diagnosis
what O.C.D. stands for
What is: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The best medicine for OCD
What is: SSRIs
The thing that happens when you don't take medicine
What is: worsening of symptoms
how OCD impacts life badly
What is: failure to accomplish tasks
OCD's main advantage
What is: prepared for what ifs
The three main symptoms of OCD
what is: uncontrollable and recurring thoughts (obsessions), repetitive and excessive behaviors (compulsions).
The best support for OCD
What is: CBT
the main side effect of OCD
What is: anxiousness
The type of health does OCD harm
What is: mental health
The stuff that OCD helps you with
What is: safety skills
the three types of OCD
What is: checking, contamination, order/symmetry, and rumination/intrusive thoughts
the three types of OCD medicines
What is: SSRIs, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics
the thing that happens when you take to much OCD medicine
What is: nausea and dizziness
the other main disadvantage of OCD
What is: struggle to focus
How OCD helps with safety skills
What is: Increased risk awareness
The clinician will discuss your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and medical history to understand your symptoms and whether they meet the criteria for OCD.
What is : Psychological evaluation
The medicine for OCD that starts with FLU-
What is: Fluoxetine
The abdominal side effects of OCD medicine
constipation, diarrhea
OCD uses a lot of _ and _
What is: time and energy
A "clean" way that OCD can help you
What is: better organization skills
The presence of both obsessions and compulsions, or a predominance of one over the other, is a key factor.
What is: DSM-5 Criteria
What is: an Anxiolytic
one of the OCD medicine side effects called Xerostomia
What is: Dry mouth
OCD can affect your social life by
What is: By obsessing over getting embarrassment
How OCD's overthinking help you
What is: Increased creativity and imagination.