Tough choice

By Anonymous - 27/12/2022 12:00

Today, I got new meds for my OCD. If I don't take them at 8 a.m. every morning with a full meal, I won't sleep for 3 days. Goodbye lay ins. FML
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Anderling 32

Have a chat with your psychiatrist maybe? They may be able to prescribe you a less strong dosage so you don’t have to eat a whole entire meal or you might be able to agree on a different time to take it.

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mike3775 35

So if it’s one a day, why did you start it so early in the morning? When I got a prescription to be taken once a day with a meal, I started taking it when I normally would be eating dinner (around 6pm).

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RichardPencil 30

All you have to do is establish a routine. Shouldn't you be pretty good at that? Ironically, if the meds work, you won't be such a slave to routine, and you'll stop taking them correctly which will bring the OCD back. And then the cycle begins again. I'll tell ya -- those pharmaceutical people are geniuses!

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Anderling 32

Have a chat with your psychiatrist maybe? They may be able to prescribe you a less strong dosage so you don’t have to eat a whole entire meal or you might be able to agree on a different time to take it.

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mike3775 35

So if it’s one a day, why did you start it so early in the morning? When I got a prescription to be taken once a day with a meal, I started taking it when I normally would be eating dinner (around 6pm).

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Yudith 24

Maybe it's the type of pills that makes you all energetic right after taking it, then sleepy after twelve hours?

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mike3775 35

Could be, but even if it is like that, start taking it at a time convenient for them. If 8am is too early, start at 10

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BurnInDemonFire 33

If you can't sleep later in the day, go to bed earlier at night and make up the difference.

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tiptoppc 19

This sounds like bipolar/manic traits. You need anti anxiety meds, not for OCD, but a mood stabilizer for the large swings. But I think you need more than meds for OCD.

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