Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Do the effects of ibuprofen ever wear off, and, if so, how long does it take? I'm in one of my panics about not knowing whether anything I think, want, believe or feel is real or just the effect of something I've taken. It's a bit of an impossible thing to avoid when everything you live surrounded by is a question of what would be most effective in making you think differently about something. Damn PANS and damn all medical treatment. Damn, damn both of them. Anyway. I could do with a reply to this AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryAngela Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 @Wombat140 I’m not sure what you mean by effects of Ibuprofen? If you’re talking about anti inflammatory effect, I would guess it wears off in 4-6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Well, the effect effect. Whatever effect/s you're supposed to be taking it for, that supposedly makes you think quite differently about everything and think things are OK that you wouldn't otherwise. Thank you so much for listening. Any answer? From you or anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryAngela Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 If you are feeling things are ok that you logically know are ok, that’s a good thing, I think. Hopefully the ibuprofen will do away with delusional thinking that may have tortured you in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 I don't logically know ANYTHING. What's the answer to the question I was asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searching_for_help Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 I'm not sure this would be a side effect of Ibuprofen, but I agree with the posting above - 4 to 6 hours. Husband mentioned that activated charcoal might help, if it's really a reaction to Ibuprofen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Thank you SO MUCH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searching_for_help Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 How are you today? I've been worried and hope things are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Sorry to get into such a paddy. It's not that I was haing a bad reaction to the ibuprofen, more that I was panicking about the ibuprofen. Panicking about your mind having been compromised is a bugger, because even if you come up with an argument that you think is convincing, you thenwonder whether it really is a valid or convincing argument or whether it's just the drugs making you think so! You're probably surprised at me, who frequently reels stuff off like a chemistry textbook, suddenly appearing not to know whether ibuprofen has a limited duration of action or not. The fact is, when I get into that state, there's no use me telling myself anything at all, because I won;t believe me. I didn't admit I was in a state before, I know, I'm sorry, I was just afraid that if you thought this was an "OCD question" you'd treat it as an "OCD question" rather than giving me a true answer. Now I'm not bothered because Iknow even if the ibuprofen is making me believe something that isn't true, I'll be able to find out sooner or later. I do feel a bit better now, though I'm not sure whether that's the ibuprofen or the 1000mg of Vitamin C that I took at the same time (haven't been able to get at either of them for ages, owing to OCDorwhateveryoucallit issuse) - less as if I'm liable to crumble and fall to bits at any time, and the worst of the continual burning sensation has cleared up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Haha, we crossed in the post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searching_for_help Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 My daughter has some similar experiences, so I think I have an idea of how you feel. I'm just glad you are feeling a bit better, and hope this all calms down and you can feel less anxious, soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 I'd like to say, just for my own encouragement, that I'd rather the things I was worried about were also actually not true, as well as just me not being anxious about them. Thanks very much for your encouragement, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bws1565 Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Has anybody ever tried the therapy outlined in the books "Brain Lock" or "You are not your Brain?" Supposed to have very good long term effects with OCD, anxiety and intrusive thought. Just wondering on feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat140 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Yes. I almost lost my mind. (I'm talking abuot "Brain Lock", I haven't heard of one called "You Are Not Your Brain" before and I thought I'd heard of all the OCD books by now! If it's another one by Jeffrey Schwartz, though, I might give it a miss - no offence.) No offence, but why are you asking that in this thread? Shouldn't it have its own thread, really, let alone a thread about the duration of action of ibuprofen not being a very sensible place for it, just because that thread like almost every other thread on here mentions OCD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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