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Cleaning Ocd problem
Sir my mother is suffering from OCD from 3 to 4 years. And we consult with psychiatry then he said take medicine for 3 years it will cure but after 3 year when my mother stop taking medicine(by guidance of doctor) after 2 month cleaning and contaminated OCD problem started.
Medicine prescribed by doctor Escitalopram and clonazepam.
Sir there is no any 100% cure of this problem.
Can we overcome over OCD without medicine.
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Hello Dear, Mental health problems can arise due to multiple factors in personal, professional and social life. A wide range of treatment options are available including but not limited to therapy, medicines, exercises and experimental. There also exists few side effects with all treatment options, particularly medicines which are usually not life threatening and easily treatable.
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Hi.. severity of ocd varies.
Combination therapy with both pharmacotherapy and counselling techniques such as ERP and CBT can benifit patient for longer durations
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Hi.. medicines and ERP (exposure and response prevention) can help patients with OCD. Some people may need to take medicines for longer duration depending on the severity of their symptoms.
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I can help you better with further treatment course needed. U can connect me via whatsapp on seven zero eight two zero two two zero six two.
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Dr. Arpita Sharma
Psychiatrist
4 yrs exp
Bangalore
Both medications and therapy are important and also the dose of medicine is crucial
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Proper dose as suggested by psychiatrist
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It will take atleast 3months after taking meds regularly to know if it is helpful
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Dr. Soumya Ande
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6 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Combine it with therapies-CBT/ERP. Medicines are crucial.
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Dr. Ravi Kumar Dabbiru
Psychiatrist
16 yrs exp
Hyderabad
The most effective management strategy for OCD is pharmacotherapy i.e. medicines and non pharmacological therapy i.e. psychological therapies
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