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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Woman here who suffers from OCD and GAD. Irritability was a big problem for me before I started taking meds. In times of great stress, it turned to anger and me snapping a lot at DH and, occasionally, child. What happens is that everyone starts walking on eggshells around me and that is a very bad thing to happen to a child. It's really, according to my therapist, one of the worse environments a child can grow up in. However, when I take my meds on time, my irritability is markedly different. Not that I skip down the street singing happy songs, but I the anger greatly subsides. The key here, however, is that I have to take my meds, which can be difficult b/c OCD is not a one drug treatable condition. It usually involves a cocktail of different types (including off label). So, he has to be very committed to treatment. And, I will say, that lots of people throw out, "I'm so OCD!" Uh, no you're not. Really having it is hell. My advice is avoid pregnancy until he has been in treatment - meds AND talk therapy - for at least 6-9 months. He needs to understand his patterns, why/how he developed OCD as a coping mechanism, and to begin to undo the detrimental patterns he has in place. [/quote]

Holy cow, this is me!  I thought everyone got angry at their families when stressed. Is that really not typical? Maybe I need meds.[/quote]

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