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Dear lybrate-user, disclaimer: I can advice only about allopathy.
Ocd needs long term treatment. Sacrilege ocd needs immediate treatment.
You have found improvement with fluoxamine and clomipramine. Please maintain them for at least 2 years. Dose will be altered with doctor's periodic consultations. Along with it, you can take cbt (cognitive behaviour therapy) and erp (exposure and response prevention). This therapy may take 18-20 sessions. It also needs to be maintained with booster ses...more

Dear lybrate-user,
both fluoxetine and risperidone will not show up in drug screening. Drug screening is done for other addicting drugs. These 2 are not addicting drugs. They are essential drugs. All the best for upsc selection. Continue preparing.

Sexual ocd is very common and highly distressing. It happens to due altered serottonergic systems in certain parts of the mind (brain). You need long term treatment with ssris understand the disorder and take proper treatment so that the thoughts reduce or remit and the associated distress is also addressed. Without knowing about the illness and expecting a magical cure is impossible or highly unlikely. So better consult a psychiatrist and take regular treatment. With regular treatment you can l...more

Ideally, no. But there are instances where stimulants are tried in few cases. I would suggest not to try them.

The most effective solution for dealing with anxiety for me personally was waking up early. I am not a morning person but once I tried this, I was surprised how good this made me feel. It helped me find peace and calm myself down. Having so much time in my hand I could do small things that made me happy and I felt a sense of accomplishment just by waking up early. I feel the most anxious during the night- so sleeping early really helped me tackle it to a great extent.
Meditation was another ...more

I think there is need to optimise your treatment and enhance your social connections. I know it is difficult to find a meaningful reason to live sometimes. But it is a transient phase, keep calm and contact your paychiatrist for optimising your treatment and take cbt sessions from psychologist which will help you restructure your thoughts and thereby you shall know what to do for a living once you are better. All the best.

Hello Lybrate user, use homoeopathic medications for your problem to get instant and effective results. Its curable, no need to worry about. Homoeopathic medicines plays excellent role to treat such problems in a hollistic way without any side effect. I suggest you to message me your complete history in private chat with all reports & details & consult online through Lybrate. I will guide you for holistic & effective results with homoeopathy! take care! best regards:)

Dear lybrate-user,
as you have rightly pointed out fluvoxamine does have side effects of drowsiness which is why you may probably feel lethargic & sleepy. Keeping your age in mind I suggest you start with therapy along with medication. cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt), a type of psychotherapy, is effective for many people with ocd. Exposure and response prevention (erp), a component of cbt therapy, involves gradually exposing you to a feared object or obsession, having you learn ways to re...more

If it is not suitable for you then kindly go for natural remedies with advanced psychological therapies. Only medication with never help to get rid of ocd in any way. So try therapies like lfms, mbcbt, eft, erp, bach medicine for better result. Consult a good psychologist or psychotherapist in your area. Otherwise you may get help from me.