any other OCDs out there?

[datasuspect]

i have largely been able to control my symptoms without medication for at least 15 years, but lately i'm tic'ing like a motherfucker and it is irritating.

what are your symptoms?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

1. Howey Mandell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Mandel

[Blue-Jay]

2. I don't *think* I have OCD.

However if there's a picture on the wall that isn't straight, I'll adjust it.

I also count stairs. I can tell you how many stairs there are in most of the Chicago Loop locations. Is that weird?

[datasuspect]

7. there's different flavors of it to be sure . . .

ritualized checking can be kinda fun, i used to have fun where i had to compulsively check page sequences in books while reading. while i was in college. sometimes it would get so frustrating i'd just break down bawling.

[Left Is Write]

3. I have been diagnosed as having GAD with "OCD tendencies."

My symptoms are pretty subtle. I can't walk past a DVD display at a store if one of the DVDs is askew - I have to fix it (as an example), but I don't have any specific rituals of which I'm aware. It usually manifests itself as a symptom of anxiety. I can take one thing (gas prices, for example) to fixate on as a "cause" of my anxiety, when that one thing may not actually be an underlying cause of anxiety.

[datasuspect]

8. what's GAD?

[Left Is Write]

11. Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

[Radical Activist]

4. No, ADD.

I've found that it can be interesting for someone with OCD to date someone with ADD. Interesting in an infuriating but funny sort of way. heh

[datasuspect]

9. i got a friend with ADD

he started taking meds for it and it helped him kick his drug addiction.

[Radical Activist]

10. heh

so his new drugs helped him kicked his drug addiction...hmm...

I'm sure its a good thing. A lot of people self medicate to deal with it. I don't take anything. I didn't like the side effects of the drugs the doctor gave me.

[SKKY]

5. Functioning ADD here...

...didn't even realize I had it until age 25. Weird, huh?

[Quantess]

18. No. It's as common as human history.

Some of the most inventive people have "suffered from" ADD. Bright people have Attention Deficit "Disorder". It's only a "disorder" when you don't fit into the ideal classroom.

(edited to add that people of all intellectual capacities can have Attention Deficit Disorder. Just because a child is labeled ADD does not mean they are bright, or not.)

[unsavedtrash]

6. yep

no meds for it but mine are: things being and feeling even and rechecking. Sometimes I can't leave the house because of rechecking the oven and making sure the door is locked.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. Being a packrat is also a form of OCD

I didn't know this for years. I thought OCD's were just compulsive cleaners, before I found out that compulsive hoarders have it too.

I have spent the last 4 years cleaning out my mom's house. Because she and her mom were Depression generation and you don't throw anything out, because you might need it -- AGGGHH!!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. I have OCDish tendencies.

[KitchenWitch]

14. I have ADD, but I think I may have OCD tendencies

I compulsively count steps (not just stairs) as I walk.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

15. Heh, someone else does that?

I don't think I have OCD or anything, but I do often find myself counting steps or matching each step with a letter and spelling words in my mind while walking. . .Yea, I think I'm just a freak :)

[KitchenWitch]

21. Then we are both freaks.

;)

[SPKrazy]

16. Not A True OCD

but I'm definitely a person with an anxiety disorder, GAD, Social phobia, panic disorder, and prone to compulsive behavior.

of course, I may just be a neurotic person without a clear title or label either.

i am however unable to stop a lot of things that i plan to stop and i do them anyway

then when i stop them... i feel like the underbelly of a lizard must feel... maybe worse...

:shrug:

[Quantess]

17. Does this count? I don't know.

Saying a word or phrase out loud when you have an uncomfortable thought, or a memory of something that gives you anxiety.

:hide:

I used to say "puppies". These days I say "pup chicken". Out loud. Not very loud, just speaking voice.

[dEMOK]

19. I feel the great empathy with you...

I went through a severe bout (many years) with OCD.

What outside "observers" don't seem to get is that the compulsiveness is exactly that -- compulsive!

It's not a choice. A person feels compelled to go through his/her personal ritual, in advance of doing things that most consider as "normal."

This exercises alone is enough to send an OCD person into further self-doubt & further anxiety (which exacerbates the situation).

I absolutely love people dealing with OCD.

:hug:

[QMPMom]

20. My daughter has ADHD and OCD. My son is ADD and ODD.

It's a "fun" combination. (note sarcasm)

My daughter obsesses on:

Hair: It has to be behind the ears. I know when I need to get my hair cut because she starts "fixing" it.

Remote Controls: *ALL* remote controls on the main floor of our house *must* be on the same table in our living room whether the device for that control is in there or not. They must be in a certain order and touching one another.

Drinking Glasses: They must be in a certain place on the table when we eat.

Shiny Silver Colored Eyeglass Frames: She has to "fix" their position. I lasted a year before I gave up and got new frames. No one in our house gan get shiny silver frames ever again. It's a law! LOL!

My son was ADD Inattentive Type and ODD (Opposition Defiant Disorder) Home Specific. He's pretty much grown out of it. (Thank God!!!)