Its controling me!!!!

[Tanya1981]

I'm pretty sure I have OCD, but its getting out of control..... I;m 30 years old and have 3 kids, I clean from the time my feet hit the floor till I go to bed.  I will clean the same thing over and over and it never seems to be clean enought to be altho in my head I know it is. I count when I vacum (I have to go over areas 3 times each that's the only thing that I do as far as counting when doing something. I vacum probably 6 are 7 times a day.Isweep and mop 4 are 5 times a day, I dust twice a day and I loss count of how many times a day I wipe things down furniture, walles cabints etc. People always give very good compliments on how clean my house is to have 3 kids. But stilll I never think it is. You could give my whole house the white glove inpection and there would be NO dirt on the glove but yet I would still clean and think it was dirty. I stay in away better mood when everything is in order and clean (which to me is not that often), and if ANYTHING is out of order are not clean I feel way out of wack and very ill. But here in the last 4 months it has got WAY WAY  worse, we just bought our first house and Now cleanlng has took OVER MY LIFE, I spend more time cleaning then I do with my kids and husband. It is CONTROLING me~!!!!!! If I see something out of order are not clean I try to walk away and say Ill come back to it later but it gets to me so bad that Im right back at it within mintues. Its got to the point that it is very aggervating and I dont know what do to my husband has been  complaining that I dont spend enough time with the kids are him because of cleaning

[Peter Forster]

That sounds terrible. What have you done to try to get help?

[Jaquta]

It would be a good idea to see a psychiatrist and to treat this condition.

ocd over the years has driven me nuts.  Spending 80+ minutes to do something that should have only taken one.  And bleeding due to the repetitive nature of the activity.

What helped me the most was reading that the thoughts going through my head had no basis in my current reality.

Controlling our external environment helps us to control or manage our anxiety.  I don't think that it's a hugely effective coping strategy though and ends up affecting others in our lives.

A doctor may recommend medication.  I think working with a psychotherapist would be most helpful though.  They should be able to offer techniques to help you manage the problem and also help you work through and resolve other emotional issues.

[robinlove]

As Dr. Forster said " That sounds terrible"
Wow. Please go and get evaluated, I am doubtful that it can resolve on it's own.
There is treatment and medications.