IS ANYONE HERE GOING CRAZY? ..living with an obsessive-compulsive disorder is the worst hell..?

Question

anyone here with ocd???
do you feel you have some kind of memor impairment..
i know that in fact,. theres scientific data supporting a cerebral chemical imbalance,..
but i used to think that my memory problems were secundary to my lack of concentration due to the osessive thoughts,.. but im going nuts,.. i dont even remember what on earth i just ate,.. it was a half an hour ago,..
does it happen to u????

Answer 1

OCD is part of my anxiety disorder, but I also get health anxiety/panic disorder and agoraphobia too.

I got very stressed out a few weeks ago, due to drug withdrawal and stress, my memory kept lapsing and found concentration difficult. Due to my health anxiety I believed I had the onset of dementia (at 21 I hasten to add!!). As a result I kept obsessively counting back from 100 in groups of 3 and going on Internet based memory tests, just to see if everything was OK!

My advice to you is to try not to concentrate on trying to remember what happened 30 minutes or seconds ago and it usually goes away by itself, and don't start counting like I did!

Answer 2

i have some mild OCD's, and they drive me nuts too..... it might not be OCDs that are causing u the problem though, it might be more down to anxiety than anything else. i had a lot of problems with stress & anxiety, and found that during that time, my short term memory was shot to hell. i've found ways of managing my anxiety, and now i've got that under better control , i feel that my memory has improved. i know that a couple of the other people who have answered this question have reccomended that u don't go for any psychiatric help, and i agree with them to a certain extent. i've been through 2 lots of therapy, and didn't find that it really helped me much. personally, i would go to the doctors if i were u, and see if they can give u some medication to help u cope with some of your sympotms. medication for illnesses like these never solves the problem that u have, but they can help u cope with some of the annoying symptoms that u suffer from , so it gives u a chance to concentrate on improving your mental health....... i know that anti depressants aren't the answer to all mental health problems, but they can help in certain circumstances, especially if u are suffering from a chemical imbalance in your brain... usually a lack of seratonin...

Answer 3

Comment from my flatmate who has OCD:

"That's an interesting idea - the obsessive thoughts do take up so much time I can see that would make sense. I often have memory problems but hadn't made that link before. I find it a constant source of frustration. Trying to accept the obsessiveness as part of me and not worry about it as much seems to help a bit though. Concentrate on the things you can control, rather that those that you can't"

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I have ocd and also suffer memory problems. My doctor doesn't attribute it to my ocd. He says that it is because I have so much on my mind, not necessarily obsessive thoughts, but stress. That is interesting though. I will have to check it out. I know what you mean about going crazy. This disorder is crap.

Answer 6

hi have bdd sort of related to ocd your right about the psychiatrists no support they basically tell you to get on with it to me what i see in the mirror of my face is disfigured and deformed and i also have clinical depression and no confidence i am also an easty target for bullies at school and now i am an adult even at work sometoimes i lose concentration etc and i lose things every day throughb not concentrating i am like this 24 7

Answer 7

nicely many times all those loopy issues he became doing would be coming from the medications yet because of the fact we dont be conscious of what style of medications that's (weed doesent count variety) we can purely assume hes purely a douche. i dought its a affliction of a few style he in all probability became insecure approximately something finally have been given a gf she broke up with him and he doesent want it to happen lower back and now he does medications and does **** like this. pretty dought its scientific.

Answer 8

I tend to forget things that happen when I am nervous (which is a lot of the time), because I'm not concentrating on what's happening I'm concentrating on being nervous.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

The stress caused by the compulsions/obsessions could be a cause of your memory problems. Stress can cause forgetfulness.