Any more OCDers?

crazy_girl

I wondered if we could have a thread?

zztopgirl

Would love to chat to others in the same boat:beer:

crazy_girl

yeah me too

im pretty much the steretypical media-friendly type, hygiene and security with paranoia that the police are after me and people hate me and plot behind my back

[Deleted User]

whilst not a sufferer myself my dd had ocd for a long time as part of her anorexia,it was horrendous to see this beutiful intelligent girl wash her hands 40 times during a single meal,and that wasnt the worst of it.Her daughter in consultation with a specialist prescribed flouroxetine(sp?)even though she was only 16 and its not usually given to under 18s,it was a massive help,and whenever the ocd raises it ugly head a short spell on this drug does the trick.

darknesshayz

The doctor two weeks ago diganosed me with OCD, I was frightend to talk about it cause I was worried, I'd be put in somewhere where I dont want to go.

I am checking light, cookers, taps, anything electronic, doors, windows.... What would take someone under 5 minutes to go to the toilet in my house in the night, takes me 3x longer as I need to check the toilets flashed, hands washed, taps off, lights off etc...

I even have a fear if the TV volume isnt on an even number, something bad will happen, if its on an odd number I freak out, and have to change it to an even number. My brother likes to put it on odd, and when I ask him to put it on an even number, he wont, and then I have to freak out... ''something will happen if you dont put it on an even number'', he does after I scare him . I dont mean to do it, I just freak out over odd numbers....

I dunno if this is one of many OCD things:-

I also fear the police/fire engine/amberlance, when I see a car/etc, I panic thinking something bad has happend from something I have done back home (though I hadnt done anything bad)....

I sound crazy and I just want to cry now!

Puzzledbubbles

Hi guys,

I wld love to chat too - im a bit like Dark above - i dont need to turn things on and off etc, but i do need tv on an even number and i dont like watching certain channels because they are on odd numbers.

I have a thing about odd numbers that hasnt escaped anyones notice and its a running joke at work that every now and again i will just start cleaning and will organise all of my (already organised) folders into some new method that makes more sense.

Went away with new bf and nearly freaked out because we were given room 1313 - then realised 1+3 = 4 so the room number was actually 8 and was fine with that (see random)

I dont think my OCD is too controlling at the moment and have never spoken to a dr about it, all of my friends etc just seem to accept it as part of my quirkyness and im well known for being a bit random and freaky (but also know for carrying wet wipes, plasters, sanitary towels, tissues, nail clippers etc ALL of the time, you wouldnt believe the number of times other people have had to borrow my just in case items lol)

I do have food issues as well - but i think that they may even be considered odd in the most odd of circles so i will just keep those to myself for the moment.

Would love to know if anyone else does these things thou? Does anyone else have dyslexia? I have been told that there may be a connection? Either that or i blame my father and his control issues that still saw me grounded at the age of 18 for not collecting a newspaper ........................ but thats a whole other world of issues and stories lol

Puzzled

Vicky123

Both my boys are autistic and both have OCD, one has a diagnosis seperate from his autism.
My boys started with this at around 12 years old.
Oldest complained of voices in his head, he gets vivid unwelcome images also and has had hallucinations although that is rare.
I found Inositol was a great help and reduced his behaviours a lot, he says he doesn't get the voices so much anymore.
CBT also helped some of the more distressing obsessions, particularly handwashing, his hands were red raw and we were forever unblocking the sink from clogged up soap.
Unfortunately as youngest is a non verbal severe autistic they will not diagnose because he cannot tell them what is happening although we watch him being tortured by literally dozens of obsessions, tapping, retracing footsteps, banging things X amount of times etc this on top of the autistic rituals he already had, but at least those are things he enjoys.
Sometimes it can take an hour to get him out of the house in the morning and if we try and rush him along he has to go back to square one and repeat everything again.
Vicky

zztopgirl

I have only just admitted to my ocd after at least 21 years of suffering (I can trace it back to a possibly trigger), I have been diagnosed with bdd and also have trich and emetophobia. Am awaiting a referral for the ocd but although I was fully diagnosed with bdd, nothing has ever been done about it.

Feels like a huge weight off my mind to have finally opened up to my loved ones and the gp, I made a huge list of all my symptoms and handed it over to the gp.

My h2b also has ocd and we both know we must never stop each other during an 'attack', I stupidly tried to stop him once and it just made him worse, he had a really bad attack in the early hours of this morning and eventuallly coaxed him back to bed.

We both think we have dyslexia too except im pretty bad with my co-ordination and understanding, I take things very literally.

I wouldnt tell anyone about it before cos I thought I would be laughed at or seem crazy, h2b knew I had it but only discovered the full extent a few weeks ago. He was always completely open about his ocd though.

magicstrawberry

I too have OCD

I again have problems with washing my hands to much it's not to about germs i don't think but more about habit and a way of coping with stress and anxiety. I've made my hands raw i don't realize but when i do, i do cut down as much as i can for awhile but then it starts back up again. When it gets really bad i wash my hands with washing up liquid and you can just imagine how raw that is so i try and put some liquid soap next to it to tempt me away from it.

One good bit of advice my friend gave me is to buy a pair of cotton gloves and then plaster your hands with cream and put the gloves on a let it soak into your hands it helps alot!

I also have problems with checking things before i go out i have to either get my boyfriend to check or take pictures i have to make sure all the electrical items are of at the plug and it really doesn't help that the electrics are really bad. Things also need to be straight and the house cleaned which is hard due to my arthritis but thankfully ive got my friend comes to clean for me.

With me things need to be even or if there odd make an even and i need to touch things a certain amout of times.

Now ive put all this down i feel bad but good in a way too.

Hugs

crazy_girl

im dyslexic/dyspraxic too, it think there is some sort of correlation

crazy_girl

what really annoys me about it is that it seeps into every new thing that happens in your life, i start driving so it tells me ive killed people and i have to re-do my journeys and check each cyclist in my rear view 3 times or else ive knocked them off and if a police car comes past i get really panicky, on bad days i have to pull over and calm down before im safe to pull off again