Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

OCD peri menopause

Is anyone going through peri-menopause I’ve had ocd for years and it wasn’t too bad and then bam 41 it hit me like a tone of bricks with harm ocd intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, depression, and some derealization. Oh and insomnia Also I have physical symptoms which I believe are anxiety related tingling arms and this pit of dread in my stomach. My OBGYN informed me that I was going through peri menopause and that if I had any mental health problems before they would become worse. I have always been a worrier but the disturbing intrusive thoughts are ridiculous but they cause me so much anxiety and they are harm related around my children 🥺 Is anyone else experienced this who is going through peri menopause or menopause

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

I don’t want to nor will I harm my children or anyone for that matter It’s the intrusive thoughts that scare me I just wish they would go away 😢

lou47

Date posted: 3y

Hi there. I am oeri menopause and am having a terrible time with my OCD again. I have latched onto what a certain person thinks of me now because I had horrible thoughts! Even tho for years I never worried at all! X

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@lou47 How old are you? How long have you been dealing with it? Are you taking any medication My psychiatrist wants me to take a antidepressants but I think it’s related to hormones I started talking birth control but I was late taking a pill and messed up my cycle so I don’t think it’s regulated my hormones yet ugh it’s bad enough we have to deal with peri menopause but ocd makes it so much worse I wish ocd didn’t exist it’s ruined my life 😔

lou47

Date posted: 3y

I am 51. Have just started HRT but also take a ssri which I have for many years. Yes OCD has ruined many occasions in my life. I wish it would just go

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Thank you for replying! Me too I wish it would just leave us alone. Have you had therapy? Or just the ssri How long have you been on the HRT? Have you noticed any improvements or does it take a couple months to work?

lou47

Date posted: 3y

I am having therapy from here again. Not noticed much improvement yet but only been a few weeks

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

Me too!I am 51 and my ocd has become out of control over the last year,I have tried a few different kinds of medicine,my psychiatrist has put me on Prozac.Does anyone else notice that anxiety and thoughts are like a roller coaster,up and down?

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Yes a roller coaster from hell! Not to mention the depression How many meds have you tried I only tried Zoloft for a week and it was awful I had so many panic attacks I couldn’t stand it

lou47

Date posted: 3y

Yes.....my OCD has been terrible the last year or so. I have been on paroxetine for many years....i tried to switch to prozac but gave me so many panic attacks i went back to paroxetine.

Anonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

I was on paroxatine for 20 plus years and it lost its effectiveness,I couldn’t take Zoloft,I’m not sure I can do Prozac either

lou47

Date posted: 3y

Yes I have been on that for 20 plus years and was going to go on clomipramime but couldnt tolerate coming off it as had sonmany panic attacks. Perhaps i should try to though as sounds like it isnt working anymore!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@lou47 Praying for y’all! Like I said the only thing I tried was Zoloft which didn’t last long and too afraid to try anything else 😞 I’m on lorazepam but I don’t know how much longer I can take that it’s supposed to be temporary Do y’all ever have good days I’m feeling pretty hopeless

lou47

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Yes! Good days happen my lovely then perhaps another bad day but as you progress through therapy the good days become more and the bad days less. I tend to have a bad day if I have been doing compulsions the day before. I am learning to try and sit with the anciety more and more and concentrate on the erp.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@lou47 Thank you

Lena1998

Date posted: 23w

PMS making OCD and Anxiety worse

Currently having an anxious night because my hormones are doing whatever they want before my cycle starts. It's so frustrating. I feel very, very on edge and like I'm constantly anxious about something bad happening. Also been nauseous and having sleep issues. So irritating. How does everyone else deal with the spike in anxiety and OCD before periods? I'm seeing an endocrinologist on Monday to try and help but I feel so stressed out.

