Hi,I was diagnosed in 1990 with OCD ,i have germ phobia ,checking over
and over again and i am superstious thinking something bad is always
going to happen i am always looking for reasurrance ,I will not leave my
apt unless every hair is in place it takes me 4 hours to get ready ,i am
very obsessed with my hair since i was a teenager ,last years june 2004
i went to get my hair dyed at a beauty school and week later i felt
these bare spots underneath in back ,i have long hair so thank goodness
it can be hidden for now but ,i went to a Dermatolgist he told me i have
Alopecia areata Unreal , i cryed because i have thick hair and he asked
if i pull it out ,knowing , i have ocd i guess he thought i may have
been doing this noway i told him ,i wish it was from that than i would
know what caused this, he said it can come from stress which i have
great deal of, ocd interferes with my daily life it's difficult to plan
anything ,,this Alopecia is emotinally disturbing i keep checking and
praying that it will fill in where it came out its over year no luck, my
ocd has gotten worse i wake up with a dreaded feeling everyday and just
Cry ,i take xanax for anxiety,Paxil i tryed years ago made me feel sick
,i even take a rubber band put it around my wrist snap it to stop the
worried thoughts and Fear's that i have no controll over ,,works
sometimes not always, ......they say when you have ocd you have a need
to know WHY in this case i feel STUCK, and the dr's' aren't even sure
why this alopecia happens ,i went to a alopecia forum ,and read posts I
get more scared upset ,I just wanted to say i feel for everyone that
suffer's from OCD , mine was a little under controll until this problem
happened thank you for listening !!!! Ruthie