How OCD ruins lives

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Thank you very much for posting this, Norm. I too have lived the torture and torment of
OCD along with other mental illnesses. You are doing the world a great service by explaining OCD and asking others to be gentle.

I agree with the other posters. You are trying very hard to improve your situation. Would you be willing to see if you qualify for disability payments? It might help ease your way.

I continue to pray and offer every Mass I attend for you.

God bless you.
 
Thank you Norm for your response to me and for posting this. If my brother was as easy to talk to and as understanding as you it would be so much easier to be around him. Your suggestions are good ones and I will try to be easier on him. The problem is he doesn’t give people a chance to talk and if someone else is trying to talk you can see in his eyes and his demeaner that he is not really listening and thinking about what he is going to say. I did manage to get him to consider the group which he is going to attend so that is a start. What I did was that I just got all the information for him and gave it to him to consider. It took him a few weeks but he finally made the phone call and the group will be starting soon. I hope it helps him.

God bless you Norm and everyone else who has mental problems. You are all in my prayers. I also pray for the families and friends of these people because I know how hard it is for us too. And thank you for starting this thread.
 
the meds he is on might be having adverse affects or might be interacting strangely. Try and research the meds he is taking on the 'net and see what you might find. I know that for OCD people if they are on certain meds like Effexor, it makes OCD worse. I’m on Paxil and despite the fact that it is impossible to get off of, it has worked well for me.
Mary777_S777 said:
Thank you Norm for your response to me and for posting this. If my brother was as easy to talk to and as understanding as you it would be so much easier to be around him. Your suggestions are good ones and I will try to be easier on him. The problem is he doesn’t give people a chance to talk and if someone else is trying to talk you can see in his eyes and his demeaner that he is not really listening and thinking about what he is going to say. I did manage to get him to consider the group which he is going to attend so that is a start. What I did was that I just got all the information for him and gave it to him to consider. It took him a few weeks but he finally made the phone call and the group will be starting soon. I hope it helps him.

God bless you Norm and everyone else who has mental problems. You are all in my prayers. I also pray for the families and friends of these people because I know how hard it is for us too. And thank you for starting this thread.
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Norm, I know he is on Luvox but he won’t tell me the names of the other meds. He is on anti-psychotics, anti-depressents, sleeping pills. And I don’t know what else. His psychiatrist has retired so he is getting these meds from his family doctor. He has been on the same meds for years. He is hard to talk to. If I ask him or suggest that the meds should be monitored he tells me that I am nt a doctor so I should mind my own business. Me and my sister worry about him because he lives alone so we like to call him at least once a day just to make sure he is alright. He is almost 64 years old now. He is good about taking his meds but we still worry. He is also good about paying his bills and taking care of himself. Thank you for your concern and suggestions. I really appreciate it.
 
Well, if he has OCD and is on anti-psychotics, that will not help him one bit. It will make him worse. They put me on anti-psychotics when I first went to the hospital, and when they didn’t know what kind of OCD I had. It made me incredibly tired, though for some they may do the opposite. He needs to be off of them. Depression and OCD go hand in hand.

I don’t see how he could be on anti-psychotics. Being his age he is set in his ways and probably very sensitive about his regimen and illness. You need to find and take him to a specialist in OCD or OCPD. OCPD is a personality disorder, but I don’t think it is treated with anti-psychotics.

Pray, pray pray to St. Dymphna, Mary, and pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
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Norm, I know he is on Luvox but he won’t tell me the names of the other meds. He is on anti-psychotics, anti-depressents, sleeping pills. And I don’t know what else. His psychiatrist has retired so he is getting these meds from his family doctor. He has been on the same meds for years. He is hard to talk to. If I ask him or suggest that the meds should be monitored he tells me that I am nt a doctor so I should mind my own business. Me and my sister worry about him because he lives alone so we like to call him at least once a day just to make sure he is alright. He is almost 64 years old now. He is good about taking his meds but we still worry. He is also good about paying his bills and taking care of himself. Thank you for your concern and suggestions. I really appreciate it.
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Norm, I wish I could get him to a specialist in OCD or OCPD. He’s been on this medication for about 20 years. All his psychiatrist did for him was to prescribe meds and maybe that is why he is getting worse. But without the meds he would go back to how he was before when he couldn’t even leave his apartment without having to come and take a 5 hour shower. No one could enter his apartment because he was so afraid of germs and he couldn’t throw anything away. When we were finally allowed to enter so we could help him clean it was awful. He had empty cereal boxes stacked up and making a trail down the hallway. Old newspapers stacked up everywhere. And garbage and clutter everywhere. Furniture covered in fur from the cat…I’d never seen anything like it. His apartment is clean now, people are allowed to visit and he takes normal showers so I guess the meds helped in that way. It’s his anger, bitterness and depression that makes it difficult to get along with him. I will continue to pray and ask for prayers from others please.
 
Hail Mary, Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee,
Bessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
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