Debbie, spouses, children or those around you have no idea of our conditions.

My daughter has OCD. She is on medication, and although the bad dreams and inappropriate thoughts are gone, once she gets a bee in her bonnet - often very dangerous bees - I lose it.
Ninety five percent of the time she goes ahead and does whatever she wishes to anyway - disregarding the highly probable dangerous consequences. She tells me that I am always negative and as she is nineteen she is free to live her own life as she wishes to.

I also have a mental health problem, I should understand. But I can't. I am too worried for her. As a mother, I feel I need to protect her and she just WILL NOT listen.

Generally most of the time families have no idea what this is all about. Doesn't matter how much one educates them, they can and do find our behaviour frustrating. My spouse gets it most of the time, but once in a while flips it.
Can't really blame him. Poor thing didn't bargain for - 'for better or worse' would be mostly worse. Doesn't matter how supportive they are - there are nuances that they will simply never get. On these occasions I just walk away.

A support group is a great idea. As is therapy if you feel you need it. It is comforting and a release to be around company that will appreciate and understand you.

At home, reminders every once in a while is the best that we can do.

How long is it since you've been diagnosed and put on medication?