OCD sufferers: How do u prepare for a trip... ?!
Question: Quick sum up ... Im going to NY - Im in FL now, have been for almost 2 years ... i have storage in NY + a court date - for a car a friend never paid. So stressful trip + my anxiety issues...~
I dnt take benzos - i do take hydroxyl/ visteral 50 mg - so my anxiety level is up which will mean my accomplishment r down. (prozac 80 mg for ocd - added 10 mg abilify for major depression...)
Tnx 4 any help... =) Mwah!;)
Answers: Quick sum up ... Im going to NY - Im in FL now, have been for almost 2 years ... i have storage in NY + a court date - for a car a friend never paid. So stressful trip + my anxiety issues...~
I dnt take benzos - i do take hydroxyl/ visteral 50 mg - so my anxiety level is up which will mean my accomplishment r down. (prozac 80 mg for ocd - added 10 mg abilify for major depression...)
Tnx 4 any help... =) Mwah!;)
I would think the stress you were under might make you want to pack everything for every possible scenario... You want to be prepared... meds, first aid stuff, your usual day to day things ( hair dryer, hair products, and such) and clothes for only a day or two longer than you think you will be up there. Pack only one comfort object... Use it for your focus when you feel lost and like you forgot something. Carry a little cash on hand, not all in traveler's checks or ATM cards or credit cards... this will cover that emergency you didn't plan on. 2 pairs of shoes... Trust yourself that you will come through this the best way possible. Positive thinking goes a long way to improve bad situations, believe me.
Any positives to this trip? Are you meeting up with a good close friend you've wanted to see? Any family you want to see while in NY? Any sites up there you've missed and want to revisit? Any foods you could not get in FL? You probably need a good deli sandwich... that will help. ( I can say this, I'm from NJ and live in NC now... I miss GOOD FOOD.) If there's nothing positive that comes to mind, remember the court thing will once and for all end this ordeal with the car and all that. Focus on ENDING this unfinished business...win or lose, you will be DONE with it. You will not be going to court again for this. Court makes a mess of me. I hate the whole idea. My divorce was a horrible experience for me to go to court again and again... So, I truly sympathize with you.
Remember the security at the airports might be asking to remove your shoes, so wear shoes that slip on and off... make it easy on yourself. Also wear shoes you don't care about, in case they get weird...
I hope all goes well for you and it comes out in your favor, if possible. Try to relax, remember you don't want to go to court sleepy, or you won't be able to function in there. Ask a friend from NY, if you have close enough, to go with you, just to be with you, by your side... that's what friends are for and you need one right now.
don't forget an Ipod or MP3 player or whatever you carry your music in. This is GREAT soothy... use it... zone out from time to time with music and it will relax your nerves... don't stay tense all the time, or you will lose it, ok? chin up. anticipation is worse than the actual experience.
Sorry mostocd sufferes wouldnt do this trip!!! if you have to get some short term benzos that the only answer
I make sure I have everything I need to do my compulsive things I must do and any meds I need to help me not need to do them as much.