When I was on 10mg abilify I would obsess about whacky business ideas.
Now that I’m on 15mg I notice it’s switched from that to “I must have a girlfriend” 
But it’s like my mind clings to one “theme”. It’s a little bit of thought tunnel vision.
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I obsess about counting in 3’s, 12’s and 15’s…I guess that’s why they call it obsessive compulsive disorder 
I also have other obsessions too!!!
The Zoloft is supposed to stop OCD but it hasn’t stopped my OCD counting.
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Actually maybe it has and I haven’t even noticed it.
I’ll consider it TBD
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I have a horrible obsessive personality too =( It started (I remember) around 16 with my first boyfriend.
Now I still obsess which induces my intrusive thoughts. I need to remind myself that it is only a disorder and not real. And I try to reinforce the reality by thinking some positive thoughts.
But I absolutely adore having some positive obsessions, such as becoming healthy / getting fit / achieving something.
I love that side of things.
It is okay to want a girlfriend though -don’t you think? I have wacky business ideas too But I have seen some of my ideas come to life by other people.
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I read in Surviving Schizophrenia that OCD should not be diagnosed in people with schizophrenic disorders but rather its a very common symptom of our disease. I’ve had OCD since I was like 7 years old. I’ve always counted trees and lightpoles and signs as I drove by and clicked with my toes when I passed them lol.
I also used to add up the number of letters in a sentence and the number of syllables in hopes they were divisible into each other to form a “perfect sentence”. It’s been a while since I did that though but the counting persists.
I tested my OCD by walking around my apartment and it MAY not be as bad as it was?? But it still definitely exists. Not sure.
I still consider myself to have OCD regardless of what that book says though because well it seems like a separate disorder. But I heard it is very common in sz’s 
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I got lots of intrusive thoughts after i went on medication. It went away, though.
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Lol yeah I did that too since I was a kid. Counted cars’ wheels on the road and some other weird stuff 
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All of my sessions are obsessions.
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I have a lot of obsessions, but my procrastinations take care of most of them on their own. Kinda cancels each other out with the exception of using too much brain fuel rendering me stupid.
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Yeah I have OCD and I also have intense fixations on things for stretches of time.
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I have obsessive thoughts but they are from psychotic source. I take clomipramine (Anafranil) but it has no effects. I think memantine has a light effect on me for the obsessive thoughts. I question these thoughts, but it’s not all the time that I can do it.
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