Advice! im ocd when it comes to keeping house safe. no matter what i do, accidents happen & if i find a screw, etc on floor, i panic & assume 2 yo ate one. i see dr &take meds. how can i stop panic?

Therapy: Ongoing counseling with a trained therapist or psychiatrist can teach you tools to handle the attacks of panic and ocd that you struggle with. And stay on your medicines...

Distress aimpairment: The key here is distress and impairment. If more than an hour a day is spent obsessing about various events as well as rituals (compulsions) aimed at neutralizing the anxiety associated with the obsessions occur (hour or more), than may be an issue. You mention both panic and ocd when in fact a good assessment would be needed to specify which is most salient problem. Check out iocdf.Org.

ERP! Talk Back 2OCD!: Your ocd is really spooking you! and it's got a stephen king like imagination! the more u listen 2ocd & believe what it tells u, the more powerful it becomes. Have u had exposure & response prevention (erp) therapy? This is the "gold standard" treatment ...Can teach u how 2 say shut up 2ocd. Get people close 2u involved in ur treatment. Learn more via int'l ocd foundat'n http//www.Ocfoundation.Org.