My wife was recently prescribed Memantine for headaches. She took 5mg nightly for 4 days and during that time she still had a headache, but no side effects. On the 5th day the headaches stopped, but now she's constantly nauseous and woozy. This has been going on for 4 days. Is this just a matter of her body adjusting to the drug?
I’m terrified to ask him because it’s my dear friends boyfriend and I don’t want to open up a can of worms for something that maybe didn’t happen. Is this OCD? I’m terrified this isn’t OCD and I’ve done this horrible thing. It would destroy a friendship I truly cherish and be the nail in the coffin for my own relationship with my boyfriend.
t ever aware that we are checking). However, we all know our ocd is irrational and is completley not who we really are, it creates a paradox, making the sufferer into believing what he most dreads. In this book it said to explore the "unknown". The only way to stop suffering is by "not caring". Does anyone find it true that the more you care about what your fear is the more likely it is to become true. No matter how many times you check, the fear never goes away.
Hi dr Sean, could you please answer my question. 3 weeks ago I had to inspect a drug rehab clinic and while there I shook hands with 2 workers. I had a 5 day old cut on my index finger and some dry skin on the back of my hand. I always put band aids on cuts until they're gone. But didn't this time. I didn't see if the people I shook hands with had any cuts on their hands or not. I didn't see any blood or fluid on my hand after. And I was not bleeding.
I feel so horrible and all I went to do is confess…But I know that will only make my OCD worse and then I’ll find something else to fixate on and confess to that and then constantly needing reassurance its just a crash and burn kinda thing..Its almost like paranoia that he is somehow going to findout..these are where alot of the irrational thoughts come to play..Please help….Dont know what else to do anymore.
Im a 29 your old male and my question is about OCD and if it can develop in to paranoia and depression I have had some panic problems and depression problems back in my teens and early 20tees where I could just ignore it and move on, now im 29 and its gotten to a new level. panic attacks have gotten really bad and my emotions are just up and down I just had my worst panic attack I have ever had 5 months ago.
Nope. I have't tried any meds. My therapist doesn't know much about OCD. And he can't help me. I am searching a new therapist with experience in OCD. It's very hard break HOCD.
OCD is OCD. If it's not necessary and it really is OCD, which we don't know from your post has been diagnosed, it's treated the same as OCD would be in anybody and the blood disease is irrelevant.
I don't think your OCD is totally out of control. You probably just posted the question several times for extra verification, right? I can really understand what your talking about. I also have OCD, and I'm a girl, but the same sort of thing happens when we ovulate.
When I say it like that and really think it through, I can see that it is more than illogical. It is OCD and OCD is fear. Fear of the unknown, and the uncontrollable.
In the situation you described above there is zero risk of infection. None. At all. You preceived there to be a risk, but I can assure you there was none. You have to know the facts. HIV is a fragile virus. Becoming infected by casual or enviromental contact is slim to none.
Awhile ago I posted about being drunk at a function with my boyfriend and for some reason I was stressing on the idea of what if someone had sex with me and I don't remember it because I was drinking. I wasn't obnoxious drunk I was just drunk from too much wine and had a hard time remembering any of the night. I thought I was getting over it but here's the problem. About 2 weeks after this function I got a phone call and missed it.
I know, I'm currently working on the OCD. I know it's the OCD that's causing my worry and anxiety.. I just don't want to ruin my life cuz of it. This fear is killing my marriage and family. Every time I don't feel good or something's wrong I equate it to having HIV.
I am very concerned about my 16 yr old son. He has been diagosed with ocd and tourettes. He stumbled throught he first part of grade nine, not being able to focus, losing weight, making bad decisions etc. Some of this obviously attributed to being a teenager. At the end of the first semester, he started risperidol and was able to focus on school, had a better attitude and gained some weight.
Are you getting treated for your OCD? OCD and health anxiety can go hand in hand in my opinion. There is zero change that you could have even remotely gotten it from what you describe, but that doesn't subdue our fears when we worry constantly about it, in my experience. Do you have access to therapy? For me, confronting the issues head on gives you the tools to effectively deal with your fear quite rationally...keep us posted!
Thoughts of harming others does fall under the category of OCD. As the CL of the OCD forum and an OCD sufferer, I think it is important to treat the right disorder. In my mind OCD leads to anxiety which when left unchecked leads to depression and therefore the OCD needs to be treated.
Do you see somebody to help with your current anxiety issues?
Okay so Ive had OCD for almost a year now and its been off and on sometimes bad and really bad. Well my OCD had slowed down for about 6 months and then just recently picked back up. Yesterday I went to a job interview that was out of town(I'm a recent college grad) and I was running late due to certain circumstances. I panicked the whole way there that I was not going to make it on time.
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