My wife has had mental health issues for several years now. They started getting progressively worse in her late teens, and now that she s in her late 20 s they gotten to an almost unsafe level. She was diagnosed with OCD and possibly borderline personality disorder and was prescribed Lexapro several years ago. This does not seem to be helping as well anymore and her episodes are increasing in frequency and severity. We need advice on what exactly we should do.
Hi, First, identify what kind of obsession is there. It is for cleaning, counting or something else. According to obsessional thought, we go for pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. In my opinion, exposure and response prevention with relaxation therapy may help her a lot. For borderline personality, we have to go for management of the target symptoms and emotional control. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.