Hey there, very new here. Is there anyone else around who suffers from Schizophrenia OCD? I'm in the midst of a coming-up-on-two-months-long episode with this now, and it's really making my life hard. I am absolutely convinced that I have the disorder, so convinced that I believe my OCD diagnosis to be merely part of the prodrome. I have seen an ER physician, a psychiatrist, a therapist, and a mental health worker specializing in early intervention in Psychosis, and they've all said that what I'm going through is nothing but OCD. I really want to believe them, but I'm constantly thinking that they've missed something or that I neglected to tell them one crucial symptom or that I still have the disorder, but it's too early for an outsider to pick up on it. I am very, very exhausted, as I'm sure you can imagine. Do any of you with this obsession have some strategies for coping? Or is there anyone here who has beaten it and can give me some insight into how I can too? Thanks a lot.

"Pure" OCD

pureolife

Date posted: 5y

You’re going to have to slowly learn to live with the almost impossibly small but real chance that they may have missed something! Accepting uncertainty is the only way to overcome OCD. I’m sure you’re doing tons of compulsions to try to find certainty in this — one of which seems to be seeking out a professional diagnosis over and over again. I’m guessing also internet research. Other common ones might be checking for symptoms, asking reassurance from loved ones, avoiding triggering things. All of these are driving the obsession. If you can work with an OCD specialist, I think you could really benefit from some ERP. Accepting uncertainty without performing compulsions will help you habituate to your fear and over time fear it less and less.

allllll

Date posted: 5y

Stay busy! I too have had this obsession and it’s scary!! However, I realized that it was WAY worse when I just had time to sit and think about it... find something to do, even if it’s something silly like a crossword puzzle. Also, after I came out of my most recent spiral of schiz OCD, I sat and thought....would it really be the end of the world if I had it? I was also fearing that I was bipolar. But seriously, IF YOU ARE YOU ARE, WHO CARES. That’s how I knew it was OCD...it was constant what if, what if, what if. And once I was able to understand that it kinda just went away on its own... Hopefully this helps!

matenzio

Date posted: 5y

yeah, i m feeling the same. i stopped my movie when i saw your post, wanted to say some words. i m struggling with it for 1 year, i have done multiple tests, they show only anxiety. i feel so terified about it, sometimes it stops for short period. i constantly check if i hear voices... my therapist said if i would be schizoprenic i wouldnt be concerned with that. when i m very anxious i start to missinterpret sounds in background, i scare that i heard voice and think about it all day. my fears become most terrifying when i get right sided pain in my head. ocd strikes during stressful days and after short night time sleep. i m fckin tired too of this i m going to my GP to comeback on escilatopram. i was half okay for 2 months but drank some alchohol and came back to the constant worry state. sorry for bad english

matenzio

Date posted: 5y

one fact that could help you: schizoprenic people doesnt have insight something is wrong with em. :) also schizoprenia sometimes can be much better than anxiety, because they worry much less and control everything with medication, with anxiety you cant control everything with medication you need go work hard with urself and ur therapist.

matenzio

Date posted: 5y

strong answer from pureolife

ATT2001

Date posted: 17w

I believe I was misdiagnosed

Hello there. I’m new here and think I may have OCD I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. However, in my early teens, I started experiencing obsessive fears and engaging in compulsions because my brain convinced me that if I didn’t perform a certain action a specific number of times, it would “prove” that I wanted something terrible to happen. When I was 17, I began seeing a therapist and opened up to her about this. She diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I accepted the diagnosis But last night, I became curious about whether people with GAD engage in compulsions and have specific fears, so I looked it up. I was shocked to learn that these are not typical characteristics of GAD Now, I would love to find a therapist who specializes in OCD so I can get a formal diagnosis and the appropriate treatment

Anonymous

Date posted: 8w

Religion/OCD

Hello, This is my first community post and I would like to know if anyone else struggles with Religious OCD themes, I'm a Christian but please share any perspective you have. - What do your thoughts look like? - How do you know they are related to OCD? For me it's becoming a constant, 24/7 cycle and it's very draining. I want to find some kind of peace between my thoughts and God so I recently started NOCD therapy again. I'm not totally sure how this all works (treatment, OCD diagnosis, etc.). But if anything I want to know that I am not alone with Religious OCD. Thank you

Medicine2021_

Date posted: 5w

Suicidal OCD and harm OCD

I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…

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