How do you deal with OCD with a baby?
Samantha asked:
I don’t have OCD nor am I pregnant or have a baby. I was just wondering how people who have ocd deal with it with a baby?
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I don’t have OCD nor am I pregnant or have a baby. I was just wondering how people who have ocd deal with it with a baby?
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I don’t think that babies can have OCD. Its more common in older children and young adults.
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Medication.(not while pregnant)
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I guess it wouldnt be that hard… but, I’m more curious how two deaf people raise a baby. I once met a deaf couple with a one year old, and it made me curious how they hear their baby cry in the middle of the night. I also knew a girl in middle school and both her parents were deaf.
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with me…it actually improved my ocd to an extent. I had to learn to let go…
meditation and yoga (as cheesy as it sounds) helps a lot.
I do not have severe ocd, but I have needed medication in the past… (example: having to scrub kitchen sink 3 x a day, re-vacuum floor if something falls on it and I just vacuumed, having to re-mop the floors if there is a footprint in the water on the floor…do a load of laundry when there are 3 items…)
I was gung-ho during pregnancy about methods from sleep schedule books to Ferber’s CIO. I wanted everything to be just so.
This thought really, REALLY caused problems in the beginning and but a stress on my marriage. Throw a colicky baby in there and failing at breastfeeding I was done.
I just had to let go…see a Dr., start kickboxing in my garage, and deal. In my scenario…the baby helped me realize I was missing the good stuff…
This being said, I do not have ocd to the extent of some…it is a real disease and some may not be as lucky as I am. I have lexapro, but will not take it because I am dealing through the methods I mentioned in the beginning.
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It isn’t as bad as you might think. I have a mild case of OCD and a 5 month old baby. I just wash everything a lot. Aside from all the extra laundry and hand washing I do it’s not so bad. I found that having my baby has taught me to let go just a bit. Cleaning the house from top to bottom isn’t a priority anymore and it doesn’t drive me crazy if I don’t do it.
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I have trichotillomania, which is a form of OCD. It’s considered a ‘tic’, and in my case, it is compulsive hair-pulling. I’ll sit and twirl my hair, feeling each strand until I come across one that is wiry or different from other hairs. Then, I yank it out and examine it. At my worst bout with this, about a year ago, I was pulling out dozens of strands at a time, in an effort to isolate the ’special hair’. I do this for hours at a time, without realizing it, and sometimes until my wrist and arm are sore.
Wierd, huh? It’s no different than nail-biting or scab-picking. Actually, it’s the same affliction, just different body parts. Anyone with these habits will tell you they are near-impossible to break. The action produces a sense of relief and relaxation temporarily, and this sets a pathway in my brain that I associate with pleasure. My behavior peaks when I’m anxious or bored (Idle hands…devil’s workshop). I’ve even had thinning spots on my head from pulling so many hairs. To make a long story a little less long, it was messing up my life and interfering with my productivity.
Since I’ve had baby, it is almost gone. I’ve only suffered for a few years (it commonly doesn’t surface ’til late twenties). I believe it’s because I’m nursing my son. I am busy with my hands for a good part of the day; he is young and feeds often. Also, I am very relaxed and focused on feeding him, for the most part. Or, if I’m stressed, it is usually a nursing concern and I’m watching him like a hawk.
I don’t want to say my baby ‘cured’ my OCD, because I still pull my hair on occasion. But it has definetely lessened my symptoms. Maybe my brain just needed something stronger than trich to set a pleasure path in my brain, and the physiological bond formed when breastfeeding an infant provided that.