Klonopin

[Susan]

I switched shrinks My old shrink had me on 6 meds to treat depression and ocd. Still picking and feeling like shit.
Enter new shrink. Treating me now for anxiety disorder.
Dropped 2 meds, added Klonopin 1 week ago. It's as if a miracle has occured.
As he explained it, the other meds were to remove the "obsessive" thoughts. The new med is to let the thoughts occur but they don't bother me.
This is the first success I've had in so long I don't remember when.
Klonopin isn't permanent, I don't think.
That old shrink- I'd been seeing him since 1989.
My face is clear.

Susan

[Me2]

Yayyy!

Good for you Susan!

Fay

[tlp11]

Congratulations!! I am now on my 11th day of no picking. Picked mostly my face, arms, & legs. I used to bite my lip/inside cheeks. I have been biting/picking ever since I can remember. I am now 36 yrs. old. Used to bite my nails and pick at my chest. I stopped biting my nails 10 yrs. ago on my own and when the picking stopped on my chest it moved to my legs. Now that I have decided to quit, I feel a sense of freedom from it. The obsessive thoughts still do occur at times. It seems as though the "good" bumps show up now that I have quit picking them - ha ha. I am truly committed at this point to stop for good. I have not used medications at this point, but have considered it. The main reason I have not got on them now is because I am nursing and will be nursing for another 3 1/2 months at least.

I wish you the very best. This stuff is not easy to quit.

-tlp11-

[marynyc]

I finally realize I have a problem. PIck at my legs to the point where I can't wear skirts or a bathing suit all summer. I probably did this on purpose originally as I always hated my legs. Now I am thinner (past couple of years) and the first year that I got and like my legs, I didn't pick at them for some reason. For the first time in my life (at 34) I wore short skirts all spring and summer and felt amazing.

Now, I am still thin, but have a kid, trying to get my music career back in gear and I find myself sitting in the bathroom, smoking cigarettes (we live in a small Manhattan apartment, only place to smoke because of child), and picking at my legs and scalp. I have now done something I have never done before -- pick at my face. I now have a scar right below my lip and it is bothering the crap out of me today. I can't continue this. I have a history of anxiety (was actually hospitalized for this 3 years ago) and zoloft and kolonopin worked well for me in general. Will go back this week. thanks for being here. Am just realizing (I'm not kidding) that picking is a real diagnostic problem.