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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Under control with medication and therapy but still bothersome. For example obsessive cleaning, [b]ritualistic behavior, apprehension, canceling programs at last minute,[/b] etc.

No other red flags, helpful, kind, ambitious, hard working. However, [b]can get worse with future personal and professional responsibilities[/b].[/quote]

Honestly that doesn’t sound like it is very well controlled. [/quote]

If this is "under control" I'd move on, OP. It's really important to evaluate red flags before becoming too attached.

This is not a life partner you would be able to rely on. In the event you suffer a crisis, their OCD is likely to flare tremendously. Being married to someone with mental illness that impacts life as much as above if "controlled" is not wise. You may think you are independent and can "make do" but none of us know what life will hold.

Why would you want to sign up for a potentially quite lonely marriage and quasi-caretaker role rather than a true partner? I'd do some work on yourself with a therapist to find that answer, while not dating. I found CODA helpful in understanding why I made that choice myself. Now divorced (not OCD, ADHD and GAD) and I don't feel weighted down by trying fruitlessly to manage life with someone mentally ill and living with the unpredictability of knowing how he would be able to cope or function on any given day. [/quote]

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