OCD And Tourette's

[Guest ashipinharbor]

I recentlu found put I have Tourette's Syndrome, and I was curious about the relationship between that and OCD. I know they're related, but I'd love to know more.

[Wonderer]

How does ur Tourette's manifest? Does this mean u have, OCD, BPD, autism and Tourette's?!!! That's a lot going on there! Do u get any professional help with any of ur conditions? I'd say they all intertwine and make each other difficult for u! 

[Guest ashipinharbor]

3 minutes ago, Wonderer said:

How does ur Tourette's manifest? Does this mean u have, OCD, BPD, autism and Tourette's?!!! That's a lot going on there! Do u get any professional help with any of ur conditions? I'd say they all intertwine and make each other difficult for u! 

Facial tics, blinking and such, without realizing it.

And ADHD (without the hyperactivity). Yeah, it's a handful! I don't receive any professional help. Though, hopefully, I'll start to get help for my OCD before too long. That's really the only one I want to recover from.

Edited February 26, 2017 by ashipinharbor

[Wonderer]

I tend to have facial tics when I'm bad with OCD but it's never been diagnosed as a separate disorder, i grimace a lot in reaction to intrusive thoughts. U might need to access help with the others in order to be able to work on ur OCD, I don't mean to sound like a party pooper but my son is autistic and suffered severe anxiety, the professionals have told me he will need different therapy than the regular type for anxiety because he has autism so the understanding is different from that of a person without ASD.

[Guest ashipinharbor]

Just now, Wonderer said:

I tend to have facial tics when I'm bad with OCD but it's never been diagnosed as a separate disorder, i grimace a lot in reaction to intrusive thoughts.

I do that, too. But, I also have them for no reason.

1 minute ago, Wonderer said:

U might need to access help with the others in order to be able to work on ur OCD, I don't mean to sound like a party pooper but my son is autistic and suffered severe anxiety, the professionals have told me he will need different therapy than the regular type for anxiety because he has autism so the understanding is different from that of a person without ASD.

Could you expand on that? I don't want to get help for anything other than my OCD. 

[Wonderer]

Basically because people with autism seem to take things a little more literally than others, therapy needs to be modified  for that, for example, ur much older than my son so this won't  apply to u but my son was told to "smell the birthday cake and then blow out the candles" as a breathing exercise of course my son said "but there's no cake!" He was told to imagine one, so he then said "but I can't smell it" little things like that. So now he's waiting on therapy with a clinical psychologist who specialises in autism in order to treat his co morbid general anxiety disorder. 

[kaheath80]

I have tics too!

[Guest ashipinharbor]

1 minute ago, Wonderer said:

Basically because people with autism seem to take things a little more literally than others, therapy needs to be modified  for that, for example, ur much older than my son so this won't  apply to u but my son was told to "smell the birthday cake and then blow out the candles" as a breathing exercise of course my son said "but there's no cake!" He was told to imagine one, so he then said "but I can't smell it" little things like that. So now he's waiting on therapy with a clinical psychologist who specialises in autism in order to treat his co morbid general anxiety disorder. 

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification!

[Guest ashipinharbor]

1 minute ago, kaheath80 said:

I have tics too!

Yeah? Do they happen without you thinking about them?

[Wonderer]

If u don't mind me asking, have u a psychiatrist who diagnosed u with Tourette's? If so haven't u discussed treatment for OCD with them? I know u said u can't afford therapy at the moment, but surely whoever is diagnosing u with all these disorders should know how difficult it must be and point u in the direction of a charitable organisation who may be able to help with therapy costs? 

[Wonderer]

1 minute ago, Jessie_Loz said:

This is a really good point. Whoever is diagnosing u should be offering u some help by pointing in the right direction x

I don't understand how in this day and age any professional could leave someone with all those different disorders without help!! If that's how it works then shame on them! People have been offered free help for far less! 

[Guest ashipinharbor]

I was diagnosed with Tourettes as a kid. And Autism/ADD as well.

My BPD is a self-diagnosis.

And I've never been formally diagnosed with OCD.

Edited February 26, 2017 by ashipinharbor

[Wonderer]

Didn't u post thatu "recently found out?"

I would not self diagnose with BPD considering the disorders u have been formally diagnosed with. U probably have quite a lot of symptoms due to ur other disorders that may mimick BPD. 

[PolarBear]

11 minutes ago, ashipinharbor said:

I was diagnosed with Tourettes as a kid. And Autism/ADD as well.

My BPD is a self-diagnosis.

And I've never been formally diagnosed with OCD.

I suggest you go see a psychiatrist and get things sorted out. I find it suspect that someone would have that many malaise affecting them.

[Guest ashipinharbor]

12 minutes ago, Wonderer said:

Didn't u post thatu "recently found out?"

I would not self diagnose with BPD considering the disorders u have been formally diagnosed with. U probably have quite a lot of symptoms due to ur other disorders that may mimick BPD. 

I found out that it's why I took Luvox as a kid. And the BPD fits perfectly, so it's valid.

