What worked for You?

Just a quick little post, but what has helped lessen the burden of having OCD? Im and followed by a psychiatrist but Im curious what all medicines do yall take to help with crippling OCD?

Part of me wonders how many people are on here that are actively deep in recovery/managing their symptoms. I know that this forum can be a trigger for me; I basically only visit it when my OCD is really acting up and I'm looking for something to alleviate it.

For me, working out definitely puts me in a better mood than before and helps with the intrusive thoughts. I like to do heavy intense lifting at the gym although this can spike my anxiety (I experience HOCD, and having dudes lifting around me can make that worse ), but I almost always feel pretty good afterwards. This is just a temporary fix, however. I am hoping to get into some therapy and get prescribed medication soon.

I am curious, how have your experiences with therapy and medication gone for you? Have you found that it helps reducing symptoms of your OCD/Pure OCD?

To be honest I haven't found a med yet that works for my OCD, I still count, I still constantly check stuff. Its so hard to go about daily activities sometime. For depression I found that Rexulti works GREAT! Yet for OCD no med I took was successful

Lots of years(about 7) of constant therapy did work for me. Took SSRI's for 2 years, didn't help at all, just made it worse... worse for me not for others apparently, everyone around me was saying how I changed for better and started socializing more.