I have ocd particularly intrusive thoughts about fear of self-harming, recently my doctor put me on sizodon md .5 which is an antipsychotic. Is it okay to take sizodon for ocd?

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It does work in ocd but usually they treat with an ssri and if no improvement add an antipsychotic like risoeridone (sizodon). You can get a second opinion from a psychiatrist if you wish. Good luck.

Prof Jagadeesan M S · Accepted Answer

It does work in ocd but usually they treat with an ssri and if no improvement add an antipsychotic like risoeridone (sizodon). You can get a second opinion from a psychiatrist if you wish. Good luck.

Saul Pereira · Answer

You are being treated for your ocd but I don't think it is as simple as that. You do have a serious problem otherwise too and must continue it until the doctor says to stop or reduce it. If you are in doubt, please do talk to your doctor because you have every right to know what your treatment is all about. Meet with a counselor also. Please take your parents with you to determine the possible developmental issues that may have contributed to this condition. This is a fear-based condition and for some reason, you have not been dealing with this childhood fear which has now developed into these repetitive adaptations to seem to need it for normal functioning. But in your case, you are seeking to harm yourself and so there is a risk to your own life from yourself. The behavior will then become based on magical thinking and certain rituals will become necessary to do normal things making you believe that either the frequency or the ritual is important to its success. This of course is a fallacy but there will come a time that even if told the truth, your belief will defy any logic and you will continue behaving like that even if it cripples you in your daily routines. This is a life-threatening disorder and needs therapy as well. It only appears as though some other force is behind these behaviors and that you are compelled to act in this fashion. That is obviously not true but no one can convince you of anything different. The obsession is a repeating thought pattern with no meaningful outcome, and the compulsiveness is the need to act on those obsessions also in a repeated behavior pattern as though you just cannot help yourself. This is all driven by fear and when you are frustrated with it, you will escalate anger over it. Doubt, insecurity, uncertainty, and lack of firm memory will all plague you and increase stress. There are certain behavioral techniques to be implemented and if they work you may get out of this condition rather easily. If that does not work as desired, then medication has to be introduced, and in combination with counseling much work can be achieved.