congrats on the grade :)

I dont understand your original question.. "Do any of you have these tendencies but just have bipolar?" (no co-morbids?)

it sounds like you have a lot going on, why are you choosing now to have a conceive when you have so much on your plate? you could get thru some of this and then be more at ease and going med free might be easier???

anyway, good luck with your essay, hope it flows onto the page easily.

When I start being obsessive it meant mania is coming. Don't have it normally.

You might find its coming in to soothe you from the stress you are under. Not sure if getting off the meds to get pregnant is a good idea whilst you are studying?? Good luck with the essay.

I'm asking if you have OCD or just bipolar and have obsessions compulsions

I just stated the reason why I wasn't on meds..not asking advice on that...all this was not going on when I started trying to conceive...but of course life happens. I'm not saying I'm adding that to the mix right now during this stressful time...but all that is irrelevant.

Just wondering if I'm displaying OCD or if my bipolar is acting up again. I do have to check on things alot, and I do get obsessive with my grades....sounds like ocd but not sure? Sorry I wasn't clear, guess it was just late and I was tired with alot of stuff on my mind.

Well, I'd tend to say 'no', because mine seem to stay the same all the time. But I guess that doesn't necessarily prove that it's NOT related to my Bipolar.

But my Bipolar doesn't seem to affect it very much and it doesn't get in the way of my day to day living or anything.

i did really well in that class as well maybe the madness we go throught in our lifes help us look at things throught the sepectrum of what the pro think it is all about but the ocd i was told early in threapy that i may have a touch of that i dont do rituals before i eat or anything but i do obesses over thing i think that it help me with the creative side of things and it may for you as well if you can make notes on what you are going to say in your paper and where you will go with them before you go all out i find that if you outline things it is easier to let your mind race on the topic then when you think you are done move on to the next topic i would free write as much as you can and not worry so much about if you are staying on topic then when you go back you can fine tune it works for me not sure how you work but that is how i do it and it help to get me from trying to hard to perfect what i am saying before i have said it

I definitely get obsessive and compulsive, lol. I always thought I had OCD, but I was not diagnosed with such. Just Bipolar.

Was diagnosed with OCD back in my 20's, had alot of irrational fears and compulsive behaviors that I would do to help those fears go away....though nothing I did worked at the time...lol

I have a brain that goes almost non-stop.......If I am no thinking something to death I am worrying obsessively.....very hard habit to break and I work on it constantly!!! Meds helps to a degree but most must come from within....:-)

My real name is Chicken Little

BP is often triggered by situations.. so it's hard to guess what it may be.. perhaps you should talk with your doc..
A lot of people do well off of meds for a short while but then the s&*t hits the fan..x

You don't sound OCD to me, just BP issues. As tats said, I have OCD and the symptoms of her OCD is the same as mine

oh, i get it now..

i think OCD is coupled with the disorder. I notice most of us have irrational fears and do things to calm those. i also know there is more to OCD than checking the door 5 times to make sure youve locked it.. perfectionism, biting, picking, people.. i suppose fear runs OCD, stress can trigger BP symptoms, make them worse.. so i would think any amount of stress/fear can exaggerate our OCD. with or without bringing on an episode.

OCD my entire life and it goes through the roof the longer I am manic.

I do not have OCD in the slightest. Well, except for the perfectionist need to get high marks, like you.

My mother is not in the slightest way bipolar and she has the worst OCD possible, for my whole life. My sister is following in her footsteps, also not bipolar.

I do not think they are comorbid. But you can have both at the same time, or not.