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> My family doctor has told me that OCD will get only worse without
> SSRIs such as lexapro. Is this true? I have had OCD for years and went
> off my lexapro six months ago since when it has indeed got a lot
> worse.
> Have I reached the nadir or will it get worse unless I take lexapro?

I've never heard this idea before, and I don't see any particular reason for 
it.  If you still had OCD symptoms despite taking SSRIs, it would be usual 
for OCD to get worse if you stopped taking them, but I'd expect that to be a 
one-off effect.  Take away the effect of the drug, you're left with OCD that 
is exactly that much worse.  Of course I'm not a doctor, but I've read a lot 
about OCD and all the treatments for it, and I've never heard of such an 
effect.

> I am not interested in CBT. I hate therapists.

Could you explain why?  CBT is nothing like psychoanalysis, if that's what 
you're thinking.  If not, what ARE you thinking?   CBT really is a great 
method, if you could manage it.

I've cross-posted this to uk.support.mental-health, just to try and increase 
the chances of someone seeing it.  Not that anything much seems to happen in 
that group.

A. B.