Tips on how to get over fears of medication?
for some context I have been struggling with OCD for years now and also various physical health issues. I won’t get into specifics but one thing that really has been messing me up is concerns over medication risks and fears of having the worse possible outcome if I take a medication I need to take. One of my worst ocd fears include my eyesight and the possibility of it getting worse, and this causes me to always look up the possible side effects on the eyes of any medication I may take. Obviously after this I completely psych myself out and can’t take the medication because I become convinced it will be bad for me. I’m working to hopefully get on medication to help my ocd itself soon, but in the meantime, is there any way to manage this situation by itself?