OCDAction - Week of Action

OverlyAnxious
OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,397 Championing
in People power
This week is OCDActions 'Week of Action'...  Hoping to spread awareness and improve access to effective treatment!  

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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Thank you for sharing this with us
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,214 Championing
    Hi @OverlyAnxious - Always good to see campaigns that raise awareness. :)
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,317 Championing
    edited February 2020
    Definitely need more effective treatments to become available to everyone with OCD.

    Also shorter waiting times. Waiting 9 months for some therapy that may or may not work or waiting 6 months just to change medication as a trial and error experiment that again may or may not work is too long.
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,397 Championing
    66Mustang said:
    Definitely need more effective treatments to become available to everyone with OCD.

    Also shorter waiting times. Waiting 9 months for some therapy that may or may not work or waiting 6 months just to change medication as a trial and error experiment that again may or may not work is too long.
    Not to mention, some of us are forced through 3 assessments before being told there's simply nothing they can offer at the moment!  :o  I'd like to hope I'm in the minority though lol...

    If you follow the link in the OP, you can leave your experiences of treatment in their current survey.  I've done it and hope plenty of other have as well!!  :)
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Thank you for sharing this @OverlyAnxious! 
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,397 Championing
    Survey is now closed, thanks to all who entered. :) 

    As part of Action Week, a short film about OCD was launched on Friday.  Called 'For Want of a Nail' and around 20 minutes long.  You can watch it here - 

    https://vimeo.com/257979388 

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