Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Support Group
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive (repetitive, distressing, intrusive) thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or rituals) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.
My goal to joining this group is to find anyone who has similar issues that I'm having, I have yet to find anyone who can relate. Many people tell me it's "small stuff" to just get over it. I do know that what I'm about to write, what I feel, sounds almost silly, but it's consuming my life and sometimes I can barely function. For reference, I'm 44 y.o.
I have some of the cleaning OCD, but mine is mostly about keeping things "new/perfect condition", if things (mostly my car, appliances, walls, tile, or hardwood floors) get a scratch/mark/dent/imperfection I have panic attacks and can't function, and then I think about it over and over again. Then, I worry about the next time that it will happen, scenarios of how it could happen, etc. It's an awful cycle that is consuming me! There is much more to it than this, and I can explain more if anyone can even relate at all to any of this!
It's so bad that I can hardly drive anywhere, because I worry the whole time. I've also cleaned my stainless steel fridge until I've cried.
Has anyone had great success with any medication for OCD/Anxiety? I tried Lexapro for about 6 months, but I didn't feel my symptoms were getting any better at all, and the side effects of the medication made me feel worse.
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What are your five favorite things* right now?*The more specific the better!
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It's bedtime but I heated up some coffee to take my pills with and made a fresh pot so I can have some as soon as I wake up tomorrow a.m. I've been on a roll for 2 days with cleaning and getting other stuff done. I bought a new cell phone about a week ago and I've been having some issues. I stopped at Verizon and a nice young man jumped in to help. As a result, I was able to get an iced...
helped some but I still had to do a lot of therapy work to get better. Except for one miracle. Every time I would use the oven I would have to keep checking to see that I turned it off after using. And never felt completely sure that it was off.
After the medicine started working I would look to see if the stove was off. And I only had to check once. My brain actually registered that it was off.