Does anyone have a good experience with doctors and the ocd diagnosis process. I am 100% it's ocd but do I need to get a complete and definite answer? And if so is it worth it?
I have seen so many psychiatrists and therapists over the past two decades, and honestly, no one helped me. Everyone diagnosed me with something different, and the therapists I saw just did talk therapy, which is not useful for someone with OCD. I've also tried CBT, DBT, and EMDR for OCD, all which did not work. I am trying ERP therapy now with NOCD, and I am hoping to see results! If you really think you have OCD, I would try to meet with one of the therapists on NOCD who specialize in OCD. I wish I would have tried ERP 20 years, and if I had, maybe I would've had a happier life!
Alot of my reasoning for wanting to meet with a health professional is to know for sure its ocd even though I'm already so sure it is. Right now I have found ways which help me by doing it myself but sometimes it's hard
@EllieDuffy21 Sounds like OCD with the amount you are questioning the diagnosis. Doing it yourself is hard so if you can see an ERP therapist it’s much better.
Hello! What a journey this ocd thing is! After 17 years with one therapist, I knew I was no longer making progress, so I changed to a new therapist. After just 6 months with her, she suggested I might have ocd and to look into getting diagnosed. She was right and I was diagnosed with ocd last summer. Meds are making a big difference but I still have lots of unlearning and re-learning to do. I’ve been struggling with whether or not to switch to a therapist who specializes in ocd. I have no issues with my current therapist, but she doesn’t specialize in ocd and I sometimes think I need someone who does specialize in it. But of course, I have Pure O, so I can think myself in circles til the cows come home. Can anyone share experience about switching to a therapist who specializes in ocd?
Hey, so I've never actually been diagnosed with OCD. I did a little bit of research, I always thought OCD was organizing things. But I'm not normal, I have this thing where I feel something isn't right. I obsess over it or if I brush my hand over something correctly then it's fixed. Or I have to do this thing on stairs, I'll walk up a few or down them because something isn't right. I read this thing on memories. I know something happened, but then I doubt myself to the point I don't know if it happened. And I think too logically in relationships. I'll put statistics on things and if they might not work out I distance myself, there's other odd things I do. My family always told me I was fine but then said things like I was messed up, and said to just ignore what I felt. Like I was making it up. I don't know what to do, I don't have a doctor currently, I was never diognosed. Is there a way to be sure I have it? Or a way to stop everything? I just want to stop everything, please and thank you. Sorry for the long post. If anyone can help, I would be so thankful.
i’m terrified to get a diagnosis. What if it’s not actually OCD??? I made a list of reasons why i think so and then i think what if im lying and i actually don’t do this stuff and am just dramatic and i just want to have OCD so then my thoughts are justified?? I have struggled in the past year with Pocd & Rocd and then also some bits of thinking im constantly in danger or being watched? I’m scared.
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