What if I feel as if I've failed because I need a drug to help me?

A useful way of thinking about the use of medication for OCD is to compare your illness with a common medical disorder such as diabetes. There is growing evidence that OCD is, in fact, a neurologic or medical illness and not simply a result of some problem in the environment or of improper upbringing. As with the diabetic who needs insulin to live a normal life, some OCD patients need anti-compulsive medication to function normally (diabetics, like Obsessive-Compulsives, often feel angry and up set about having to take medication). There is no evidence that OCD is a result of anything that the patient has done, and it is best to consider it a chemical or neurologic disorder affecting a part of the brain.

The information is sourced from an article written by : Michael A. Jenike, M.D.Chairman.

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