In what ways is your OCD disabling for you?!
Question: It's disabling to me because I can't even concentrate on doing the simplest things, like making a PB&J sandwich without the thoughts being bothersome. It's also frustrating, depressing & anxiety-provoking. I get frustrated & lose my temper when my unwanted thoughts are hard to battle. I sometimes become depressed to the point of feeling suicidal. RIGHT NOW, I don't have any suicidal ideation, but it's overwhelming. I can't even carry on a conversation because I have to pause every 3 words in the sentence & stutter, & people become impatient with me. Sometimes with my Tourette's I accidentally blurt out my unwanted thoughts without realizing it, & it alientates so-called friends away from me. I take 300 mg of Luvox, & it's not helping. I'm afraid to tell my Dr. because she threatened to put me on lithium-I heard it destroys your liver. I can't even listen to my favorite songs. I need to write a journal of my OCD. Can you suggest any books & educational videos on OCD sufferers/survivors?
Answers: It's disabling to me because I can't even concentrate on doing the simplest things, like making a PB&J sandwich without the thoughts being bothersome. It's also frustrating, depressing & anxiety-provoking. I get frustrated & lose my temper when my unwanted thoughts are hard to battle. I sometimes become depressed to the point of feeling suicidal. RIGHT NOW, I don't have any suicidal ideation, but it's overwhelming. I can't even carry on a conversation because I have to pause every 3 words in the sentence & stutter, & people become impatient with me. Sometimes with my Tourette's I accidentally blurt out my unwanted thoughts without realizing it, & it alientates so-called friends away from me. I take 300 mg of Luvox, & it's not helping. I'm afraid to tell my Dr. because she threatened to put me on lithium-I heard it destroys your liver. I can't even listen to my favorite songs. I need to write a journal of my OCD. Can you suggest any books & educational videos on OCD sufferers/survivors?
i have had ocd since i was 7 and i'm 44 now. i really feel for you. you need to take a combination of luvox, lamictal and wellbutrin. heres how i controlled my OCD, and it has caused me all sorts of problems in my life. i bacame an alcoholic for 14 years due to the anxiety from my OCD. i've been alcohol and drug free for 13 years now. don't drink or do drugs because this will only make your OCD worse. especially as you come down form substances because of the anxiety and stress that is associated with the comedown. coke and uppers will fuel your OCD severely and stay away from caffiene because this will also fuel your OCD. i am white knuckling it now as far as not taking any meds for my OCD, but i have learned to cut out stress in my life at a very good rate. don't get worked up about things. this will cause your stress and anxiety level to rise and severely impact your OCD symptoms. I should go on meds because when i took 100 milligrams of Luvox my OCD symptoms were reduced by 70%. i also learned to drink caffiene free teas at night and sometimes when i feel a bit anxious I will add cava cava or Valerian root to my tea. I will even at times take melatonin to help me relax at night. i even learned to practice ignoring my OCD when it demands that I perform rituals. It's hard to do at first, but when you ignore the obsessions by not giving in and performing these rituals, the OCD will greatly subside. over a few months time of ignoring rituals it will become easier and easier to not do this. Then it will become more of a maintainence for you to not do rituals. The strength of the OCD symptoms will now greatly reduce. I also learned to do rituals in my mind so I don't look funny to other people doing strange movements. you can learn to get a handle on this. as i got into my teens i was able to hide my symptoms from others by shifting focus of the rituals being performed in my mind. after you have shifted this focus then you realize that you can control, ignore and cut down on your symptoms. good luck.
;
ocd is a really wild and wicked disorder, is it not? cut down on stress and work on ignoring your ocd, when you get the impulse to do a ritual like shake your hands or touch something, don't. and say to your ocd, "i know thats just you ocd and your not gonna disrupt my life" focus your mind elsewhere so you can shake the anxiety of not doing a ritual. it gets easier to ignore over short time.
I have it but not that bad....i check doornobs more than once...i cant stand feeling dirty ( so i use fae whipes and germ-x at least 2 times a day)....and i always check things after i use them cause i worry about forgeting things (ex. the shopping cart at walmart)
the only thing i know to do is fight through it.
i know MTV's True life had a segment about it.
i haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD, but i know i have it. i have to eat things in 2's. if something comes out an odd number, i have to split it in 2. i've been stressed out lately & it's getting worse. i have the urge to say something out loud & it's like a voice inside me is screaming to say it out loud, no matter HOW inappropriate.
it really sucks! i'm hoping i can find a good shrink & get my zoloft tweaked, and maybe go on another drug for OCD, plus my ADD.
my friend is in a day program and she's in a specialized group to deal with OCD. dunno if it's helping...she's been kind of out of touch lately. you could check into a behavioral health day program maybe.
good luck to you!
Try checking out the website www.dailystrenght.org
It has over 100 support groups for people with ocd, depression,
bereavement, etc. There's real people sharing real stories, helping each other and not judging. I do wish you luck in overcoming your OCD. Its a horrible thing to deal with.
Oh OCD is horrible. I had temporary OCD and feel a bit now but mostly gone. I was not born with OCD but did something and caused it for a while. I had really bad intrusive thoughts that I kept thinking like "I'm retarted." etc... Not only annoying but embarrasing. I felt losing my mind. I would have intrusive thoughts throughout the day espacially at night. That must have something to do with serotonin converting to melatonin at night. Its body chemistry. I believe it is possible to cure schizophrenia completely.
Read my story here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
I am so sorry this is so hard on you. I feel real bad for you and I sure wish the doctors coudl do something for you.
I am afraid my 17 year old nephew has OCD. It is very mild now and he functions very well but I am so scared of it getting worse and crushing him later in life.
I am sorry I have no suggestions for you. All I have to offer is my sympathy and prayers.