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
I don't think I exactly get a spike in soully my ocd but, I usually get overall very emotional at least a week before I start my period. Anxiety spikes, intrusive thoughts spike, I get easily irritated EVERYTHING. Then there's like 3 things that could happen when I'm finally on my period. I either am calm and happy, the spike just continues or I am just drained and practically lugging myself around.
My intrusive thoughts and anxiety go through the roof, it spikes a lot with overthinkjng
I definitely experience an increase in my susceptibility to my intrusive thoughts the week before my period comes. I try to remind myself that I am not regressing in my progress with managing OCD, my period is making things worse and that it will pass.
I can always tell I'm getting my period because the week before my OCD/anxiety/intrusive thoughts are so much worse. Now that I'm pregnant, they're catastrophically worse 🥲 As far as just being on my period goes, I would usually just try to ignore it and not engage because I knew it would taper off as soon as I got my period, and it always did. It was a pattern. Just white knuckle through it and your brain will eventually learn that you can handle it. That's what I did.
@FoolishMortal1000 Question, are you on meds while pregnant? Is that a safe option? Just curious because my boyfriend is worried about me going back on meds because of with we want kids in a couple years but I really need it rn :/
Sometimes I notice my intrusive thoughts cause me to spiral and sometimes not. I've been practicing ERP for quite a while so it's a bit easier for me to not spiral. But I wonder why that happens. Does anyone else have it? Also I'm on medication idk if that plays a role.
I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.
Does anyone else ever feel like they don’t feel “bad enough” to have OCD, or that they don’t feel “the right way” for it? Or like they’re just saying they have OCD as an excuse? Because i was so much better for like 3 weeks now and now im on my period and i started doubting again. So because of that im scared that i was feeling to good and that my fear is actually true.
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