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Aldxma.steph

Date posted: 21w

Hello everyone I need some advice

I don’t have an official OCD diagnosis, but I will be asking my doctor tomorrow if I can get referred to a psychiatrist to get an official diagnosis. The way I came to the conclusion that what I’m dealing with is OCD is because a month ago I just started having the most horrible disturbing intrusive thoughts that go against all my values and beliefs and attacking the stuff/people I care about the most. Mind you, I have never had anything like this happen in my life. I feel that I have always been someone with a peaceful mind and one of the worst intrusive thoughts I can ever remember having before this happened, was “what happens if I cut my finger right now” while I was cutting fruit. That’s pretty much it. After this whole horrible intrusive thought spiral started happening I was so scared because I have never had such awful intrusive thoughts like this that were the complete opposite of me, it just quite literally started out of NOWHERE, and that’s what was so scary and terrifying. It was like my whole life got turned upside down because of this and I’ve been mainly isolating in my room, feeling so much anxiety and dread and guilt/shame. I get four of the same thoughts and one intrusive image repeating over and over again even if I would not try to think about them, and it caused me so much distress and anxiety that I would be so anxious and cry everyday just thinking how I could ever possibly think such horrible intrusive thoughts like that. It’s caused me insomnia which I’ve never dealt with before and I went three days in a row without being able to sleep no matter how hard I tried (even while taking melatonin). Other days I struggle so much to fall asleep due to the intrusive thoughts being much more present at nighttime, and even when taking melatonin that doesn’t do anything because of my mind being so active and having so much anxiety. Is this what they call an OCD flare up? After constantly looking up all the symptoms of ocd (the more and lesser known ones alike), I noticed there were some symptoms of it that I displayed in childhood when the ocd could’ve been more dormant or mild you could say (skin picking), because once again I have never had such horrible intrusive thoughts like this out of nowhere and constantly repeating in my mind that felt like they were out of my control. I noticed that these intrusive thoughts started on the second day of my menstruation when I was in a lot of pain and was feeling very emotional/stressed. One of the things I’ve heard a lot is that during the menstruation cycle is when ocd flares can happen more often due to the increase in hormones during that time, and I wonder if that’s what happened to me? I’m also overall such a big over thinker and have been for as long as I can remember. I also have had anxiety and depression since middle school as well. Any insight would be very much appreciated 😭

Aldxma.steph

Date posted: 20w

Hello everyone I need some advice/insight please

I don’t have an official OCD diagnosis, but I will be asking my doctor tomorrow if I can get referred to a psychiatrist to get an official diagnosis. The way I came to the conclusion that what I’m dealing with is OCD is because a month and a half ago I just started having the most horrible disturbing intrusive thoughts that go against all my values and beliefs and attacking the stuff/people I care about the most out of absolutely NOWHERE. Mind you, I have never had anything like this happen in my life. I feel that I have always been someone with a peaceful mind and one of the worst intrusive thoughts I can ever remember having before this happened, was “what happens if I cut my finger right now” while I was cutting fruit. That’s pretty much it. After this whole horrible intrusive thought spiral started happening I was so scared because I have never had such awful intrusive thoughts like this that were the complete opposite of me, it just quite literally started out of NOWHERE, and that’s what was so scary and terrifying. It was like my whole life got turned upside down because of this and I’ve been mainly isolating in my room, feeling so much anxiety and dread and guilt/shame. I get four of the same thoughts and one intrusive image repeating over and over again even if I would not try to think about them, and it caused me so much distress and anxiety that I would be so anxious and cry everyday just thinking how I could ever possibly think such horrible intrusive thoughts like that. It’s caused me insomnia which I’ve never dealt with before and I went three days in a row without being able to sleep no matter how hard I tried (even while taking melatonin). Other days I struggle so much to fall asleep due to the intrusive thoughts being much more present at nighttime, and even when taking melatonin that doesn’t do anything because of my mind being so active and having so much anxiety. Is this what they call an OCD flare up? After constantly looking up all the symptoms of ocd (the more and lesser known ones alike), I noticed there were some symptoms of it that I displayed in childhood when the ocd could’ve been more dormant or mild you could say (skin picking), because once again I have never had such horrible intrusive thoughts like this out of nowhere and constantly repeating in my mind that felt like they were out of my control. I noticed that these intrusive thoughts started on the second day of my menstruation when I was in a lot of pain and was feeling very emotional/stressed. One of the things I’ve heard a lot is that during the menstruation cycle is when ocd flares can happen more often due to the increase in hormones during that time, and I wonder if that’s what happened to me? I’m also overall such a big over thinker and have been for as long as I can remember. I also have had anxiety and depression since middle school as well. Any insight would be very much appreciated 😭

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