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? asked in HealthMental Health · 7 days ago

Major depressive disorder versus ocd with anxiety features?

I have tried Paxil Zoloft Ativan Prozac Wellbutrin pristine seroquel nothing works

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  • 6 days ago

    Treating major depression with nothing but a bottle of pills is not a good solution. The experts recommend therapy - often CBT - and healthy lifestyle, sometimes medication. There's a variety of low cost, low risk things that can help with depression and anxiety.

    If you go to the Amazon ad for You Are Not Your Brain by psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz, you'll see that people with OCD think very highly of this book. You can also hear the testimonials of readers on YouTube. As this article shows, Dr Schwartz developed a therapy for OCD that has been validated with brain scan studies.

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/rewiring-the...

    He's one of the many mental health professionals who believe in mindfulness. If you're interested,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqEM_jlDRZI

    That video - details about a variety of things that can enhance the effects of the standard treatments - self-help based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and lifestyle choices that help with depression - nutrition, basic lifestyle things like sleep, exercise, and social support, also traditional Asian methods.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 days ago

    Try natural supplements and Nootropics.  

    They both have helped me greatly.  

    After today, you can ask about those subjects on reddit, or do research online.  

    Good luck.  

    Things will get better.

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