I have an appointment next week as part of a 6 week session course for ocd. Im assuming she will tell me about exposure and response prevention but i will find this too hard.

If i made an appointment with the doctor to get medication, is there anything i should be worried about if taking them? i mean what are the chances of me getting side effects?

For my first assessment with the therapist i mentioned about medication but she said that it would kinda mask the symptoms of ocd and make therapy difficult because i would be feeling any anxiety etc.

She also said that if i were to go onto them, then i would most likely stay on them otherwise the ocd would return or i could have a panic attack after coming off them.

My main problems are contamination and orderliness.