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Hb
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Haya All!!! just wondering if you are more likely to carry out your ocd thought if your tired and does aanyone else sturggle with "what if i did it and can't remember carrying it out??? any advice would be great! xxxx hb

Sat Aug 28 2010 15:18:47 #
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Sorry, but I don't really umderstand, could you elaborate?

Sat Aug 28 2010 15:28:55 #
Hb
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lol sorry! there are two questions here
1) If you are tired are you more likely to carry out your OCD intrusive thoughts?
2) Is memory effected by tirdness that would cause me to carry out my OCD?
Thanks for your time
xxx hb

Sat Aug 28 2010 16:03:39 #
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The first one, I'm more likely to get OCD thoughts I guess but I can't be ***** doing them but then I HAVE to so a bit of yes and no really.
For number two (tee hee hee, that sounds like poo! ) I have experienced incidents when Iforrget whether or not I did a compulsion, but not neciserrily when I'm tired. - Jess

Sat Aug 28 2010 16:12:56 #
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Sleep is one of the most important factors in mood control, if you aren't getting enough sleep any kind of anxiety/depression/OCD will be exacerbated so try to make sure you get a good night's sleep. Also what can help is keeping your blood sugar stable - so eat a handle full of nuts/a banana just before you go to bed and almost immediately when you get up.
I don't have compulsions with my OCD so I can't comment on the second.
Good luck x

Sat Aug 28 2010 18:08:38 #
jo
Member

hi,
when i'm tired i get more ocd thoughts and they bother me more, so can lead to more compulsions. if i'm extremly tired the thoughts can seem overwhelmingly real and i can become convinced that all my fears are imminently about to come true. i don't think tiredness makes you more likely to do something that you wouldn't normally do though. although i find ocd exhausting.
best wishes
jo

Sat Aug 28 2010 19:26:53 #