not me sorry

You are going to laugh when I tell you what mine are...

I am obsessed with anything floating in my glass besides ice. I will dump an entire glass of tea if I 'spy' something in it.

I have a problem with chin hair, so I started plucking years ago.It has recently come to my attention that I have scarred myself from picking at my chin and leaving sores. I now have dark patches of skin o neither side of my chin.

I am not a neat freak but I wish I was instead of this stuff!

So far no med I have ever been on has helped this. It is a conscience effort that I have to make now to leave it alone. If I catch myself starting I stop and find something else to do. It's very difficult but you can stop I promise!

Yes, I have OCD too. I just like to think of it as being VERY organized. Thats actually partly how I got this screen name, because I organize everything into baskets & then label them. When people come into my house, I get extremely distressed if anyone disrupts the "system" or makes a mess.

Seroquel has seemed to help with this a little bit, but I guess I have just learned to live with being a "basket case" to a certain extent. The hair twirling thing would be a concern though...ask your psychiatrist about that one. Good luck!

i make lists, lists of things to do lists of things i haven't done lists of lists i have to make, it used to be real bad until i started taking lamictal

I find something I think is cool, then I spend money collecting them. I can't help myself. My wife had to take away my debit card once.

My husband was put on paxil for OCD and it really helped him. He also takes risperdal

Ugh..OCD..story of my life lol. Im makes lists, I have to wash in the shower in a certain order, obsessed with my heart rate, obsessed with when ill have to go to the bathroom, when i write i start over if i make a mistake becuase i don't like erasers, i could go on for days. Its weird though..until i found out i had OCD a few months ago..I thought those things were normal hehe. Its ok..i think it is common.

OCD has made my life hell at times and it got much worse over the last month or so since I had a car accident..guess the tress brought it on more.
When I used to have to do things, I would ay things to myself like 'I have to do this..so many times because if I don't then something bad will happen to
someone I love' Weird huh? I had a one off cognitive therapy session for that and we drew it out on paper and how I functioned and my mind worked all came back to my dad sexually abusing me and his death when I was 15...apparently meaning I need control over situations now??
However, I generally don't say I have to do things otherwise things will happen anymore, but I still have to do things..like..
in bed I drink some water, brush my hair, check my alarm..this I will do in this order about 10 times :(
I check the time on my clock radio and if I see it on an odd number I have to wait til it is even again :(
I constantly have to touch windows and car doors etc to make sure they are closed and say to myself over and over ' they are closed'..I have even taken photos of closed windows on my mobile so when I go away I can relax...
Think I should shut up now..
Weird thing though, when I'm away from home, my OCD is far better..strange?!

first of all, i really would like everyone to stop saying how "weird" or "freaky" they are....we are all weird and freaky and that's why we're here....this are norms for us, only freaky to the "normies"...and who cares what they think? they get to tell us in RL how weird we are, so in here let's leave that all at the door.

second, yes appparently OCD can commonly come along with BP (anxiety disorders are mood disorders too, and they often occur more than one at a time in people)...and i believe i have it too, although in a milder form...the thoughts are not too intrusive and don't impair my functioning or make it difficult to leave the house like it does for some.

i think we all have our little rituals that help with stress levels. some of mine are washing in the shower in a certain order, having very specific order of bite patterns when i eat specific foods (yeah i know), lots of number related rituals, counting, etc....andi love making lists and double/triple/quadruple checking things (usually for safety, ie doors are locked, stove is off, etc)