Ocd Help Needed

[jmeaj]

I have Severe Ocd and I am the mother of 3 kids. My sons are 5 and 14 and my daughter is 9 months. I have a wonderful boyfriend of 7 years who I love dearly. My boyfriend have an almost perfect relationship. We get along great but the one thing we fight about is my Ocd. He hates that I force him and my kids to do my compulsions. I have trouble touching things for fear of germs. My Ocd became worse when my 5 year old was in the hospital for the first 7 weeks of his life. It has progressively gotten worse since then. My Ocd is so bad that I wash my hands and arms 3 to 5 times after using restroom and even more after doing laundry. I probubly wash my hands at least 100 times a day. My worst thing is that I refuse to touch my sons or things they have touched unless they have just been washed. If I read a book to my 5 year old I make him turn the pages. I won't hug my kids goodnight unless they just took a shower. I have gotten so bad that I only go out of my bedroom if it is nessesary. I go to the dr about 1 ime a week and have anxiety the whole time I am there. If I didn't know that I would die without my bloodthinners I would quit going to the dr. My boyfriend recently told me that if my Ocd continues to get worse in the way it affects my kids and I don't get help he will take my kids and leave me. Anyone have any suggestions? Know of any good Ocd Dr's in Los angeles area?  

[mammo]

You need to see a psychiatrist so he can prescribe medication to control your OCD and refer you to the proper therapist.  Therapy helps a lot with this, but it can be a lengthy process and you need help now!  I know you can't help yourself but your boyfriend is right.  This is and will affect your children, and they don't deserve this.  They need to be hugged and kissed, even after a long dirty day of playing outside.  Germ help to build up our immune systems, and keep them strong.  To try and live germ free is setting yourself up for health issues and your children. There is such a thing as being too clean.  But none of this is your fault and with some help you can get your life back.  Make an appt. right away so your children can live a normal life, and you and your boyfriend can remain close.  I wish you all the best and take care.

[meme921]

I have  a 7 year old granddaughter and she will just start crying because she thinks she is going to die and she has always being afarid that someone is going to leave her when she was about 2 years she would not let u out of her sight and now she is always thing about dieing   and she don/t wont to play I am a very concerened grandmother
Need some advise!!!

[cj29]

I think your last question/sentence hits the nail right on the head; going to see a therapist about this is the best course of action in my opinion.  The best piece of advice I can give you, in my experience with this, is going to talk therapy...learning about this pattern of thinking is very condusive to dealing with this and confronting it.  Keep us posted!