Do I really have OCD?

As a child I struggled a lot with repetitive thoughts, and feeling like I had to do certain things to prevent bad things from happening. For example, I would get up a million times in the middle of the night to check if the sink was off, or make sure I if I looked one way I had to look the other way the same amount of times. I still struggle with similar thoughts, but now I deal with a voice inside my head constantly bringing up repetitive thoughts, and a lot of anxiety. Can anyone relate? I just started Zoloft because I think all of this indicates that I have OCD, but I am looking for some clarity. Will Zoloft even help? Please comment if you have any advice.

Username: Browniegirl5Browniegirl5

Date posted: 1y ago

Idk if you have ocd bc only a licensed professional can diagnose but it does sound in like with ocd. I deal with the voice in the head too along with images that I ruminate on for hours. Zoloft personally don’t really help me abut my ~Dad does have ocd and those medications do help him. Everyone is different and it can take weeks or months to see if the medicine is working for you. It is likely to not work immediately or even within a few days.

Username: KatherineC123KatherineC123

Date posted: 1y ago

@Browniegirl5 Thank you for response I really appreciate it, how long did you give Zoloft a try for and why didn’t it work for you?

Username: Browniegirl5Browniegirl5

Date posted: 1y ago

@KatherineC123 I just didn’t notice a different in my depression or ocd symptoms. I was on it for about 5 months

Username: Mcomer3781Mcomer3781

Date posted: 1y ago

hi, i’m so sorry you’re going through this, it’s really tough:(❤️Just know you’re not alone.looking back from when i was younger i had thoughts like these, but as i got older they jumpstarted and got a little worse. I didn’t realize i had ocd until i got diagnosed with it last year and now i’m medicated for it. From what it sounds like to me, you could have it. From what i’ve researched zoloft can help, but something that has really helped me has been fluvoxamine. For me, OCD is like having two different brains that are constantly battling each other and it is exhausting, it’s kind of like i have two voices and one is combating my anxiety while the other is giving into it. I’ll have to wash my hands a bunch or turn off the light switch a certain amount of times which is so tiring. I don’t know if this helped at all but just know you’re not alone in this and i support you<3

Username: KatherineC123KatherineC123

Date posted: 1y ago

@Mcomer3781 This helped immensely. It is really comforting to know that there are others out there feeling the same way. I appreciate your openness❤️it is super tough, I’m hoping the Zoloft works out but if not I’ll take a look into the fluvoxamine. Thank you so much, glad to know we are all in the same boat!

Username: worrier 24worrier 24

Date posted: 1y ago

I don’t suffer from this part of ocd now but when I was younger I was obsessed with the dates on food and had to. Heck the date on everything in fear of eating something out of date and getting I’ll. also always been obsessed with numbers and the time need to know what time it is and how long things will take and how longs left etc

Username: amber.b2

Date posted: 2y ago

OCD?

I don’t know if what I have is OCD or just severe anxiety.. I’m really confused. Every time I do something that I feel bad about I will think about it for ages and it will ruin my day, and feel guilty. I keep getting emotional all the time and feel distressed , as if something is off but I can’t explain. Occasionally I have the urge to confess things and if I don’t they will be In my head making me not feel present. And I keep focusing on my partner and getting the urge to break up when I don’t actually want that (of course I have doubts like everyone does) but it’s more of a urgent upsetting feeling which hasnt left for 5 months, the only time it seems to go away temporarily is when I’m with him. and I’m soooo confused. My therapist told me I would have had OCD as a child so I can’t have it (I’m 20 years old but I don’t know what is going on with me). Starting to think I’m going insane as this has been going on for several months now!

Username: Bihernan

Date posted: 1y ago

My Teen Son

I don’t know what to do! My 13 year old son has suffered with intrusive thoughts for years. He feels guilty of things he’s done in the past when he was super young and obsesses over it to the point that he has to come clean about everything!! He fears that he may be a phedophyle at times because of intrusive thoughts. He’s on Zoloft 75 for it, it was getting better for a bit but it’s getting aggressive again! He is so kind and such a good son and person. He is in counseling but his counselor doesn’t specialize in OCD. I don’t know if I should have them change his medication, idk if there’s a medication that will help him more. I’m so scared I suffered with intrusive thoughts as a kid and teen, I never got help but I’m good now.

Username: Anche

Date posted: 51w ago

Subtypes

Hi guys! I believe I have an OCD since I was around 12. I remember then I had a lot of intrusive thoughts about religious things and I had a counting compulsion (I thought that If I don't count to 8 in specific moments, someone gets hurt) During later years it was really changing - I stopped being religious, so the OCD theme also stopped. Then I had I reckon SOCD, harm OCD and many others. But for know my main topic is ROCD. But because of the fact that this is my main intrusive thoughts topic I start to have this awful thoughts that this is not OCD, I'm just with the wrong person and I need to accept this fact. This is really struggling for me, because i really love my bf and Im in the healthy realtionship but Im so tired of having this kind of thoughts, sometimes I cannot sleep because of them. Also the fact that I've never been diagnosed (I cannot go on theraphy right now unfortunately) is another trigger because I have thoughts that I dont really have OCD, I just making this up, because I cannot accept the truth. Is there someone with similar experiance? Or maybe someone who can have advice for me?

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