OCD Carers

Hi there @Mum8 and welcome to the SANE community 😊

I trust that you'll find the Friends, Family and Carers Forum a safe and supportive place. As a newcomer I'd like to tag in a few of our Community Guides and members who may be able to assist both here in this forum, but also with any struggles you are facing as a carer @Shaz51 @ShiningStar @Dimity @Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope @Frankly2 @Luna24 @NatureLover @HopefulWife @Mel24h @Muma @Mum7 @elyse @TiSoG21 @saltandpepper

If you need help with anything whilst in the forum please feel free to tag the moderator on shift, just like this @Former-Member

Warm wishes
Rhye ☘️

Hi @Mum8 and welcome to the forums 👋🌷

hello and welcome to the forum @Mum8

and thank you for those resources

@NatureLover

and also another thread is Topic Tuesday // OCD from an insiders perspective // 1 Aug, 7pm AEST

and also Topic Tuesday // OCD: Behind The Mask // Tues 13th April, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

these discussions are only to read now but they are really interesting

also I like to know how you are going as a carer, if you have any questions too , we are here to help

Hi @Mum8 , welcome. I'm sorry to hear your daughter suffers all those conditions and stays in her room 23 1/2 hours a day.

You say she has a good psychiatrist, which is great. I'm wondering if she has a psychologist also? Or does the psychiatrist do talk therapy as well?

I have OCD (germophobia), depression, generalised anxiety and agoraphobia...I'm not a carer but someone with lived experience. Not sure if that will help you at all, but that's why @Former-Member and @Shaz51 have tagged me. If I can help, then I'm happy to.

I hope you find the forums supportive.

Hi NatureLover

Thank you for your reply. That is very generous of you to offer help when you have so much that you are dealing with too.

My daughter kind of has a psychologist as well. We haven't had contact with her for a while as the psychiatrist is talking to her a lot at the moment and has a history of post natal OCD herself so my daughter feels that she can connect with her best at the moment.

I think the thing I'm currently finding most challenging is that my daughter is struggling more and more to come out of her room so lately the 23 1/2 hours in the room is becoming more frequently 24 hrs, apart from toilet breaks, and I find that opportunities for me to talk to the psychiatrist to get advice on how much to encourage/push for her to come out of her room balanced with how much of the appointment that my daughter requires with the psychiatrist is really challenging. Added to this is that it would seem that new obsessions and compulsions are being added very frequently. I feel that to cover everything that is needed to start my daughter's recovery would nearly require daily appointments.

I feel for you so much with the struggle that you have too. This is such a cruel illness.
Do you feel that at least sometimes you are managing to start to recover in any of the areas where you are affected?

Kind regards

Mum8