Can ocd lead to psychosis?

CaptainKierk...

Date posted: 3y

I’ve not heard of OCD leading to psychosis, but I have heard of OCD leading to a misdiagnosis of psychosis (based on language describing intrusive thoughts like “I hear voices” and “I see images”). In particular, a misdiagnosis of psychotic depression is not uncommon among OCD sufferers.

Anonymous*

Date posted: 3y

A psychiatric diagnosis has to be made by a psychiatrist. Internet is a great tool to learn new things and communicate with people, and learn more about your diagnosis if that's not triggering for you. This app as well can be a good place to exchange and feel less alone in this. But I can't help but see this as reassurance seeking, because I suppose you might possibly have googled this a couple of times already..or maybe I'm just projecting 🤓 Or maybe you're worried it will happen to you because of specific thoughts you've had or something you've heard, seen or read. Either way, I think you should discuss this with a mental health professional, to adress this question once. Chose someone you feel you can trust, and ask one time.

anonymous34563

Date posted: 3y

No I don't seek reassurance I don't Google at least the last 5-6 months. I'm not worried it will happen to me because I ve been in hell and now I'm really ok (thanks to meds). But I couldn't help but wonder why psychiatrists prescribe antipsychotics to ocd suffereres. Could it have to do with an untreated ocd case or are they more effective or maybe a serious ocd can hover in between neuroticism and psychosis and antipsychotics are more suitable (along with the antidepressants) I was wondering. You are not a doctor I guess, but maybe you could now. You or someone else

Anonymous*

Date posted: 3y

@tinaant I am a doctor actually, that's why I said this. I'm sorry about my phrasing, english is not my native language, and this is why I used a lot of adverbs to not assume anything and mentionned projection, but I think it's a tricky question to put out here, and I really don't think anyone here can answer it for you. In textbooks, no, but a psychiatric diagnosis has to be made by a professional and even for them, it can be hard at times. I don't know why you're asking this, sorry to have made semi assumptions, I tried not to, but you should ask a mental health professional.

anonymous34563

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous* No worries maybe deep down it was reassurance seeking. You re right ! 🙂

Anonymous*

Date posted: 3y

@tinaant No no, maybe you just wondered this one time and thought this is a safe place to ask. It's not my place to assume. Sorry about my phrasing again, I just want to help, and I try to refrain myself when people ask medical questions for multiple reasons. I could have given you more medical infos (without it being as good as a psychiatrist, since it's not my field), but I wouldn't want to trigger people here, since it's a common worry/thought for some subtypes. And I wouldn't want to do it to you either. The answer is nuanced, since medicine is not an exact science, symptoms evolve, and the initial diagnosis can change if it's not the right one, there can be multiple ones coexisting, there are different medical protocols, some antipsychotics can be prescribed when SSRI don't help or not enough, not all antipsychotics have the same indications, depends on the severity of the symptoms etc...

anonymous34563

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous* Yes you are right I asked something that cannot answered simply by a yes or a no. Thanks again for your time to write this!

Summ3r_

Date posted: 24w

when does ocd require hospitalization?

When is ocd so bad that someone can’t deal with it on their own? I honestly don’t know if it’s just my brain telling me I can’t deal with it when I really can, but then I start thinking if I tell myself I can deal with it when I really can’t, then I’ll actually loose it. In my mind, my safe haven has been remembering that I can always go to the hospital if I feel so bad. Because I’m so terrified of getting stress induced psychosis because of this extensive fear. I finally start to feel better and then my mind tells me that I have to worry about it to prevent it from happening. Each hour feels draining to get through and I’m terrified of each thoughts possibility that I know I’d feel better if I was hospitalized and kept away from doing potential harm. I go to therapy every other week but I feel like I need every week and actually more than once a week because each day feels hard to get through and it takes forever to get to therapy.

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Holl1

Date posted: 20w

OCD

I’ve been triggered so bad this week I’ve had bad anxiety and feel depression coming on. Last night I had a thought oh let’s plan it and I immediately thought why would I think that and started crying bad. I’ve had these thoughts for 7 months I really don’t know why I’m having these thoughts, if I knew I would work on it. Like people say has something happened in your life for you to have these thoughts and nothing has happened, it all started off from what if thoughts , like “what if I’m a psycho” because I saw this fb post saying introverts are more likely to become psychopaths and it all spiralled from there I started getting thoughts about harm towards others and myself. What do you think guys should I treat it like ocd or do you think there’s something seriously wrong with me.

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Shopiya

Date posted: 17w

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