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Is it possible to be able to stop the ssri you're taking one day and having been recovered totally from ocd so no need for meds again ?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Most likely not: Ocd is a chronic illness, and generally needs medications for many years -- at least with current forms of treatment. Perhaps future discoveries will make your scenario possible one day.

Answered 1/11/2014

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Possible! Try ERP?: Exposure ; response prevention= gold standard non-medication treatment 4 ocd. Read jane singer's article about how erp helped her 20-y-o son recover from ocd here: http://bit.Ly/z7dftt caution: erp is hard as it involves not giving in when ocd orders u 2do something. Requires letting urself experience rising anxiety 4 a while. Get ppl u're close 2 involved in ur treatment 2help u stay motivated!

Answered 9/28/2016

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