What is a better way to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder?

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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious disease in a strict sense. It can also be said to be a mental or mental disease. It can be said to be a kind of repeated thoughts, images, impulses, etc. that can cause obvious anxiety, pain or fear of patients. Patients are likely to want to do a good job according to their own intentions. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is believed to exist in everyone more or less. This is a very normal phenomenon. As long as the discomfort is particularly serious, it will not have a great impact on one's life. Then I'll introduce the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

What is a better way to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder?

First, the onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder is related to the imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain, mainly manifested as the disorder of 5-hydroxytryptamine system. At present, the antidepressants used are all antidepressants, which can regulate the function of neurotransmitters such as serotonin in the brain, so as to improve obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSTIs), including fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, fluoxetine, citalopram, etc., and tricyclic antidepressant clomipramine, are widely used. Propranolol and benzodiazepines are also used to relieve anxiety and improve insomnia when necessary.

Second: as a kind of psychological disease, the mechanism of obsessive-compulsive disorder is very complex. Patients with similar symptoms may have different psychological mechanisms. In psychotherapy, by establishing a good doctor-patient relationship with patients, therapists listen to patients, help them find and analyze inner conflicts, promote patients to solve problems, increase their ability to adapt to the environment, and reshape their sound personality.

Thirdly, modified electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation can be used in patients with refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neurosurgery is regarded as the last choice for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Because of its adverse reactions such as spasm attack and loss of sensation, we must strictly grasp the operation indications. Patients should consider whether to operate after consultation with three chief psychiatrists.

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In fact, for such a disease as obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is not a particularly serious disease. Because obsessive-compulsive disorder is not a mental disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder is not as terrible as you think, as long as you know yourself, the right medicine can be.