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    Happy1234

      Hi: i’ve go ocd and sometimes have a few drinks to help get to sleep cause also have insomnia. Does alcohol and lack of sleep make ocd worse?. My wife says try to change these habits especially getting enough sleep. Don’t see how that can help ocd?

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        Hi there.  Booze is fine, as long as you are a ‘happy’ drinker.  I tend to go for hot drinks when I struggle to sleep. The very act of going to the kitchen and going through the motions can induce sleep. I also listen to night time local radio, or music, to break the silence of being awake alone at night. Sleep is the best for helping us to cope better during the day.

        Wannabe

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          anon1985
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            Noticed myself doing it when it got really bad

            truthfully though I’ve had alcohol problems in the past and am terrible drinker at times albeit occasionally

            Hangovers intensify the ocd tho

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