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I started to realize I was OCD a few years ago, ive always had weird rituals id do everyday but i thought it was just force of habit until i saw a show about OCD. Although ive never gone to a Dr about it i am pretty sure i am OCD and i fear it is getting much worse than it used to be. At first it was simple things like aligning things next to each other or having to make things perfectly parallel. Now how ever its gotten to the point where i will rearrange tables im sitting at. If i go to a restauraunt i will sit at my table and move everything around until in my mind it is perfect and if someone moves it i have to put it back. My friends find this humorous and i hate it. They will purposely move it all over the place and wait to see how long till i fix it or worse they will not let me fix it. And i get the worst anxiety when its not fixed. Also i have a serious problem with washing my hands. I wash them over and over and over. Anything i touch i have to go back and wash them. There have even been times i have gotten stuck in the bathroom cuz just turning on or off the faucet made me need to wash again. I have really bad skin on my hands from it and have to use strong lotion but even that makes me wanna wash. And no i am not afraid of germs or anything i just get this feeling of being dirty and need to wash or else my stomach pains me and i get anxious. I dont know where to go for help with such a problem and i am afraid if i dont get help i will end up like Monk from the television show.
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honeybabybee
replied January 17th, 2009
i have done things like that before, i did it when i was pregnant, i think its when your going through a stressful time, definatly see the docter cos they can help you with anxiety and depression through councilling or medication x
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Aquamarine_Angel
replied January 17th, 2009
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the longer u have it the worser ur recovery rate saw a show on tv this girl checked everything in her trash everyday twice or three times very precisely. i used to have that washing thing but i grew out of it now. lucky.
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bazil
replied January 22nd, 2009
Ocd and the gentic link to serotonin genes
Having OCD and Borderline Personality Disorder it was clear to me I had to do my own research. I found that from research that low serotinin levels appear in both disorders and when you increase your serotonin levels naturally OCD can be treated more effectively.

How do you spot low serotonin? Pain in tummy headaches, muscle aches. and OCD becoming more difficult to deal with in day to day life.

It would be interesting to see if others have noticed these muscle pains ect.
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PS39
replied March 7th, 2009
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OCD
I'm doing better with mine. Sometimes, it causes embarrassing things to happen! I don't like for people to see me a little out of control. That's happened! Oh well, the hell with it. I was a big hand washer too. It makes me think about Lady MacBeth! You need a a therapist. People have recovered from OCD, and I will get there.
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alba1
replied May 29th, 2010
I have one of the severe-ist problems with ocd with washing my hand/body. When I was 10 years old I went to my doctor for help. She did care about me. At that time my ocd was treatable then I got sent up to Glasgow 100 miles away from my family and stayed in hospital for two years I got miss diagnose when i and my family where saying I have ocd no won listened to me or IÃm family.im council sent me too a à dumping ground à school 300 miles away I got beating black and blue I was thinking about killing myself. I fell ill again with my ocd e.g. I was trying to remove some of my skin therefore remove the germs i change doctors and they wanted to take my family away from me. I went to the Maudsley London but they turned their back on me so I had to give up my ocd actions to save my family and therefore have no peace of mind. I fought of a normal main stream school and got one but my life is not worth living I have lost everything I lost my friends I lost my girl friend i lost my education I have know people who has gone one step thither than me and killed them selfs .IÃm so unhappy I don�t want to live anymore. I will never have peace of mind. My life is dammed.
Cheers greg Scotland aged 16
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alba1
replied May 29th, 2010
I have one of the severe-ist problems with ocd with washing my hand/body. When I was 10 years old I went to my doctor for help. She did care about me. At that time my ocd was treatable then I got sent up to Glasgow 100 miles away from my family and stayed in hospital for two years I got miss diagnose when i and my family where saying I have ocd no won listened to me or I’m family.im council sent me too a “dumping ground” school 300 miles away I got beating black and blue I was thinking about killing myself. I fell ill again with my ocd e.g. I was trying to remove some of my skin therefore remove the germs i change doctors and they wanted to take my family away from me. I went to the Maudsley London but they turned their back on me so I had to give up my ocd actions to save my family and therefore have no peace of mind. I fought of a normal main stream school and got one but my life is not worth living I have lost everything I lost my friends I lost my girl friend i lost my education I have know people who has gone one step thither than me and killed them self’s .I’m so unhappy I don’t want to live anymore. I will never have peace of mind. My life is dammed.
Cheers greg Scotland aged 16
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