My OCD is not about normal things like cheaking if the doors is lock a couple of times, if the stove is off, so on...No it's about stupid, useless little things who don't even make sence like, I have to see if the experition date on the milk or cereal box is, if an object is made in china, if china is written China or CHINA, when that object was made so on and on...

I can be in the middle of this and don't even remember why I'm doing it or lost track or where I was at and I have to start all over again like, when that object was made, if it's wrote china or CHINA...When my anxiety get high my OCD get worst and it's driving me crazy.

OCD is all about insecurity. We do theses silly things to keep us safe. For me is like I have to do it or something bad will happen. I know it doesn't make sence and I try to stop but sometime I just can't. Do any of do theses silly dumb things? Do you know any tricks that can help you? I try to put in my head that this silly rituals are useless it's doesn't keep me safe but it's a bad habit that my mind have learn over years so that's why it's so hard to stop. Sometime I don't even really realise I'm doing it. Is there any medications that can help OCD? If any one can give me any advices I will really appreciate it. Thanks and take care!
Peace Sun

Sun2707

OCD is all about anxiety. Do things to reduce your stress levels and try to manage your anxiety better. Visit your doctor and talk to him/her about medications for anxiety and OCD.

For your compulsions you might find it easier to modify them than it is to stop them outright. I'll leave you to figure out what, why, and how.

good luck, and see your doctor

Me :D

I take Seroquel, I think it's an anti-anxiety med, well it's an anti-psychotic med but I think it's also for anxiety. I gonna do more research on that and also I will talked to my psychiatrist. Thanks for the reply and take care!

Sun2707, Your thread title, "My OCD drive me CRAZY!!!" made me smile.
And just as I expected, in describing your own thought patterns, you described an aspect of mine.

Recently my psychiatrist added Clomipramine to my medication cocktail, and it seems to be taking the edge off of my OCD.
It allows me to stop for awhile.

This then allows me to get some perspective on the problem.
I've read that cognitive therapy for OCD involves identifying which thoughts are grounded in reality, and which are false.

For example, before flying off to see my parents over the recent holidays, it seemed like a good idea to clean my apartment so my daughter and I would come home to some measure of cleanliness.
While I scrubbed the kitchen floor at 3am, a mental tape played my mother's voice saying that a house must be clean when you go away for when you return.

Now that's not bad advice.

But another, perhaps greater truth that I have learned from experience is that sleep deprivation interferes with sound decision making when traveling.

But I kept scrubbing and folding and putting away with the words of my mother playing over and over again, unable to think rationally about what I was doing.

The next day I had a total melt down in the airport (well, the whole airline, United, admitted to having a meltdown at that time and place too), and my daughter had to act as the parent.

OCD meds, when effective, can allow you to stop doing what you're doing that you know you shouldn't be doing when you're doing it.

Of course, you have to take the meds. Sitting in a bottle on the dresser doesn't help too much.

Hi Sosninity,
Thanks for the reply. I gonna discuss about this medication with my psychiatrist. Maybe it will be the right med for my OCD!
Take care
Peace Sun:)