Why hasn't my therapist given me a clear OCD diagnosis after several sessions?

therapy.

it’s been 3-4 sessions with my therapist (Not the NOCD team) and i haven’t got a diagnosis. she refers me as having ocd because she’ll say “how’s your ocd going” and stuff like that. but she’s never mentioned a diagnosis. and it’s treading me out. i feel like a diagnosis will help me feel like i can get better instead of worrying if i havé or don’t have ocd. i just want to cry.

Username: donnocddonnocd

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

I went to a psychiatrist first for a formal diagnosis before coming to NOCD

Username: PubbywomwomPubbywomwom

Date posted: 1y ago

Ask her

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Absolutely ask. I asked mine a long time ago and she was like “oh yeah definitely!” I think she thought I knew. That being said, if you need to ask again and again that’s asking for reassurance. Sounds like there may be a bit of an obsession/compulsion cycle here too given how distressed you are. It’s fair to want to know and you have a right to, but as a heads up it may not give you the feeling of certainty you’re looking for. I still doubt all the time and I have been diagnosed by multiple providers over 3-4 years

Username: The PhantomThe Phantom

Date posted: 1y ago

I was going to therapy for a few months till I went to a psychiatrist. He ended up moving my original appointment which made me worry more. I was so worried for some reason he was going to tell me I didn’t have OCD. That’s all I could think about until the appointment. I then told him I was super worried about him telling me I didn’t and he said “that just proves you do have it” “you can stop worrying about it because you have it” I thought it was funny.

Username: nicolemw

Date posted: 5y ago

So the fact that i haven’t been officially diagnosed kind of makes my ocd worse. I’ve kind of become positive that I have it. Thinking back now, I can think of a few rituals I did as a child that could be seen as warning signs for OCD, but the debilitating stuff happened about 5 months ago in October. I saw a therapist for about a month and a half but she never gave me an official diagnosis and even though I asked, she just said it hasn’t been long enough to tell. It seemed like she wasn’t helping at all and wasn’t doing anything for me I couldn’t hear off of a forum such as this or an informative YouTube video so I quit going. I had problems this entire time but just this past week it has spiked up to the severity it was when it first started and is once again making me desperate for help! I think I want meds this time so I want to go to my regular doctor and ask. I guess my general question is how should I go about seeking help and can I say I have OCD even if it wasn’t officially told to me? This week has been very debilitating and the fact that I’ve been suffering for 5 months makes me believe this isn’t going to just go away.

Username: Gimli_23

Date posted: 2y ago

Therapists

I'm currently visiting my third therapist in the last three years and none of them have helped me so far. None of them have given me any type of diagnosis so I'm not even sure if I actually have OCD, and it's driving me mad. The last session I had, I even felt like it made things worse rather that it helped. I wanna feel that trust to my therapist that you should feel to be able to share your emotions but I don't. I feel like its not going anywhere, like it's useless. Lately I've been thinking about finding a therapist here at NOCD, I've even looked up some specific people and they all seem really nice and sweet.

Username: wisecricket

Date posted: 20w ago

no one will listen to me

my therapist REFUSES to "formally diagnose" me with ocd AND autism. She said she knows i have them but that she didn't want to officially diagnose me because she didn't want "it to define me" like girl come on. I cant get the treatment i need or the accommodations for school (i'm in my last year of college) without a formal diagnosis and she just won't. has this ever happened to any of you? should i go to a new therapist ? talk to my PCP maybe ? i really just don't understand it and don't know how to advocate for myself anymore than i already have !!!! please any advice helps y'all !

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