Supposedly I got it, anyone else have it? I dont think I have it that bad, just like counting certain numbers over and over again in my head, but not like I have to wash my hands a million times or touch things a million times. My friends sister almost was killed by her boyfriend who has this really bad last night, luckily he didnt shoot her just threatned to and wigged out for a couple hours.
I used to count numbers over and over in my head too! Everything had to be in even amounts or I'd get all anxious.. but it's faded as I've grown older.
Yes I have it like this too. Counting certain things over and over but I don't have it so bad like you see some people on TV that have it so bad it consumes hours and hours of there life or some of those people who have OCD about washing their hands and about germs. I still gets annoying.
i have it, especially when im on drugs and forget to control it. like ill go to the sink and go to have a drink but just be waiting there for like 15 minutes while i tap the sink and tap on the taps aand then im like ok what the fuck have i been doing this whole time. so i drink. and walk away, and damn it feels good to have stoped.
i dont have the disorder but i have always had certain tendencies.. just not bad... i remember in elementary school one of the teachers told us that at the water fountain to say "1, 2, 3, that's enough for me"... (cause she was sick of us kids taking too long)... much much later on id notice myself drinking water saying that but adding another saying like that but always counting to threes.. can be very weird... but for me, it wasnt out of control.
my son has tourette's and ocd (as well as an auditory learning disability and sensory integration issues). he'll be eating something and he'll stop to tell me how many bites it took to chew the food up. he also has lots of tics like sniffing and grunting. oh yeah and he's also one super duper sweet kid! what do you guys do for meds? i'm afraid of them because i've read that it's like russian roulette. some meds make the tendencies worse and some even lead to depression. it seems like such a slim chance of drugs actually helping him. my boy is a joyful optimistic person. i truly enjoy who he is and accept him 200%. i'm afraid to mess with that. he's in grade 4 but i'm seriously considering homeschooling him. he's been teased before and i'm afraid of the affects on his self esteem. better to see him socialize with a few tolerant homeschool kids than throw him to the lions! what's your advise if you have any? kathy
Well, I dont know about the tourettes, but with OCD, from my experience nothing works, I've tried about 6 different meds when I was younger and they all did nothing. I don think it is something than can be fixed, but I guess like these guys are saying, it tapers off as you get older. I feel sorry for your son, I hope my son doesnt have it either, but most people on my fathers side of the family have it
i hate odd numbers,!!! everything i do has to be done in even numbers.. i even tend to grocery shop in even numbers,,, two of most everything goes in cart ... bleach is my favorite fetish , and although it has sort of waned over time,, i used to use bleach in huge quantities....dish water, laundry, floors bathrooms,,,,etc etc,,, and the floors had to be scrubbed (no mops here ) every day with bleach and then hand dried vacuum had to be run no less than 2 x everyday and everything had its place with no clutter..... clutter sux,,,,, altho to look at my life right now one would not know that ....
ive decided that I ahve OCD more than anxiety..... because I can solve/prove things arent worth worrying about, but then i feel like i have to keep repeating solutions to my problems in my head.
So I guess this is a disorder that can increase or decrease over time? You don't have to be born with it? What can cause it or trigger it? I never thought I had anything like this til about a year ago or more. I have to wash my hands constantly. I shake someone's hand & I'm in the restroom scrubbing. I have a huge problem with cooking something then going back at least three times to make sure I turned the stove off. I KNOW I turned it off but I just have to check again......and again. There's been times when I've already left the house & have driven back home to make sure the burner or stove is turned off & I'm cussing at myself,"You fucking idiot,you KNOW you turned it off because you checked it four times before you even left!" Yet there I am again parking,walking back upstairs to check it yet again then walking back downstairs pissed off that I don't trust myself....
I have the same thing with thoughts, like ill be worrying about something and then ill solve it in my head, or prove it isnt worth thinking about, but then ill keep going back to try and solve it
I have OCD, too, though it's never been diagnosed officially. When I worry, I start counting, in my head, outloud, just counting, I also have specific routines for using public restrooms, my closet is completely organized (though the rest of my room's a mess), I have a specific order for my CDs and DVDs to be in...I get really frustrated when someone messes with them. I've developed a new one now, if I see a penny, I pick it up, but if it's tails, I flip it until it lands on heads. Weird superstitions bug me. I also worry obsessively and have panic attacks because of it. I'm also somewhat of a germophobe, but not terribly bad, not moreso than anyone else, I don't think.
Not sure about the homeschooling idea but i wont go into that because i really dont know. Anyway i use to have pretty sevre OCD as a kid, along with a few other problems/disorders... and OCD was probably the least of my concerns, infact i did even realise i had it. I was never medicated for it, and although i am still slightly OCD it has pretty much completely gone. So my advice is this; if your child is 'joyful and optimistic' then you probably shouldnt mess with it, if it isnt causing any issues for him then it's not really a problem. Just make sure that if his OCD is getting in the way of him living a happy and healthy life just let him know, I often had trouble breaking patterns until i had them pointed out for me. Any way im not a professional, just my personal advice.
does anyone ahve something where you obsessivly try to visualise things in your head like numbers or visions of things?
