ROCD on period!!

Hi everyone, this post is more specifically for people who menstruate and might be able to relate… I got my nexplanon implant removed from my arm about 5 weeks ago. It triggered a complete emotional mental breakdown that lasted for about a week. It was the most mentally and physically debilitating week of my LIFE. I’m now medicated and in therapy with NOCD and hoping things will get better and I can have a better and fulfilling future. I’m also back on birth control (the mini pill, progestin only just like the Nexplanon). Has anyone else noticed that their ROCD is worse when they’re on their period or just with hormonal changes in general? Maybe because I’m hormonal everything is irritating and I overthink that until it’s an ROCD spiral? If anyone else has experienced this I’d love to hear about it and what might have helped you!

Relationship OCD

Grace1102

Date posted: 1y

Also I’ve noticed my compulsions include scouring social media for ways to repair your relationship, initiate a spark again, and how to reestablish attraction, etc. I think the fact that I’m working so hard to find ways to “fix” my relationship proves that it’s just ROCD and I’m not out of love with him. Also, my thoughts will go back and forth from “do I love and want to be with him?” to “what if he doesn’t love me?!” So that’s also a good sign that it’s ROCD. I also hate feeling this way. If i was actually losing feelings I probably wouldn’t be so distressed over it and trying to make it go away.

Anonymous243

Date posted: 1y

My rocd is a little different but it definitely gets worse on my period/before my period. Last month I made my relationship hell and I always dread when my period comes around. I have at least one breakdown every month, and I’m left to pick up the pieces when it’s over. You aren’t alone! And I’m glad you are getting help for yourself! You are going to get through this. If you don’t mind me asking, ive been thinking about starting birth control myself and did you notice if your mental health and emotions were any better?

Grace1102

Date posted: 1y

@m3&myocd🐢 I started birth control when I was really young (like 14 or 15) so I don’t really know what its like to be off of it except for the 5 weeks that I was off of it recently. I think for me, being off of it and having my hormones so unregulated made things a lot worse for me mentally. Being on it consistently does help stabilize my hormones. I’m also required to be on progestin only options because I have high blood pressure and migraines lol. I would definitely recommend the mini pill over the combined pill as long as you take it at the same time every day (or at least within 2 hours) and do your best not to miss any. It’s really important to keep in mind that when you’re just starting out, you might feel crazy and it might make your mental health worse so you HAVE TO GIVE IT TIME. Like 3-5 months. When you hit the 3-5 month mark you’ll be able to judge how it makes you feel. But before 3 months your body is still adjusting to it.

Anonymous243

Date posted: 1y

@Grace1102 Thank you so much! This was really helpful and I’ll take it into consideration when I start ❤️

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!

RaRaRa

Date posted: 6w

Menstruation and OCD

How are your experiences during an ocd spike while going through a menstruation? It doesn't matter if you are afab, your experience is valid too! I noticed my thoughts get worsened and the spike intensified, but now that I'm taking sertraline I don't feel an panic attack as before but the throughs and feelings are definitely there so is an unpleasant situation

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