Man the ocd has been crap this afternoon. Trying to ride the wave. I just feel emotionally but I’m also on my period so that could be it to 😂😩🫠
Most likely, it makes everything ten times worse and sometimes that’s easy to forget! It’s rough but it won’t last forever, you’ve got this!
FWIW, untreated premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) made my OCD exponentially worse. I don't know if you have PMDD, but in case someone here does, there are options to make PMDD symptoms better. short term relief: OTC pain relief (Aleve/naproxen sodium works best) abdominal muscle massage shower hydration CBD long term treatment options: SSRIs/antidepressants antipsychotics hormonal birth control pills IUDs testosterone surgery such as hysterectomy
@gemiel Oh wow, you know I’ve been told to look into this. It always Always gets worse around my period.
@gemiel I only recently looked up PMDD which I’m sure I have. Thank you for the suggestions. Are you willing to share more about your experience or send some links with information. Peri menopause lasted from when I was about 41 to about 55 (and I had bad postpartum when I weened my son). I am 57 and in estradiol so I’m not crying all the time but I still have PMS symptoms which last through my period - which can be three weeks long when I do have it. I’m on an SSRI for the OCD but again it doesn’t help enough with my hormones. Some people have said a hysterectomy would not take care of the hormonal emotional cycles but I’d really appreciate your thoughts. I clearly am not aging out of this. I am waiting to hear endometrial biopsy results. Part of me wants the answer to be yes so insurance will pay for a hysterectomy and I can have my OBGYN take out my ovaries too. I’m so done with my hormones. My email is erinperlow@gmail if you are willing to share more info but don’t want to do it here.
I have had my period make my OCD worse so many times.
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and don’t have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit 😞😞 I feel like even when I’m not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh 🫠
Does any one else struggle with eating when on a ocd spiral ( that’s what I call them ) I go through periods where I can’t stand the feeling of food in my body but idk I smoke weed and that helps the thought to go purge everything I don’t know if that’s my ocd or a eating disorder 🫠
I am (or was)! Yesterday, I started to get really anxious for unknown reasons, and then (just my luck) I got triggered by something online 😭 It's always so... humbling. I'm trying to sit with the intrusive thoughts at this moment, but I'm just feeling really icky and a bit down. With OCD, it's bound to happen at some point, I guess. Even without OCD, you're going to have good and bad days. It's just how life is 🥲 I'm just afraid of being slingshot back to how I felt a few months ago, which I know realistically WON'T happen, but my brain doesn't want me to think logically lol. I'm also afraid that the repetitive nature of OCD intrusive thoughts will somehow alter who I am as a person, making my fears a reality? It's weird. Classic OCD, but it still makes me anxious! I have been doing better not engaging with these thoughts, but occasionally, I'll accidentally argue back. It doesn't help because then my brain says, "You're just in denial, and you're actually a bad person!" And whenever I say anything in opposition of something against my morals, it feels performative or fake for some reason 🫠 I'm just venting at this point, I'm sorry! Anyway, if anyone reads this, I hope you're doing okay, and if not, I hope things look up soon. Take care of yourselves, stay hydrated, and rest well!
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