I think I may have slight OCD

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I can't sit still for 10-20 minutes until I have to get up and walk around or do something like look in the refrigerator or in the cabinets. Even when Im on the computer im constantly getting up. I pace alot too. Sometimes it helps me THINK or PLAN on what im going to do for something. Or I just daydream. I don't know why but it just happens. It's like when I sit still or long period of time I get uncomfortable and my body craves to get up. Somtimes
Is this common with other aspies?

My OCD escalates when I'm tired or sleepy or running short on sleep, which is the majority of the time. Since I'm in a wheelchair, it doesn't involve much movement like pacing, but I'm on the go a lot, liking to travel fast with the breeze in my hair. I live in the center of a 24/7 shopping area and can make up endless liats of things to do, even if it's just checking out prices. In fact, most of my repetitive OCD behavior centers around list making, which can last for 8 to 12 hours at a time, or endlessly arranging some small, insignificant pile of clutter while my home resembles a nuclear waste dump on the whole.

I don't know if it is OCD you are describing because I have that (and have had it quite severely) and it is more of a fear of germs, a need to touch/rearrange things or checking on the rabbits too much. I often get up out of my seat and pace arround but I think this is more of an AS thing than an OCD thing. It sounds like you are having trouble concentrating which I have a lot.

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I have HFA, ADHD, OCD & Tourette syndrome. I love animals, especially my bunnies and hamster. I skate in a roller derby team (but I'll try not to bite )

I get in a lot of trouble for not taking my medication or not eating for three days running, then having a hypoglycemic attack and binging my brains out on sugar, even for staying up all night and not sleeping for days at a time. They don't get it that I don't get it. I've tried notes, alrms, answering services, computerized wizards who nag me until it gets done. But I forget to eat and sleep. I get distracted between the reminder and getting it done even if I pile the pills right next to my recliner and the phone. The wizard will nag me until the computer jams up and I have to hire a professional to come remove him. Now I'm in trouble with my money management class because I never remember to record my spending. Distraction is my worst enemy. I guess I'm worst enemy and distraction is one of my best weapons.

OCD is intrusive/obsessive thoughts that are disturbing/upsetting to you, and you then need to do some form of ritual/compulsion to rid yourself of these thoughts (in reality, it's just anxiety relieving behaviour).

Yes, 12 hours of ritualistic list making will soothe me to the point of preventing a major meltdown.

I don't have an official diagnosis either, but everyone I know of (including me) is so positive I have OCD. Way too many things add up. However, I've been able to train myself to be able to control it easier (so I don't start to majorly hyperventilate as much as I would've a year ago or anything like that). Some things will never go away and there are some things that still need a lot of work, but like I said, I'm doing much better now then I was a year ago.

I've also noticed that I'm much worse whenever I'm stressed out. I've been moderately low in stress lately, and I think that's been playing a great role for me.

I've been much less stressed out since I stopped fretting about how to make poeple like me and stay around. Since I decided to just be me, explain the Aspergers if I wanted them to stick, and let the cards fall where they may. If they weren't going to stick after the explanation, they wouldn't without it. It's only a partial loss compared to the past. More positively, it's a partial gain I didn't have before.

I realized I had at least mild OCD back in my early teens. My issues are with checking: making sure doors are shut and locked, faucets are off, stoves are off, etc...They are definitely more pronounced when I am stressed or in a hurry.

I have cut down hugely on my checking simply by eliminating things that I couldn't stop myself from checking, specifically fire sources. I love candles and fires but I would end up spending up to an hour checking that a candle was out or that there was nothing by my fireplace that might be flammable and catch the rest of the house on fire.