will help?
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Dear lybrate user. Ocd as you have written is a psychiatric illness involving the imbalance in the neirotransmitter levels in brain. So no diet as such will be much helpful but yes having a healthy diet at regular time schedule with no substance use will be helpful. Whether it is totally curable or not is difficult to be stated by any doctor and you have been on medications since 5 years so much can be said by looking at the longitudinal course of your illness with medications and without medications. You can get back in touch with the above details. Take care.
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Ocd is due to change is serotonergic (serotonin is a neurotransmitter), connections in the brain. It s purely a medical/ psychiatric disorder. Based on the severity it is treated with medications and behavior therapy. Psychiatrist consultation is must and will give relief in most instances. Treatment usually is long drawn process like diabetes or hypertension, so rather than bothering about the duration of treatment, more concern should be on symptom relief and re-integrating into routine life without suffering from the symptoms. Since you r having it for 5 years, mostly the treatment is for many many years.
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