hi...just love this site and hearing about other women...i have ocd and it seems as the menopause gets worse so do my ocd symptoms...had a d & c in January and since then my flashes, mood swings and worrying about things has gotten much worse..would love to hear from other people with this..thanks

i have ocd which is vacuuming floor like 3 times a day and yes this peri stuff makes me crazy i want to vacuum and vacuum over little stuff that can wait.

I had obsessions as a child.....would check over and over. Now it appears that my OCD symptoms are manifesting in that I consistently rock back and forth..or sway side to side when standing. It is very distressing yet I do not know how to stop it.

Yes, I have noticed that I am having OCD symptoms as well along w/ the anxiety, depression, and DR/DP. I cannot stand any change whatsoever in my house and I really begin to freak out when things are not in their "place". It is a mindset that I just cannot help. My mom got OCD really bad during and after meno. She would clean house every single day and pitched a fit if there was a crumb or two on the floor. She had such an aversion to dirt. I am not this way about dirt but have an aversion to things being out of order and clutter. One more thing here at meno and it is just too hard to bear sometimes.

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def I have some OCD symtpoms myself...I really have to fight the urge sometimes to check things and/or fix something...I'm aware of it where as before I just chalked it up to who I was. No I don't really know who I am.

Does anyone else do this: I watch women go by when I'm at the mall with my kids and wonder, are they suffering like I am? They look so togethre and so confident...are they having as difficult a time just getting up every morning like me?

I read somewhere that fear can separate you from the ones you love...I think that's what I hate about all the anxiety/OCD/panic the most. But, I feel as long as I hang onto even a thin thread of hope, I will be okay. Prayer helps me a lot and knowing that God is here with me through my suffering.

My biggest help is logging onto Power Surge and reading everyone's posts...I always find what I need.

I do admit though, sometimes I just want these symptoms to STOP.

I want like one day off from it...just a day.

Yep, OCD'er here! For me, my definition is ocd is a mental disorder that is ran soley based on fear. Fear is simply an emotion. Fear is empty, nothing....so how can it sooooo rule our lives? Drives me nuts sometimes. Most times actually!

Count me in. I have the O without the C, so I guess I should be somewhat thankful, but it most certainly has increased with this peri. It's mostly about my health but it wanders into other areas of my life too.

I can't believe it - I just started doing that 'sway side to side when standing' in the past few weeks. I've noticed that I just be standing there waiting for the dog to come in or in line at the grocery store, I here I am swinging back and forth, like I've got a baby in my arms or something!!!