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How to Get Over Obsession With Someone Questions to ask the person may have obsessions or compulsions

• Do you have thoughts that come into your mind again and again? What kind of thoughts? Do

they make you feel tense? These are questions regarding obsessions.

• Do you do things again and again? What kind of things? These are questions regarding

compulsions.

• Do you feel unhappy or depressed? Have you felt as if you are losing interest in daily life? Ask

about depression.

How to Get Over Obsession With Someone What to do immediately

• Ask the person about her illness and what it does to her. This will give her an opportunity to

discuss her symptoms with confidence.

• Teach her relaxation and breathing exercises.

• Teach her how to resist the obsessions and compulsions.

• Try using medication:

• Fluoxetine, 20 mg daily for six weeks; if there is no improvement, increase to 40 mg a day.

Continue for at least six months.

• Clomipramine, which is a tricyclic antidepressant that is found to be quite useful in OCD. It

is started in a small dose, of 25 mg at night, and increased by 25 mg every three of four days to

a full dose of 150 mg at night.

How to Get Over Obsession With Someone When to refer

If the steps above do not help, refer.

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