Ketamine Treatment For OCD in Durango
What is OCD?
OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) is a mental health disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts and fears, known as obsessions, that lead you to perform ritualistic behaviors known as compulsions. Occasional obsessive thoughts or compulsions are experienced by most people, but around 2.2 million adults in the United States suffer from full-on obsessive-compulsive disorder.
While OCD can make you feel hopeless or isolated, the symptoms can be managed with medication and therapy can provide healthy coping mechanisms and new ways of thinking that may bring you relief.
How does Ketamine treat OCD?
Ketamine, first developed and approved by the FDA as an anesthetic, is a promising new innovation in the field of OCD treatment.
Ketamine is what some doctors are calling the biggest breakthrough in depression and anxiety treatment in decades.
When infused at a low dose into the bloodstream, research shows that Ketamine may be up to 80% effective at providing relief for anxiety disorder symptoms.
THE WAIT IS OVER. RELIEF IS HERE.
We utilize the powerful effect of ketamine to treat conditions such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), severe anxiety, bipolar disorder, and migraines. The clinic also treats complex chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) or reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), and many other painful neuropathies.
Symptoms of OCD
Contamination Obsession with Washing and Cleaning Compulsion
Characterized by intrusive thoughts about contamination and compulsions of excessive cleaning or washing
Harm Obsessions with Checking Compulsions
Characterized by obsessive thoughts about symmetry and compulsions to make everything orderly until they are “just right”.
Symmetry Obsessions with Ordering/Arranging/Counting Compulsions
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Obsessions without Visible Compulsions
Characterized by intrusive thoughts about religious, sexual, or aggressive themes. Triggers related to these themes are typically avoided as much as possible.
Hoarding
Characterized by obsessive fears of losing items or possessions that you may need one day.
