Topic : Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

I have been diagnosed with Post Tramatic Stress Disorder and also have OCD.  OCD can and sometimes stimulates from haveing PTSD. Sometimes it's caused from being a vitctim of rape, a victim of domestic abuse....... Any number of things.  And OCD is somewhat a way of trying to stimulate yourself and reassure yourself that you are okay.  Having these problems myself it's hard to manage on a daily basis, but you can only take it one step at a time. 

Who refuses to help them self? 

I am living with a family member that has been diagnosed with major depression and OCD, this person refuses to accept help or even seek help, but then expects everyone to literally walk on egg shells, accept their verbal attacks on us since they refuse to be medicated  and we have to be VERY careful of everything we say and do.  It is utterly exhausting.  I am completely, mentally, emotionally and physically tired from how over sensitive this person is and how they are refusing to get the help they so desperately need. 

Is there anything that I can do to assist them in getting the very much needed help they require? 

Thanks. 

My daughter was diagnosed withh ocd last year and after being treated with medication is now free of her obsessive thoughts. Problem is she says  after 16  years of living with ocd she now no longer knows how to  "function".  She doesn't care about getting her school work done, has difficulty with motivation and most importantly doesn't feel like herself.  She thinks she would be better off as she used to be because she knew how to "function" better with ocd.  I think  getting lower grades has caused some of this since prior to treatment she was an A+ student and in now getting B's.  She attributes better grades to ocd since her coping mechanism was studying. 

Any thougts? I worry that she will stop meds to return to former patterns. 

Hi, 

I'm just wondering if anyone suffers from obsessive thoughts,if so how do you deal with them.I'm taking mirtazipane for depression and anxiety and im wondering if that can contribute to the problem. 

Deirdre