Can You help me understand OCD?

[mamabear727]

I'm about to move in with my boyfriend and it has me scared. He suffers from OCD and has for about four years. I love him to death, but OCD puts a huge strain on our relationship. Not only much I answer the same obsessive question about 30 times, but I also have to deal with him thinking I'm constantly cheating on him. I know it sounds so insensitive, but I'm always on edge with the OCD. At the beginning of the relationship, I was ok with it because it was that severe or often, yet now it seems to be getting worse and more frequent.

 

I love him and don't want to loose him, yet I feel that something has to happen in order for everything to work out. Ive considered couples therapy or self-help for him to maybe help it, but is there anything that I am missing that I should be doing to help the OCD and make this relationship work??? Thanks Sooo much!!!

[Chemar]

Hi

here are some useful websites to help you learn more about OCD and especially Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) which is the most effective treatment for it

 

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=1395

 

it can be very hard both for you and your partner, and so I urge you to encourage him to seek help.

My personal opinion (based on our son's experience and reports from others) is that the prescription meds (usually SSRIs=antidepressants) are not always the best choice of treatment as they dont always bring much help and do tend to bring a heap of side effects

 

There are a number of effective over the counter supplements that can help OCD

but I do recommend that they be used under doctor supervision and not together

They are in order of least possible side effects: Inositol, samE/methionine and 5HTP

you can read up on them by clicking on this link to iHerb.com Health Encyclopedia

 

hope that helps a bit...