Patient Comments: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Symptoms
What symptoms do you experience with your obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
Comment from: (Caregiver)
Published: October 13
My daughter excessively washes her hands. She will go through 10oz of liquid soap in two days. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: Alva, 65-74 Female (Patient)
Published: September 08
I have been diagnosed with "OCD." My family thinks I should be hospitalized but I do not agree. I wash my hands excessively, but I have been trying to do less and less of this. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: novia, 45-54 Male (Caregiver)
Published: August 12
I have this OCD urge to pull individual strands of hair from either or both my mustach and eyebrow. Don't always do it, but as they tend to get long I do. Was this comment helpful?Yes
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I have to check and recheck things in order to assure myself that things are done. I make a list and check things off so I know I have done them, but I still have to check and recheck things. I need to keep all doors, fences, gates locked. I must have everything clean, neat, and in order and I have to do everything in the same exact order. If anything or anyone interrupts me, I have to begin all over again.