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Can this be considered OCD?

Posted by woolav on May 27, 2005, at 18:09:18

I do not have the typical signs of ocd. like i am completely unorganized, my house is a mess etc. but i seem to be obsessed with my illness. Like all I do is read about bp2 and read up on meds for it. I cant get enough info. And i am always posting on here, especially on the med board. What is the criteria for being ocd?
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Re: Can this be considered OCD? » woolav

Posted by Dinah on May 27, 2005, at 18:23:48

In reply to Can this be considered OCD?, posted by woolav on May 27, 2005, at 18:09:18

OCD only manifests itself with extreme cleanliness in one of many forms of the illness.

It sounds as if you're ruminating a lot. I'm not sure where they draw the line between ruminations and OCD.

Have you ever read "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing"? It helped me see my OCD much more clearly. What I had always considered phobias really fell more into the OCD category. And some of my thoughts were classic OCD.

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