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I dunno if I'm fueling your ocd, but that feels like a fair concern but I dont think we can help you here. Dont research it because if its ocd that will feed it. I think you need to talk to your doctor and pharmacist about this. Get answers from experts and not anecdotal google answers.
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Thank you ??
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Secondly (I wanted to put this as a second comment since the first got so long), while I don’t want to fuel OCD by offering reassurance, you are permitted to donate blood one month after finishing taking accutane. This is because after a month, you no longer have the drug in your system. If the American Red Cross says you can safely give blood because the accutane is out of your system after one month, you can trust that it is no longer in your system to harm a future child.
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I was on accutane for a while, years ago. I think I had the same fears while I was taking it, but until I saw your post, I had forgotten about it all. (Don’t worry; nothing triggered. ?.) My point is that now that having children is a recurring discussion every now and then, accutane is totally not a fear, and it hasn’t been a fear for years. If you’re planning on having children soon after this treatment, just make sure you discuss it with your doctor. If not, you can still just check with them to hear what the real info is on how long to wait. Good luck!
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Thank you! I asked the doctor and he said there’s nothing to worry about!
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First of all, I work as an in-home caregiver for disabled kids. While I know most people don’t choose to have a child with disabilities, I can say that the parents of these kids absolutely love their kids and wouldn’t change them for the world. One little girl I work with has autism, and at age 5 her favorite game is playing with scrabble tiles and spelling out full words and even sentences. She was able to read at four years old, and at 6 has taught herself to play her favorite Disney songs on the piano! Another girl who is paralyzed from the waist down loves to ride her adaptive bike, play with her little sister, and swing on her adaptive swing. She does pageants and works as a model for TV commercials and advertisements. A little boy with autism loves baseball, and can tell you his favorite team and players’ stats from just about every season he’s been alive for. A nonverbal little girl missing a chromosome is the most content, happy, giggly toddler I have ever met. Another girl with Down Syndrome is so kind and nurturing, she loves helping people and hates seeing people unhappy. I could go on all day, but in short, these kids bring so much joy to so many people every day. I understand how scary it might be to consider having a child with a disability, but I suggest you start to try to sit with this idea as an exposure- it’s possible you will have a disabled child someday, and that is an uncertainty you must accept when you choose to have a child. But if you do have a disabled kid, know that they will be able to lead a happy, fulfilling life, and will bring you a great deal of joy as well.
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When I talk about disabilities I’m talking about missing body parts and deformed faces and missing brains... I should’ve made that a little more clearer. But either way I was able to speak with my doctor and he told me there’s nothing to worry about.
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- 23w
I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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Please read this. I’ve had ocd pretty much a lot of my life but never knew what it was until my senior year of highschool. I’m 21 with 2 kids and i believe i’ve had pocd a little bit before my daughter was born (which was 8 months ago). It made me start looking at all kids differently and i hate it. But it really started triggering me about 3 months ago. I’ve been thinking if i’d intentionally touched or harmed my kids the wrong way, or any kids for that matter. This started giving me false memories (or at least hope they are). I’ve been having panic attacks, yelling at myself, punching walls, praying, and even thoughts of ending my own life. I grew up in a severe toxic household throughout my childhood and teenage life. I’ve never wished that on my kids since i became a dad. I wanna give them the life i never got. I look back my photos of my children and i feel like i’m a complete fraud of a dad. I cannot look at my kids or be around them a lot of times. I can’t hold my daughter right. I can’t change their diaper when they need it. Even my son came and was hugging on me the other night while i was watching tv and i acted like a stranger to him. I can very little do this stuff sometimes because it’s either i get relief or i push my thoughts as far back as i can. I get scared if i did something to not just my kids, but any other kids in the past. I have such a a great life and such a beautiful family. It was hard and stressful at first being young with a family but i couldn’t be more thankful at all for them. I’m just so lost and stressed right now that i just don’t know what to do anymore
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Please read and comment kindly. Really looking for support. My child was laying across me and every time I breathed a certain way I was getting a groinal sensation. I kept breathing like that anyways (ugh idk why), and then my mind told me I had hurt them that I might as well do something else because what's more. So idk why or what overcame me other than the thought of doing it and causing another feeling (I literally had to question what to do during this and the only thing I could come up with was to move my elbow towards her groin area) but it came across my mind to elbow my child, and I elbowed their crotch or side area. Which caused another unwanted groinal sensation. Then I began FREAKING smooth out and asked my child to move. Then I've been stressing since. I feel like as a mom I don't deserve to be theirs anymore. Idk what overcame me, and in the moment, it felt like I wanted to move my elbow, but I know that can also be my OCD speaking. Right? I clearly regret it all and hate myself. I would never intentionally hurt my child; I don't know what happened in my head when this happened. I was doing SO well! Is this my POCD that I've been diagnosed with by my OCD specialized therapist? Just a struggling mom who used to be the best of the best. I'm very depressed by this. Idk what to do with myself. I live in regret now, and I just wish it would've never ever happened. I can't stop ruminating and being depressed thinking I don't deserve anything.
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