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Harm intrusive thoughts
I have severe harm intrusive thoughts since one month but the frequency varies.
Like I'll be harming my toddler whom I love the most and that's causing me severe nervousness. (I have no other medical history.)
I had consulted a psychiatrist for the same n he was like it's obsessive thoughts with generalised anxiety and not ocd.
He said it's common and helped with with how to live with the thoughts.
Also put me on stalopam 5mg for a month.
I am anxious about taking the medicine.
Please advice if it would help me with my thoughts and any other advices if any.
Thank you.
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Seems like Harm ocd
Rest assured
People who have this ocd will not act on their thoughts because they know the thoughts are absurd unlike hallucinations
Anxiety is the underlying cause and we need to assess what started it. It could be anything may be some insecurity
Did these thought start after delivery then it could be post partum too.
You reach out lets devise a plan start therapy and get you out of this terrible feeling
Consult with me or any psychologist
All the best
May you heal soon :)
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Hi,
These kind of problems can be solved with therapy and counseling. At sever level, patients need medicine but any situation need to be evaluated with a professional and specialist. Please avoid medicine till you be sure you need it. Anxiety and obsessive thoughts all have reasons and need to be cured from the roots. Medicine can only change the symptoms without treatment the main reason.
First you need to consult with a psychologist/therapist to evaluate your problem with some more details. Then with therapy, you must be feeling better without medicine...
Please take care.
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You need medication with DBT .
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consultant psychiatrist
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Dr. L C Sunda
Psychiatrist
42 yrs exp
Delhi
We happen to see where such intrusive thoughts of harming the loved ones or harming others in the OCD type spectrum disorders.
Patients under going such symptoms are likely to have anxiety, fearfulness and depressive feelings associated with guilt arising in such cases.
Next Steps
You not only need anxiolytics and anti obsessive drugs treatment.Psychological interventions are also help ful in addition to the drug therapy.
Involvement of the family members are also needed.
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In addition to the above treatment, some other drugs are also prescribed but these are to be taken under the supervision of the mental health professionals.
Don’t act on the impulse to harm the kid .
Involvement of the family members is mandatory in such cases.
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Dr. Ajaz Ahmad Suhaff
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14 yrs exp
Srinagar
Urgent psychiatric consultation
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