- Username
- Hippie Chick ✌️
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I am frustrated that my OCD was misdiagnosed as hypochondria.
Mad at doctor
I am mad because I have had OCD for over 27 years, actually probably 40 years if I count all of the undiagnosed years. But when I was in my 20’s I went to a doctor with classic OCD symptoms over and over again. I was afraid of getting HIV from a syringe that was re-used on multiple people in a kit that they used for allergy testing in the 90’s. I actually freaked out so badly that I passed out in their office. I made them give me HIV tests. Rather than figuring out that I had OCD he thought I was a hypochondriac! So I was misdiagnosed and therefore avoided going to him and got worse and worse over the years. When I think of how I could have been treated and made better sooner, it makes me so mad! Doctors are supposed to know the signs of this disorder.