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I also feel that I am constantly wasting or misusing time. If I take a break from school I start to feel guilt y and as if I will be to behind to finish a task.
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Yessssssss.... ? it’s effecting my work. I was looked over for an AP job because of it... “time management” was one of their reasons...and this is the reason why?
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I can relate obsessing with my work over and over again thinking I will do something wrong and I am not good enough a person where I am currently employed and this habitual negative thinking is affecting my work most often and also taking a toll on my health. Sorry for my bad English
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I think I may be starting Luvox. Anyone else tried this?
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I am trying to tell my self “so what” when facing my obsessions. If I don’t finish the work I need to do...what’s the worst that could happen. I get fired? I’ll find another job. Any job that would fire someone over missing a few deadlines is not worth working for. I don’t know if this helps, but I’ve been trying it. It my be a mild compulsion to tell this over and over again but it’s quicker and interferes less.
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Yikes @ahmed... I do the same thing.. like with making phone calls. My therapist gave me a card that says “TAKE ACTION” I put this card in places i will find it when i need to take action... for exposure she had me call for my refill just out of the blue without rehearsing... the anxiety only lasted a short time AND , I didn’t run out of luvox...that month ☺️ so taking action was better than the compulsion of going over and over and over the phone call before I actually made it. That takes a lot... but I would try it more often if I was losing hair... (hair...another obsession)
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@Tijeras do you find that Luvox has any extreme side effects?
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How is it affecting your health?
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I think negative and over thinking causes muscles fatigue, hair Loss, etc
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I’m on luvox! I like @student. What sucks is when you run out... I obsess over making phone calls and rehearse all the possibilities b4 I dial a number so... I often run out????♀️
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None so far... at first I was sleeping well when I took it at night then the more I took at night I wasn’t sleeping... so I started taking it i. The morning... I’ve also gained 10 lbs but it is said NOT to cause weight gain??♀️ I’m also 41 so that could be it? No nausea or headaches though.
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Lately I have been engaging is a very vicious mental cycle of not being as productive as I wanted to at work, worrying my boss with notice and get mad at me or fire me, and then feeling like I have to “figure out” how to “fix myself” and be more productive. I come up with detailed elaborate plans and lists for everything I need to do and fix to be a good person. I have a lot of negative thoughts that are very distressing to me and basically I am a horrible person if I don’t “fix myself” via making these plans. For me, oddly, it’s not about doing the things, it’s about making the list. I do research on how to be more productive and have this need to make the perfect plan that will solve my problems. And then once I make the list I feel better (temporarily, of course). All of the mental energy put into the researching and planning is so draining that it begins to negatively impact my work… and the cycle continues!!! I feel like this is not a “normal” obsession or intrusive thought that people with OCD have, so I guess I am trying to figure out if it could be OCD? This is a very consistent thing I have been experiencing since probably around 8th grade?? So 5+ years now. It’s always the never feeling like I’m good enough and then the compulsory planning until I felt like I had a good enough plan to fix myself. Thanks in advance!! Disclaimer: I have not been diagnosed with OCD but I suspect I have OCD/Pure O or OCPD and many people in my life agree. Obviously this is not my only reason for thinking I have OCD lol
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