Is it side effect of OCD or it is some other mental illness

Hi again
I wrote topic "OCD with buying/getting new things" but I have another problem which decide to put in different topic.
I have very strong OCD with obsessions-compulsions or sometimes only obsessions, but I have other mental problem which is following: If I have some problem X in my life (may be caused from not done compulsion, or may be something else), I have episodes of obsessive thinking of it, so much that I cannot think about something else. Anxiety gets me in it's arms and cannot leave me.... BUT!!! There are episodes of joy and I think "Problem X??? that's not a problem, how can I think so much about it, That is nothing. I should be very stupid to think so much about it!!!" These two kind of episodes of anxiety and joy about this problem "X" come to me one after one, .... anxiety, joy, anxiety, joy......., The episodes lasts from half an hour to few hours. It is not normal to change the way of thinking so fast. Can someone tell me what kind of mental illness is that??? Is it kind of OCD, Pure-O ???
Regards
Nasko

Hi,

This 'cycle' of thoughts IS your OCD. OCD is about obsessions and compulsions, but these can occur in a routine way (or in a 'cycle'). Your routine/cycle is that you have anxiety and then joy; and then anxiety again. This is why some people with OCD have been confused as having Bipolar (because they have cycles of anxiety and joy like you). Does this make sense?

Kevin

Yes, this is just your OCD.

I do the same sort of thing, my compulsions get the best of me and I can obsessively think about something I haven't done repetitively, or something i'm worried about, for ages. Then either I'll get sick of constantly thinking about it, and tell myself it's stupid and stop worrying about it, or i'll just naturally be over it, and tell myself i'm just being ridiculous.

It can be so frustrating, can't it?