[needing support]

Does anyone do anything similar:
I feel stupid writing this, but I do have OCD along with other diagnosis.
I have this thing with number: 7, 12, 15, 21...
When I buy things, I like to by them supplied in these numbers in the packages.
Also, when i have a small bag or chips or crackers, I have to count each one I eat so I know how much are in the bag. Sometimes, I get frustrated and stop counting. I can not even enjoy a snack with this compulsion. The above is in addition to the checking and thoughts I have. The checking is worse than the thoughts.
I was taking Luvox, but really did not find it that helpful with either the OCD or depression. I went to the pdoc and he told me it was the bipolar and switched me to prozac. I still deal with the number thing, but I think I am better off medicated then I would be with nothing at all. The prozac also helps the depression.

[Moreta]

we have a candy machine at work and I always have to count how many I get......

I count stairs on my way down to smoke (office on 3rd floor) say like, 6 - 7 times a day.

I count the people's foot steps that are walking around my cube.

I take prozac as well. I don't have to count everything most of the time. I've been working on focusing on one thing at a time, which should be my work, to help out quite a bit. Being more mindful of what you are doing at the moment and being in the present, not the future or the past, helps a lot too.

Now if only I could sit at work and not pull my hair out, well, that's a whole different issue.

[Aunt Donna]

I find myself counting when waiting instead of watching my watch. I have done this for I don't know how long. Numbers literally control my life. I have an Accounting degree. LOL.

[coko27]

Originally Posted by needing support

Does anyone do anything similar:
I feel stupid writing this, but I do have OCD along with other diagnosis.
I have this thing with number: 7, 12, 15, 21...
When I buy things, I like to by them supplied in these numbers in the packages.
Also, when i have a small bag or chips or crackers, I have to count each one I eat so I know how much are in the bag. Sometimes, I get frustrated and stop counting. I can not even enjoy a snack with this compulsion. The above is in addition to the checking and thoughts I have. The checking is worse than the thoughts.
I was taking Luvox, but really did not find it that helpful with either the OCD or depression. I went to the pdoc and he told me it was the bipolar and switched me to prozac. I still deal with the number thing, but I think I am better off medicated then I would be with nothing at all. The prozac also helps the depression.

You do not have to feel stupid cause I have the counting thing too but I count all of my meds and count how much of candy I have and when like a customer service tell me different things like how much mins I use on the phone then I call again about the same thing and Its getting crazy cause I buy too things of the same thing when Iam shopping like If I buy lotion then I have to buy the same lotion too times .Good luck with your ocd cause It sucks

[bluzman]

I sympathise with you as your traits are very exact to me as I also suffer from OCD.Please dont despair as this condition has virtually left me mentally disabled at my worst encounters but after living with it for nearly two decades(since being diagnosed ) I am still here to tell my weird synic and sometimes humourus rituals......like yourself I have this fixation with numbers ,intrusive thoughts and checking (multiple times) in amongst many paranoid rituals..... which they diabolically reign over me.......But I will share somethin weird just for the record...I always sign in fountain pen and blend my own tints of inks I fill my pen with...thinkin someone would forge my signature ,as I am a person with many moods that also comes with depression has diffrent days and hence my signature is never the same(lol) I would have to sometimes sign duplicates that are double backed up and because fountain pens are press sensitive the imprint wouldnt bleed thru duplicates and certain establishments like doctors surgery would be purplexed as they saw me sign it but it never bleed through this would sometimes create a bit of humour and confusion,Any how having said that I feel you crisis and wish you all the best and consult with your practitioner with any growing concerns.All the best and take care!!!!