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OCD and anxiety disorder
Hi, I have been suffering from severe anxiety and obsessive compulsion disorder for few years now. I am under constant medication but it didnt help me to a great extent. So want to know is there any advanced medication or surgery for curing OCD. It is hampering my work and job and am under severe pressure.
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Hello. Yes there are surgeries available for intractable OCD. However, all modes of treatment should have been tried. There are some neurosurgeons who perform limbic leukotomy. It can help but may have some significant side effects.
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is highly effective when it comes to OCD symptoms. Usually it's the thought patterns that become distorted that heightens the anxiety. When these patterns are identified and restructured, the anxiety goes down and with it goes the OCD symptoms.
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Medicines help curb down the symptoms, but to reduce the anxiety from the root, we need to work on our thought patterns.
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