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Sounds like you had a lot on your plate - and still do! I always just remember to take care of myself physically as much as I can. Whenever I’m anxious, I usually can trace it to one of those above causes! ? You’re stronger than you think. You got this! ??
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@KyNeum, that’s so much stress for anyone, let alone a child! I’m sorry you had to go through that!
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@KatieKat I appreciate your kind words, thank you. It’s been rough for sure but I feel like it’s only made me stronger as a person too.
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@katiekat, were you diagnosed with a biotoxin illness and SIBO? I noticed improvement with the low fodmap diet too but just couldn't stick with the elimination phase long enough.
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My overall health directly correlates to my ocd and how bad it is at the moment. Mine flared up when I picked up a second job (a lot of life changes also). Now, it flares up when I eat poorly, don’t sleep well, don’t exercise or if I’m not taking care of myself physically!
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I can relate a lot! It mainly started for me after an old friend framed me, my health fell apart, and I had to quit my job after I had just been promoted due to health reasons. I’ve recently been diagnosed with something called CIRS due to mold exposure. It can mess with so many things, and it can cause a lot of anxiety. I’m hoping this will all be behind us for good once we get to the root cause behind the inflammation and sickness.
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Not to mention, my husband was in Iraq! That’s when harm OCD first appeared, totally out of the blue.
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I've had stomach pain and cramps every morning for years. Eventually I had a CAT scan done which came back clear. I then was referred to a gastroenterologist who suspected IBS and wanted me to follow a low fodmap diet which is very strict and stressed me out more so I stopped. After starting my SSRI medication I haven't had the gut pain, so I believe there is truth in what they say about the brain gut connection.
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Had pretty intense anxiety as a kid, especially separation anxiety after my parents got a divorce, after that I had general anxiety and panic attacks, I feel like my anxiety sort have morphed into OCD which really started taking affect around the time I was 12.
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@bubrub, so interesting! There is absolutely a gut brain connection. I’ve been on the low fodmap diet, and it did help my stomach feel better, but it sounds like it’s the biotixin illness that’s really the main culprit now, though I could still have some SIBO going on.
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I am confident that I developed OCD in response to a particular trauma I experienced as a 7-year-old kid and in response to my emotionally abusive relationship with my dad. I am also confident I have a strong genetic predisposition toward OCD. I have at least one cousin (on my dad’s side) who also has pure-O. My dad’s side in general tends to struggle with anxiety and depression.
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My mum thinks it started to show signs after both my grandparents passed away when I was 10 and 11, I definitely remember some ritual behaviours I felt I have to do to protect my other loved ones. I’ve been told I have IBS, been hospitalised with gut problems before.
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I have major issues with my gut and they get worse anytime I get extra anxious.
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@bubrub, I was diagnosed with the biotoxin illness called CIRS, and it’s seemed like I’ve had SIBO along with it, though I should do the breathe test to be sure.
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Hugs to all of you! The connection between the gut and the brain is clear. I bet most of you have been on a crapload of antibiotics like me, as well.
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Definitely after a period of stress. I had a full-time job, graduate school, roommate troubles, and a new boyfriend, all at the same time. It kinda broke me-I started getting symptoms after 3 months of it
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Hi everyone! I’m feeling better today. I had a really bad flare yesterday, my husband really helped me calm down and fall asleep. However, if you have health OCD I feel like you probably shouldn’t read this post unless you are in a good head space. I do not have health OCD. So, I’ve been dealing with a lot of symptoms and health issues that have led me to alot of doctors visits, I have several different doctors that specialize in specific things and now go to an internal medicine doctor. My doctor thinks I have an autoimmune disease, so I’m running alot of tests for several different autoimmune conditions. My OCD has been dormant for a while. I would still deal with it sometimes, but it was way easier to manage. I’m not medicated for OCD. However, I do use arthritis cream and was prescribed muscle relaxers, I have not yet taken the muscle relaxers. So I had a really bad OCD flare last night, specifically Relationship OCD. My husband has just seen parole and I’m super excited for him to come home, but my OCD was trying to convince me otherwise. I also have a new nephew that was born on the 22nd. So I am out of state and was watching my niece for my sister in law. A lot of exciting things happening at once. I’m assuming that triggered my OCD. But I’ve been swelling in my face and dealing with a little bit of body pain as well. Autoimmune diseases come in flares like OCD. I have done some research on autoimmune diseases so I can know what I need to do in order to keep it under control if that’s what I do get diagnosed with. I learned that some autoimmune diseases are linked to OCD, or can even cause OCD because of inflammation in the brain. & It gave me a glimmer of hope honestly. Could my OCD have started because of an autoimmune disease? Could I get better by treating it? My OCD didn’t kick start until I was about 19. I am now 23. I did have symptoms of OCD at 17 though, I went through a period of time where I was compulsively praying and in a cycle of intense anxiety. So I probably had it since I was 17, but I don’t know. My symptoms of autoimmune disease didn’t start until about a year ago, but it could’ve been longer. I couldn’t get rid of a UTI I had for MONTHS & didn’t know why. I had to see a urologist, I was 21 when I kept getting UTI’s. I had to get a procedure done, I had pus build up in my urethra that was almost completely blocking off my urethra. I do not know how the infection got that severe.. especially because I took antibiotic after antibiotic. I felt like I’d get better for a few days, then boom…UTI symptoms once again. So.. that could’ve been the start of autoimmune symptoms. With an autoimmune disease, your immune system is pretty trash. You don’t fight off infections or illness as easy as others. I remember how I’d get sick after everyone else in the house would get sick, but I’d get it so much worse and have the illness for much longer than everyone else. Surprisingly enough, I never got COVID. My whole family had it & I didn’t get it. Unless I did and just didn’t have symptoms. Anyways, I never thought I would say this.. but I hope I do have an autoimmune disease that caused OCD so that I can treat the autoimmune disease and keep my OCD dormant for as long as possible. I forgot what it was like to deal with OCD.. it was so bad lastnight, I remember feeling that type of anxiety and it’s the worst.. 💔 If you took the time to read, thank you! I seem like a charity case lol.. I never thought by 23 years old I’d be like this.
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So I have been trying to work out over the past 5 years where my OCD come from and have began to realise that ruminating on where it comes from is actually a compulsion in itself. I believe mine come from having a low self esteem and a lot of stress in my life at that time. I then attended talking therapy to try and understand my feelings and intrusive thoughts and all this did was fuel the OCD further because trying to assign meaning to the thoughts is actually the opposite of what we should do. Does anyone else feel like they know what triggered there OCD?
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does anyone know if ocd and chronic stomach issues have a strong correlation? 😭 I havent been diagnosed with any stomach issues but I have also never checked. Plus ive had ocd and like persistent and painful stomach aches since i was like 5 and still do get them. I think i may have ibs.
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