ROCD & Hormones

Does anybody else notice that their ROCD gets worse with hormone fluctuations? Sort of TMI, but I’ve began to notice a pattern that my intrusive thoughts / ROCD / anxiety get worse around the time of my period and the week or so leading up to it. In fact, I was PMSing whenever my ROCD first came to be a few months ago. I’m beginning to think I have some kind of hormonal imbalance that’s exasperating my OCD and anxiety. I’ve read all about PME and PMDD and a lot of the info on that seems to resonate with me. Has anyone else seemed to make this connection?

Relationship OCD

ocdisnotme

Date posted: 2y

Yes this is what led me to get a PMDD diagnosis. My ocd gets worse during specific days in my cycle. Medication seems to help but also specific vitamins and just being there for yourself and being easy on yourself during the hard moments!

bun-e

Date posted: 2y

@ocdisnotme What vitamins are you taking? I just started taking a multivitamin, iron, and b12 but I’m willing to try anything at this point. I was on Zoloft for a bit but it didn’t really help me much at all.

ocdisnotme

Date posted: 2y

@Ramonaflowwers I take fish oil and magnesium but definitely consult with your doctor to see what best fits for you but those seem to be helping me! Also B12 + iron are good supplements as well.

Nica

Date posted: 2y

Yes, but it’s just the name of the game. Keep surfing through it and it’ll fade eventually.

NS1234

Date posted: 2y

This is 100% me. I have pmdd and ocd and it only consumes me a week or so leading up to my period and tHen usuallly goes away but sometimes it lingers even after my period for a few days or a week. The hormonal fluctuation definitely play a huge part in this. I was on a kiddo stabilizer which really helped and since I stopped it I notice every month the same thing happens. And then I’m happy when period is over and then the next month exact same thing happens . I Going through it right now and it’s making me feel like the love and warmth I have will never come back and it’s trying to convince me I have to break up with my boyfriend . It’s sucks and I’m really depressed right now but I know this is happened before and it’s past so I have to just wait it out

NS1234

Date posted: 2y

What kinds of thoughts and what does it Make you feel?

bun-e

Date posted: 2y

@Paige. S I’m having thoughts pretty similar to what you described. I was doing so well for the past few weeks and then Sunday I got my period and now I’m severely depressed. My brain is trying to convince me that I don’t want to be with my fiancé and also making me not able to find joy in anything I enjoy doing. And just giving me so many other ridiculous and irrational thoughts but they seem so real to the point where it’s difficult to try to remind myself that they’re not real. Have you ever had your hormone levels checked?

NS1234

Date posted: 2y

@bun-e This is exactly where I am at right now and yes I got my hormones checked and that is when I figured out I have pmdd which heightens eveything and also have sever ocd and bipolar tendencies and all this in hits me hard during my perio

bun-e

Date posted: 2y

@NS1234 I guess it’s time I got mine checked then 🙄 it’s already bad enough to have PMDD and then to have OCD on top of it… wonderful lol

NS1234

Date posted: 2y

@bun-e It gets better but I’ve been struggling during my period time . Definitely should get it checked

NS1234

Date posted: 2y

*mood stabilizer

cherubb

Date posted: 24w

rocd

i just realized that my relationship ocd is triggered the second i view someone as a potential partner! i just got the smallest crush on someone and immediately was checking my phone every few minutes for their messages and reading into their responses as either good or bad texts and made some tie to my worth based on how they reply or how quick! uh oh haha. just so many checking and overthinking compulsions. at least i realized this and can now bring it up in therapy to practice RPMs with my therapist!! RPMs are like life savers for my ocd, they help so much :,). i feel happy that i realized it was ocd. i used to think it was just feelings triggered by my ex and how he made me feel for three years. but now i realize it’s ocd and i can work on this which makes me feel better. i’m not sure if it “counts” as rocd but it definitely reminds me of how my rocd acts in a relationship. best of luck and big hugs to anyone who is struggling with rocd too!🎀🧚🏻‍♀️💗

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.

Young adults with OCD

🧡🍁🎃

Date posted: 20w

Feelings

Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!

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