4 minutes ago, PolarBear said:

I suggest you go see a psychiatrist and get things sorted out. I find it suspect that someone would have that many malaise affecting them.

I know it seems suspicious, but its true.

2 minutes ago, Jessie_Loz said:

Can u see a professional to get the diagnosis. It just worries me that u think u have all these disorders yet u haven't seeked professional advice 

Not yet, no. But the OCD is the only thing really affecting me negatively.

[Guest ashipinharbor]

8 minutes ago, PolarBear said:

I suggest you go see a psychiatrist and get things sorted out. I find it suspect that someone would have that many malaise affecting them.

And I don't consider Autism a malaise. ADD, either. Or Tourette's. BPD, can be challenging, but it's manageable.

OCD is the only real malaise.

[Wonderer]

10 minutes ago, ashipinharbor said:

And I don't consider Autism a malaise. ADD, either. Or Tourette's. BPD, can be challenging, but it's manageable.

OCD is the only real malaise.

I imagine others suffering with those conditions would tend to disagree.

[Guest ashipinharbor]

6 minutes ago, Wonderer said:

I imagine others suffering with those conditions would tend to disagree.

That's kinda hurtful...

[Wonderer]

I don't mean to be hurtful, it's just that they're disorders  and generally disorders cause some sort of malaise. Autism, makes my son so wonderful, but he suffers terribly with anxieties and social problems. I'd say all disorders have some negative impact on a person. 

[Wonderer]

3 minutes ago, Jessie_Loz said:

No one wants to hurt ur feelings ship we just want u to get an understanding of what's going on. As Wonderer said people who suffer with the disorders you mentioned would probably disagree with you but this is why u shouldn't self diagnose and seek professional help x

Exactly. When my OCD is bad I've pretty much self diagnosed myself with certain things that in fact aren't real, if we focus on having a particular thing wrong with us with an anxious state of mind I'm pretty sure we will find the symptoms to cement our suspicions, then when we are well and have clarity we can see it was anxiety talking, just be mindful of that when u are self diagnosing!

[Guest ashipinharbor]

43 minutes ago, Wonderer said:

I don't mean to be hurtful, it's just that they're disorders  and generally disorders cause some sort of malaise. Autism, makes my son so wonderful, but he suffers terribly with anxieties and social problems. I'd say all disorders have some negative impact on a person. 

Yeah, my brain can make me struggle, at times, but so can anything. I love being Autistic. As for the rest, aside from the OCD, I have no reason to treat them.

26 minutes ago, Jessie_Loz said:

No one wants to hurt ur feelings ship we just want u to get an understanding of what's going on. As Wonderer said people who suffer with the disorders you mentioned would probably disagree with you but this is why u shouldn't self diagnose and seek professional help x

I've only self-dx'ed with BPD and OCD, two things I'm 100% sure fit.

21 minutes ago, Wonderer said:

Exactly. When my OCD is bad I've pretty much self diagnosed myself with certain things that in fact aren't real, if we focus on having a particular thing wrong with us with an anxious state of mind I'm pretty sure we will find the symptoms to cement our suspicions, then when we are well and have clarity we can see it was anxiety talking, just be mindful of that when u are self diagnosing!

I've had BPD traits since before I knew what BPD was. Same with OCD.

Now, please stop debating whether I have these conditions. They're part of my identity, and I don't want to lose them.

[Wonderer]

Ok ship, if giving u advice and trying to help is making u defensive I'll stop, OCD is part of me that I sure as hell would love to lose as there's nothing pleasurable about living with this condition. Maybe the fact that u don't want to lose ur conditions is why u consistently ignore the advice u receive and post the same things over and over, to me that's a separate issue altogether. 

[Guest ashipinharbor]

1 minute ago, Wonderer said:

Ok ship, if giving u advice and trying to help is making u defensive I'll stop, OCD is part of me that I sure as hell would love to lose as there's nothing pleasurable about living with this condition. Maybe the fact that u don't want to lose ur conditions is why u consistently ignore the advice u receive and post the same things over and over, to me that's a separate issue altogether. 

I never said I wanted to keep my OCD. I stated multiple times that I don't.

I don't want to lose my others because they're part of my identity, which, as a Borderline, is very important to me, since I don't really have one.

Edited February 26, 2017 by ashipinharbor

[Wonderer]

Yeah and I was just saying that I could say OCD is part of my identity, but I don't want it, because it isn't pleasurable. Just like other disorders, Tourette's, ADD, BPD, they all have different negative impacts on people's lives, that's why they're called disorders, for that reason! we can accept and embrace that we have these things but we shouldn't let a bunch of diagnoses ' define us, and we should strive to remove the negative impact that these things have on us as individuals, basically what I'm saying is, to get rid of ur OCD u will more than likely have to work on everything else as well, because those disorders could be crossing wires with ur OCD. Do you think saying ur leaving and then deciding 5mins later that ur not is ur BPD? If so, wouldn't u say you'd like to work on those feelings? 

[Guest ashipinharbor]

Look, this thread is starting to stress me out.

I just wanted info about Tourette's, not to validate my own brain to strangers.

Edited February 26, 2017 by ashipinharbor