Looking for Alternative OCD Treatments

[Bcos831]

I am currently 22 years old and have had OCD symptoms since my early childhood.  At around the age of 11 I was put on Prozac and have been on it since at various dosages.  I still had fairly pronounced symptoms for most of my adolescence.  At about the age of 18 my symptoms started to become much worse and started including panic attacks and more sever bouts of depression.  At that time I was also prescribed respirdal to take with the prozac.  I have been on that combination for the last 4 years, and have been relatively stable with the anxiety being some what managable for the most part.  Even so I am still dissatisfied with where I am right now, as I still show very many symptoms of OCD and anxiety.  My doctor has mentioned both anifanil and luvox as alternatives, but I am somewhat reluctant to change what I am on now since I am "stable" and fear I could get worse if I change medication, at the same time I know that I am still suffering from the effects of OCD.  I also will mention that I have been in and out of therapy during this time, but never stayed with the same therapist for a very long period of time.  

My main question is, should I try a different medication, if so which, and should I consider putting more time into therapy?

[Emiley]

Have you ever contacted a specialist for ocd or are you going to a regular therapist? They deal with therapy that involves exposure and response techniques that help change the irrational ways of thinking. Ive read a lot into this and I think it could be really helpful if you find somoene that really knows what they are doing who is a specialist in this area not just a regualar therapist. They would probably know more about medicines and which ones are the best for ocd too. I would consider therapy to be more important than meds, I would not simply rely on the meds alone because most research I have done on ocd says that recovery takes therapy, or a combo of therapy and medication. You cant just take a pill and expect it to change the way you think and act,

[genix]

luvox took away all obsessive thoughts and anxiety for me, but then i went **** it and jumped on heroin then methadone, methadone get rid of all anxiety, but yea dont do that
luvox is GREAT for anxiety, i dont even worry about the thoughts any more, i couldnt care less i just ignore them, anxiety though i have a HUGE issue with, iv been self medicating for years. I would give luvox a go, it will knock you on your arse at first its strong stuff, but it will remove thoughts and anxiety, its probably the drug of choice for OCD in my experience