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    Side effect of medication

    I have OCD and am also on the spectrum, which explains why I need weighted blankets to sleep well. The blankets do make me hotter though, and I've had problems waking from heat for a number of years. I sleep naked with two fans and an air conditioner on the lowest setting it goes and have still...
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    Use of a list

    Someone I know with severe OCD has made up a list which is supposed to help his OCD. He has checking compulsions and has difficulty convincing himself that he has done things. The list was made so he could tick off what he done (like taking medication) and that seeing the ticks would help him...
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    Help needed

    I have a disabled sister in her mid-30's who has a fixed delusional belief that she will be a counselor working in mental health. She has applied several times to be a psychotherapist at a particular psychiatric clinic but always been turned down without an interview. She often tells people...
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    Hope you can help

    I'm not sure if I'll be able to get help on this without anyone having met me. It's about my Asperger's. I'm quiet and very poor at maintaining conversation. The problem isn't so much in thinking up ideas to talk about as keeping those conversations going. I'm kind of a conversation killer...
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    Olanzapine

    My sister went on Olanzapine and put on 77 pounds. She went from being thin to fat. She has been off it for a while but it hasn't helped much. She told me friends who took it lost weight after going off it but never went back to what they were. She now has to watch what she eats when before...
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    OCD while asleep

    I don't remember it happening a long time ago, but of recent I have dreams where I'm sure my OCD is involved. The dreams are unpleasant, and involve doing some compulsion to get rid of a negative. The compulsions are typical OCD ones and I may continue them for quite some time. Anyone else...
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    Picking

    I have heard it is common for people with OCD to pick body parts. Just interested if others here have done it. I know someone who picks zits on their face. I only realized recently that I am a compulsive picker. I pick my nose and my head. I find it enjoyable, and feel a sense of...
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    Is this OCD?

    My family know that I don't like hugging, but I've never told them why. My problem is only with hugging females in the family. I don't like having their breasts against me, as to me it is sexual. Reason doesn't change my mind. My psychologist didn't think this is OCD, but I still think it...
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    Anyone here have Asperger's as well?

    I have it. The main way it affects me is that I'm not talkative at all. Even if I try my hardest I'm poor at maintaining conversation.
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    OCD and sex

    I'm starting this thread because I'm really interested to see if my experience matches others or is unusual for OCD. I have found sexual activity really helps my OCD. Generally I have to get to orgasm for it to really help. How much an orgasm helps is dependent on what medication I'm on. The...
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    Mirtazapine

    I'm a new member and I am currently taking Mirtazapine. I had been taking the maximum dose which was two tablets. It's a bit naughty of me, but since stress levels were really bad I increased the dosage without asking the psychiatrist. Things improved dramatically. I decided to increase it...
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