OCD Support Thread

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I’m sorry about the issue with your clients, DataB4! My mom has clients at her job as well, and it is really hard sometimes, especially when they say they don’t want the product anymore. I know this is probably really late, but that client was probably, like Ferris said, just a nightmare client. I am actually having a similar problem with someone not responding to my email I sent, and it is really hard not to go back and overanalyze everything I wrote! I hope you don’t have to deal with any more clients like that!

I'm sorry you lost the much-needed money, Date4......

How are you, Stampy?

I’m doing alright, except for the fact that my OCD has been really bad lately and I am almost convinced I have schizophrenia. I have been trying to distract myself though, so I am doing okay. How are you?

I am being forced to go on an SSRI, and I feel like I’ve given up or something. I just never feel good anymore, and I have some symptoms of schizophrenia that might just be caused by hypochondria, but they still really worry me. I just hope I am not on the verge of going insane!

You're so smart, Stampy---and a high achiever......you've won money for your writing---which has never happened to me.

Thank you! I don’t even know how I won, but I did . It was the most amazing feeling, and it helped me feel better and have hope for everything I’m going through.

Thanks everyone. I knew people on here would get how I was feeling.

Stampy, how awesome that you've already won a writing contest with prize money! I haven't done that yet, maybe in the future.

I realize it can't feel good to feel forced into taking medication out of desperation. I hope it will turn out to be a positive experience in the end. Perhaps you'll be one of the many who find relief.

Thank you so much ! I honestly don’t even believe it, but I guess I won and now my teacher wants me to enter more contests (which I am hesitant about).

Thank you. I hope it goes well too. The thought of being on a medication scares me, but I guess I don’t really have much of a choice anymore.

I hope you are doing well!

I’m really very sorry, Britte! I meant to reply to this days ago, but then I got sidetracked and I forgot to go back to this! I hope you are doing well !

I have missed talking to you so much! I really don’t like school very much at the moment, as the work load is quite a lot! Hopefully I will be able to post more now that I have the essay contest and nursing home trip out of the way!

I hope I can talk to you soon! I really miss our conversations!

Hi

I have OCD too. Since I can remember actually. I never knew that It would be somehow asperger (I just recently got diagnosed with asperger/autism). But I think that it’s the asperger AND the OCD. It’s not only Asperger. Because I experience a lot of anxiety if I don’t do what my mind says (compulsions)

I suffer a lot from it, especially if I have anxiety and then I end up in a loop in my mind..

I am really tired of it. I cried my eyes out just now. I am afraid of the world and everything in it.

Hi Missworry, welcome. You're not alone.

Like DataB4 said, you are definitely not alone in this. I have Asperger’s and OCD too, and while the Asperger’s is hard to deal with, OCD is even harder. I have been through many, many obsessions and even though I pretty much lost hope when I was going through each of them, they never stayed forever. Just know that you don’t have to lose hope, and we are all fighting this together! Welcome!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this here, but I told my teacher about why I can't learn about schizophrenia (although I am almost convinced I have it by now). He was really understanding about the whole thing. His class is awesome! He is definitely my favorite teacher this year .

Fingers crossed for you SSF , I hope the SSRI's help. I've been on them a week and already noticed a change.
What brand have they given you - I'm on Prozac ( I'm on it for depression but I know it quiets my mind ).
Although I prefer to be med free sometimes you need a little help.

I feel like a failure, but I have my fingers crossed that they will help. Thanks Ferris- I am really worried and it helps to know that I am not alone. I actually haven't had the initial consultation yet, but I will probably be given Prozac or something. At this point I just really hope it gets rid of this horrible paranoid feeling I have been having. I think I'm starting to believe the thoughts, and I'm so scared! I am almost convinced that I am going insane and there is no hope, but if the SSRI works, then I won't have to be scared anymore. If it doesn't, well, I guess my worst fear is coming true.

Hi, SSF! No need to apologize. I’m glad to hear from you, and hear of your goings on, whenever you have time to write. : )

Sorry to hear you’ve got a heavy workload at school, currently. I know how contentious it can be. Good on you, for plowing through the harder bits, though, and by the sound of things within your posts, further up the thread, your hard work appears to be paying off, respectively. It’s good to read that you were able to speak with your teacher about the schzophrenia concerns you’ve had. I’m happy to hear that he received it well and has been nice about it, and that you like his class, so much!

I, too, have missed our conversations! Profoundly, so.

I hope to talk with you, again, very soon! No pressure, however.

Feeling like a failure and being a failure are two different things , you are not a failure because you need some meds to help.
If you're anything like me then the paranoia is worse the more anxious and depressed I am so anything that lessens anxiety and depression lessens paranoia.
I know only too well how scary it is , I've been living it for decades , you are not alone SSF , you will get through this , your intelligence is your best asset but it is can also your worst enemy at times , try and remember your mind can make you think many things that are not true and make connections where there are none - You know all this anyway but I'm sure it doesn't hurt to be reminded.