is it possible.. - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

kian02 · 12-02-2008, 05:08 AM

to get over OCD? or can it just be kept manageable?

also does drinking alcahol affect your ocd at all?

MissyS · 12-02-2008, 07:42 AM

I have found that my OCD waxes and wanes. I've gone years with no "spikes" in my OCD and then will have a flare up. To help manage my OCD, I've had to make several lifestyle changes, including giving up alcohol. I have always been just a social drinker w/ friends (with an occasional overly excessive night out here and there). But, I found that the next day, my anxiety and ocd would be worse. This was also recommended by my Dr.'s.

03catsmeow · 12-07-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kian02

to get over OCD? or can it just be kept manageable?

also does drinking alcahol affect your ocd at all?

Hi I agree with missys my OCD waxes and wanes also, but in the same breath it doesn't ever go away, and I don't believe it ever will. I have had OCD for a very long time now and there have been good periods and not so good periods, but it is always there. Stress and emotion help my OCD along so if I'm having a bad time in life and I'm stressed and emotional and then more than likely my OCD is even more pronounced otherwise it there all the time just under the surface. I just manage it day to day. That's what we have to learn to do otherwise OCD could literally take over your life and no one wants that. As far as alcohol is concerned all I can say to that is that OCD is connected to depression and alcohol can make people depressed and therefore if you suffer from OCD perhaps make your symptoms worse. Now that's just a guess on my behalf keep that in mind, but also remember that OCD is manageable and we who suffer with it do live normal functional lives, even if we suffer at times.

cuts84 · 12-07-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MissyS

I have found that my OCD waxes and wanes. I've gone years with no "spikes" in my OCD and then will have a flare up. To help manage my OCD, I've had to make several lifestyle changes, including giving up alcohol. I have always been just a social drinker w/ friends (with an occasional overly excessive night out here and there). But, I found that the next day, my anxiety and ocd would be worse. This was also recommended by my Dr.'s.

I have noticed that too about alcohol...the next day it seems like my OCD is worse. Also, when you are drinking, you typically don't worry about stuff as much...however, this doesn't seem to be the case with OCD. Even if I am drunk, I will still obsess over stuff just as much as always.