I Read ‘Still Alice’ About Early-Onset Alzheimer’s and Have OCD. Now I’m Driving Myself Crazy.?
A question asked by nite_angelica: I read ‘Still Alice’ about early-onset Alzheimer’s and have OCD. Now I’m driving myself crazy.?
And since I’m a hypochondriac and have OCD, I’ve convinced myself I’m having Alzheimer’s symptoms (forget things, forget what I started to do, etc) for the last three days since reading it. Ugh.. 
How do I make this stop?
If I can convince myself I have every disease I read about, why can’t I convince myself that even the idea of that is stupid? I’m only 40, so even early-onset isn’t likely and it doesn’t even run in my family. Ugh. I’m a nut… anyone else with OCD have any tools they’ve learned to help deal with this?
Most comprehensive answer:
Answer by mindy
Well you have to be like really old to get that ..at least in your late 60s and up..so i would not worry about it..and hey if you get it..you wont even remember having it? I worked with Alzheimers and related dementia for a good many years..stop worrying and have fun
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