OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

[pie]

one of my reasons for talking to my doctor is because she's one of my best friends, i would if it were getting me down though but i'm happy enough

[Haniska]

QM,
in researching ADD and OCD I've somehow come to believe that they are related to/included in the autism/asperger spectrum.

[Quantum Mechanic]

Yeah, I'd definitely say they're related. But whether one would be diagnosable with more than one at the same time, is a bit trickier (and it can be more than a matter of ticking the boxes, particularly where ADHD and autism are concerned, or autism and schizophrenia, in which case you pretty much would have to have delusions and/or hallucinations in order to get the last one). But yeah, there's a fair amount of overlap, if you know which traits you're looking at.

[Nyx]

Emmy I took zoloft for seven years for OCD with both lactose and gelatine. I switched over the last 6 months I was on the meds to a lactose free veggy cap version. You can easily go to a compounding pharmacy and get it made without lactose. They use synthetic fillers instead. Some people have serious reactions to meds because of lactose and HAVE to have it without.

Also I have been through CBT and am now in some childhood behavioural type therapy. I found they have both helped (been helping) but it's definitely true that you need to get to the root of the anxiety. I used to self-harm a LOT and after three years of therapy focusing on body image I wouldn't even DREAM of hurting myself. Even when I'm in the throws of extreme mental torture.

Loving yourself (and I know this doesn't come easy), helps ease and or eliminate the self-harm. My therapist now told me there is a difference between the mental ILLNESS and the mental HEALTH. The illness is the anxiety and when you self-harm or give into compulsions/have obsession you are letting the illness take over. When you feel the illness you have a choice to be mentally healthy by not self-harming and by letting your thoughts "be". I hope that helps somewhat.

*hugs to everyone*.

[Nyx]

Cymreaes: I have this prob too to a lesser extent. It's a problem (OCD prob) when you have actual anxiety about it. No matter how little or how big the anxiety is. It's a moral choice when you actually could see/picture/actually eat the things you don't want to but make that choice not to. That's my opinion. I know for me it's not a good thing that if I accidently ate meat I would be super panicked and force myself to throw up (at least I honestly don't think this is rational). I think the rational thing for a vegan to do would be to realize what happened, accept it as nuritment and probably feel a little guilty (inevitably), but move on from it.