OCD

[penny41]

i hate mess and line things up in height size, wipe surfaces every day ect ect, is any one else like this with fm ?

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used to be before illness. my twin has ocd but no fibro xx

[wednesday_focker]

im called OCD by my friends, cant stand things out of place, wipe surfaces alot, but then i have 6 cats and do cat rescue, if house is clean and tidy im fine, if its a mess it irritates me, dont know if its linked with fibro or not, hard going as you got that OCD with the fatigue fibro brings, bad mix x

[penny41]

so glad your the same if my house is tidy i am happier. i have pets as well hate thier mess love them. my new partner used to mess my cutlery draw or make a pyrimid out of my straight books he thought it waqs funny, he now knows how upseting that is for me. i do see the funny side but i am so tired it is just something else i have to sort.

i have got better over the years and i am not as bad but a lot of head work goes into that

i have been so ill and house such a mess i will not let people in !

since the childrenhave grown up i can keep on top of it nearly sometimes it beats me

so glad someone is the same

[jellie]

Oh gosh, I line things up height-wise too, and I love to have a clean flat, it just makes me feel better. My nickname is 'Monica' because of the amount of cleaning I do

[gypsycrafter]

I have ocd and it is worse during a flare=up. the worst is when i get bad af and have to go to hospital. i cannot wash, go to the loo or eat. even have to take my own cups! you could eat your dinner off my floor when i am well enough to do housework. most of the time i push an antibacterial wetwipe round everywhere!

[floozy]

I too dont like mess but having 7 children cured me of that a little , but when theyd all left home and once id cleaned it stayed clean ,fm gripped me . Ive read somewhere that lots of sufferers of fm are perfectionists well pre fm anyway .

[wednesday_focker]

Penny

OCD is linked with low seratonin, and in fibro were low on serotonin, dopamine and some other chemical brain fog aint allowing me to name , so stands to reason were more likely to have it.

Aye i knock myself out trying to keep up with it, im better than i was, if im on a run of shifts i leave it, tell myself holing down my job means more than the house, but when im not working i have to clean it, to point that if people ask me to do something i think oh i cant have to clean ;-s x

[Rach1977]

OCD... I ahve it massively!!!!!!! i can't leave the house if it's in a mess and I am constantly tidying!!! A psychologist told me I needed help and I just told her I am not obsessed I just have standards!!!!! Flipping therapy for OCD, no way!!! I like my clean house.

My friends come around and can't believe how tidy things are!!! My tins in the cupboards all face the same way!!!

I am not crazy where I have to keep washing my hands etc......we are all different after all!! xx

[penny41]

Phew my tins line up too, i am going to bath and go out today then do chores this is a change in my routine but my routine gets me stuck. Once i have cleaned i bath but then i am tired so going out gets put of and the settee becomes my refuge. I also have brought up two children but once they left i got worse. Do any of you keep the blinds shut because light shows up dust and finger prints ?

[jazher]

Hi i used to have to be tidy just so when i cleaned it made it easier if i had no mess, i hate ornaments and anything that clutters the house, but that has tried me when the kids have their toys everywhere.

[jazher in reply to jazher]

Thats posted before i was ready lol.

I now have learned to live the fact that while i have young kids my livingroom is never going to be tidy lol, As long as my kitchen is clean, clutter free and tidy i am happy for now.

kel xxx

[penny41]

my dad said clean kitchen clean bathroom x

[jazher in reply to penny41]

My grandma used to say aslong as you have washed the dishes and always have clean windows. I hate cleaning windows i just wish my window cleaners would do my insides too lol.

kel xxx

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i have times where i see the mess but just like hoovering or getting rid of dust and i cope with it. but i still have to have things tidy, in the right place or all in a line etc..thought it was just me

[Bettyboop71345]

I have recently started acting OCD, having never experienced these problems before !! I began suffering with RLS and was started on Requip ! Only after taking this did I start with OCD.. Has anyone else experienced this ??