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.

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newly diagnosed and lost

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i went to a therapist today because i could not cope with what i thought was just depression. turns out i have ocd and add. to go along with all my other helth problems.
when i get stressed i hurt with fibromyalgia, this sets off the depression. it seams to be a vicious cycle. now i find out the my mind racing in 10 directions, not shutting down especially at night. also i cant sean to just let things go. i still get upset about things that happened 4 years ago.i dont take complements well i feel i dont eserve them. i feel like i should do it all even though i know my health wont let me. i feel bad and dont want to burden others with it. i have to make my bed even if im getting right back in. vacume the floor it it gets the least dirty. etc.im a mess.
i have been married for 22 years and never let him know how bad it gets to just do normal daily things. i need advice in how to stop this madness and cope thanks cindy
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I'd tell my husband. I took entirely too long to tell mine and he was really pretty understanding, though sometimes he has to be reminded. (I like others to think I'm tough. Such a lie!) And I'd see a therapist and try to work it out. The stress really adds to fibromyalgia and it sounds like you're in a lot of stress.
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i am sorry to hear how lost you feel, i know what that is like! i have experienced trying to hide my ocd in a relationship and that only made it worse. now, i am with somebody who accepts me for all that i am! bless him! my family also knows it all. it really helps to have all the support you can! i am grateful for all of the love and support i receive! it is not always easy on them, it is tough on family and they can lose their patience at times. but, they are always there for you! you don't have to do this alone!
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My heat goes out to you. I take Camamile tea with brown sugar or honey, hot baths with Camalile oil and this helps anxiety like say 60% when i remember to do all these things like daily. I am ill too came off mental health drugs to get pregant and up until yesterday. psychiatrist wouldn't actually say its safe to take stelazine when pregnant. I am in a dilemma. Oh rlaxaaton tapes help me to fall asleep,any which you like the sound of their voice. I find a lot of self help stuff self improvement positive thinking stuff by louise hay. Always listen to her when pregant and stressed you know in the verg of a brekdown in some way but appearing to funciton normally to everyone else just not in my own head. www.LouiseHay.com
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I'm so glad you went to see a thereapist. Good for you. That should certainly start to help with the stress. And, if this man has been around 22 years, don't you think he can handle this - and don't you think he would want to know to be there for you? I didn't tell my husband about my ocd for many years, but when I did, he wasn't that surprised. It made some things about my personality make more sense to him, you know? It still makes him nuts sometimes, but now he knows and can try to help me. Don't you deserve the same?
Katie12345
Katie12345
Maybe some meds will help if you are not taking any.
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talk to your therphist maybe she/he can give you some that is mild to take so you can sleep and your brain will turn off...I had such problems with this now i take klonopin and i sleep pretty good unless my back is in pain...
I told my hubby when i was dating him i had ocd, bipolar and other things wrong with me and the if he could not accept me the way i was with my rituals then to look for someone else. I think you should tell your hubby he would probably want to help all he can when a trigger stresses you out...

My hubby loves me the way i am and is soooooo helpful when i as out on the limb ready to fall off.
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