Q. I've always been a little anal. But lately I've been really bad. It started to get bad after my daughter was born. she's 4 months old right now. I'm starting to drive my family crazy. I obsess over little things, like if my grandma needs a high chair at her house. Like I asked her if she wanted me to get her a booster one or a regulat one and sne never gave me an answer so I brought it up again and she got mad and asked why I jsut don;t keave it alone and we'll figure it out when my daughter can sit up on her own (she just started solids). But I don;t know why I can;t just leave it ...  
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Q. I think I have OCD, an anxiety disorder (panic and social): I have most of the symptoms for social anxiety, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Nothing happened in my life that could have caused any of this, well there is nothing I would consider to be responsible for any of this. I'm not sure what to do. I am afraid to tell my mom for some reason, but my school counselor says it could get serious and become disabling. What should I do? How do I go about the situation? A. Your school counselor is correct. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorder can be very serious and disabling disorders if they are not treated. Please heed her warning. Your smartest next ...  
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Q: Currently my life is completely unmanageable. Im not in therapy at the moment, but do see a pdoc once in awhile for meds. I am on Luvox for OCD and my dose was just doubled. Im an alcoholic and currently not allowed to leave my house because my parents are attempting to control my drinking. Im also working on not drinking but not having too much success. I started drinking because I was depressed and wanted a way out. Now I drink a lot to try and help me function (even though it helps with some things, it makes others worse). I find that if I drink enough the night before, I can actually shower and get ready in the morning, otherwise, I cant ...  
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Q. I recently visited with a friend that I have not seen in two years. We were out grabbing coffee and I noticed some strange behavior. He nervously kept fixing his eyebrows 5 times on each side. After he did that he moved both of our coffee mugs so that both handles were facing the same way and when I went to touch them he scowled at me. He explained to me symptoms that consisted of not feeling right or feeling anxious if these certain things were not completed. This sent out a red flag to me that he probably had OCD. I nicely tried to explain that his behavior was very similiar to that of OCD and he ...  
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Q. Are there key signs in a persons behavior or thought process that would help determine if their issue is something more than stress? This is the issue: I have a lot of stressful things going on in my life right now, the biggest being a painful physical condition left over from an injury 5 years ago. I do understand that chronic pain almost always breeds depression, but like to think that I have kept this minimized, with the exception of one or two weekly pity parties that I allow myself as an outlet for my frustrations. Otherwise, meditation, breathing exercises, visualization and yoga keep the pain and emotional aspects as under control as I believe medications would. But I'm ...  
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Hi, i am so scared of taking showers...im not scared of the water...im scared to shower/bath after other people...i've tried to do it and i cant...i just end up washing up because i can't do it. it has been like this for about 2 years. it started at my own home and now i cant shower/bath anywhere else..not hotels..not at my friends house...nowhere...i dont know why im so freaked out about it. i juss keep imagining all the germs...i am scared of germs in other instancies sometimes...but its not as bad as this... could i have a phobia...does a phobia even exist for something like this? i know i need to get control of it...i cant go my whole life like this. on top of ...  
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Hi. I have had OCD for a number of years, i got help for it, it went away for a while and now it has come back again. I hear a voice telling me that if i don't do a particular ritual, i will die (I also have phobias and general fears). As i have had OCD for ages (since i was 11) i can more or less deal with it. However recently, i have experienced new voices. they are telling me that i don't love my boyfriend. they don't require any kind of ritualistic behaviour and therefore i cannot make them go away. I constantly have 2 different thoughts and i argue with myself all the time in my head. These thoughts are very ...  
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Q. My 21 year old son has been artistic as well as athletic and out going his entire life. He is very also very intelligent. He won many awards in high school for athletics, academics and for his quality of character. In the fall after graduating from high school, he had his wisdom teeth removed and hasn’t been the same since. I’m not suggesting that the surgery had anything to do with his problems. It is only a time reference. He started smoking marijuana and behaving very different. He abandoned both of his best friends from the first grade. He and his sister, who is only one year older, were so close growing up. He started becoming distant to her as well as everyone ...  
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Q. Back in 98 i fell and hit my head pretty bad after few months i started to have seizure/epilepsy. ive been taking tegretol for the almost 10yrs. I had my daughter 2005 after few months i notice that i can't stop cleaning, washing my hands and wiping my daughter and washing everything that fell on the ground, and everytime i feel like its dirty around me i seem to have my seizure, my whold body gets numb, i can't move and talk and i have flashback. does it mean i have ocd? and if i do have ocd does it cause me to have seizure? i know its wrong to be so clean but i can't help it. I have 2 daughters and ...  
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My husband and I have been married for 8 years and have three children. He was divorced before, after a very short marriage, which was anulled for reasons he will not admit to knowing.

During the past eight years, my husband has become more and more verbally abusive toward me and our oldest son (age7). He name-calls, screams, wishes us dead, belittles us. Daily, he ignores us, watching TV, and yells if we speak to him. Every day, he has certain rituals and inspections he performs...he comes home and checks the walls and floor for any dents or marks we may have made (going on a screaming fit if he finds one), cuts the power to the garage nightly so no one could "get in",

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Q. HI, I asked a question here several months back and have since officailly been diagnosed with OCD. I started see a psychiatrist back in July and am on paxil. I started out on 20 mg and recently went up to 30. The only thing is that I feel like things have gotten worse. Some of my compullsions have subsided but I feel like my depression has gotten much worse. I'm exhausted in school and just can't even handle being there. I've lost my concentration on my school work and feel like I just stare at the paper. Normaly I'm good student but now my grades are suffering at a very critical point in my high school career. I really don't know what's goig on. ...  
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Q: I believe that my 4 year old son has OCD. He is very particular about the way things are done and does not like change. I am getting very frustrated with potty training. I have tried every trick in the book but he refuses to try. I know he is ready physically, he just doesn’t want to do it because it is out of his normal routine. I am not sure what I can do about this problem. It is beginning to affect other things. He was supposed to start pre-kindergarten this year but was unable to attend because he is not potty trained. Please help me.

A: First I have to say that being particular and being delayed in potty training is

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