Posted by freedom2001 on April 12, 2003, at 21:56:03
I have OCD since 14 and am now 28. I've lost much of my youth due to this devastating illness. After years of research, trials and errors on various drugs, here is my current cocktail to fight OCD.....Hope to share with you guys and ladies here who are all suffering from OCD. God bless and may there be a better understanding of OCD and better treatment for it soon....
Take a nutritional supplement of
1 calcium, (calcium carbonate, NO calcium gluconate)
2 magnesium (magnesium hydroxide or magnesium oxide - NO magnesium
aspartate, taurate or gluconate pls)
3 zinc
4 vitamin D
5 vitamin C (time released 1000mg buffered C )
6 High Concentration Omega 3 fish oil (4000 mg EPA+DHA) - the
weight is NOT the capsules, but the EPA+DHA7 AVOID FOLIC ACID (one of the B vitamins) and COPPER supplements! They make your OCD worse.
AVOID CAFFEINE, COCOA (eg. chocolate, ice cream)AND JUNK FOODS SUCH AS FAST FOOD! But I guess it's pretty okay to take fast food or ice cream once in a while if you thirst for them.
All these helps in alleviating the symptoms of OCD too. And they are all natural.
But remember to take your prozac, augment it with 1.5 mg clonazepam as well. I'm on average 90mg prozac (80 mg does not really help). This means I take 80 mg on tue and thurs while I take 100 mg on mon, wed, fri etc.For sleep, trazodone (50mg) is an excellent choice.
There are some people who go up to 120mg Prozac but be careful as different people have different bodies.
IMPORTANT: And get PLENTY of SLEEP and REST.
OCD needs a 'cocktail' of meds and supplements to fight against it.
Regards.
Freedom.God Save Us All! Pls help to pray for me, all OCD patients and other patients with illnesses that we have get back our life.
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