Posted by phidippus on August 31, 2015, at 19:21:23
In reply to Re: Asenapine (Saphris) for OCD » phidippus, posted by MuseMemento on August 31, 2015, at 19:06:03
Right now, the thoughts are feeding your anxiety and to deal with that you have to take the power out of those thoughts. ERP will help take the power out of the thoughts that are wreaking so much havoc in your brain.
From a medication standpoint, antidepressants will help a great deal with the overall anxiety you feel and antipsychotics may reduce some of the intrusive thoughts while a glutamate inhibitor will further reduce anxiety. The thing is none of these drugs will train your brain not to be afraid of the specific thoughts you are having.
Have you used any benzos to reduce your anxiety?
Eric
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