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- Anonymous
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- 3y ago
It can also come about with postpartum depression.
It's said in the book with different mental illnesses that OCD must not be a result of medication or other conditions But they can contribute of course
PANDAs. I just had a functional medicine consult where they ran a bunch of tests so I’ll be interested to see what types of things that reveals.
Yup, my OCD started with a concussion.
I can't answer your question, but just thought I'd comment because my issues really began affecting my life after birth too. While most people wouldn't call my birth traumatic, I was faced with choices that now keep me up all night a year and a half later...even though I know my babies are fine. (I opted for a C-section at 37 weeks for twins, even though my goal the whole time was a 38 week natural birth. I have myself convinced their brains and lungs are going to cause them issues and have read basically every study and article on long-term effects of early term births.) I think the trauma of childbirth (especially your story), along with the hormonal changes, can lead to PTSD.
I would say it's more because of the Stress you've gone through and not the condition itself
+ hormones of course
@Daria Alexandrovna I agree with you Daria
Possibly? 🤔 The earliest memory I have of having intrusive thoughts was when I was about 5y and I went to a funeral of a pregnant woman whose baby was still in the womb. There was ice under the casket to keep it from... well, you can imagine. I became interested in my breathing pattern to prevent myself from dying. It got much darker after becoming pregnant, and subsequently giving birth. I'd also like to point out that even though my mother never got a diagnosis, she likely suffers from it.
I believe I’ve always had intrusive/OCD thoughts. When I was younger I always repeated phrases because my brain went “if you don’t do this your whole family will die” but it wasn’t anything too bad. However, when I was 15 I entered my first relationship. I had divorced parents and didn’t know what love was - so it ended up being abusive and I did not know. He forced me to disclose all the people I found attractive as well as all the “unpure” thoughts I had. He deemed fantasizing cheating - which I respected - but also caused for a lot of intrusive thoughts to make me freak out. He also gaslit me and accused me of cheating for the lightest things (gave my cousin a side-hug) and prohibited me from getting male friends because he thought I’d cheat (I’ve never been unfaithful or even flirted w another man. I’ve always had strong morals about it) I believe this trauma is what made my ocd what it is now, since I’m used to being accused for stuff I didn’t understand or have control over. I believe that understanding OCDs roots allows me to heal because it reminds me that I could exist without this thoughts and still had a good moral compass.
7 years ago I was a raging drug addict. I took any and all kinds of drugs without second thought of consequences. When I had my first child it’s like a switch flipped in my brain. Within her first 6 months of life I had over 12 visits to the ER. I was (still am) constantly afraid of developing a life threatening disease / illness or having a sudden health event (stroke / heart attack / heart failure / brain tumor / cancer ) develop. I’ve seen over 10 Specialist from autoimmune, heart, eyes, neurology , stomach , skin, etc. I’ve got a seemingly well bill of health but I become so hyper aware of every small change within my body. It’s. Constant state of fear and anxiety. Headache = likely tumor / aneurysm , small pain in chest or arm = heart problems , mild cold = covid or some rare disease , etc. Lately, my heart has been my fixation. I was having tachycardia going to the ER 2x a week. EKGs normal, 24hr monitor normal, X-RAY normal. Shortly after I notice my resting heart rate went down as low as 50bpm. I looked through my history over the months and that seems pretty normal for me I just hadn’t noticed before. Now I’ve been worried about my heart for weeks even tho my dr says I’m okay. It’s exhausting to be afraid of sickness and death 24/7. When I get focused on these thoughts it pulls me away from my kids and husband and daily tasks. I either full blown panic or shut down in fear. Anyone else relate? What helps you? I don’t want to rely on medications as I have so many adverse reactions to the 10+ I’ve tried! - oh year here’s another one - I’m afraid of allergic reactions as well I CONSTANTLY fear I will have an allergic reaction to medications / foods or over dose on things like Tylenol and Ibuprofen or mix meds and have reactions.
Hi! (first post lol) wondering if there is anyone else here that also deals with medical/ health concern type of OCD with also having chronic and sometimes scary health issues? if so, any advice on how you might help yourself through a OCD flare up and fears over symptoms and unknowns? (But mostly it would be great just to know that I’m not alone in this <3)
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