nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

Was my therapist right or wrong ?

I visited a psychiatrist for the 1st time about my problem. I knew it had hocd, but still wanted a professional diagnosis for confirmation, and so did i get. But after listening and diagnosing, she said there are a range of people, and mentioned being an effeminate men. I was dumbfounded. I never mentioned anything about it, and it felt like she was making indirect claims. She also said to experiment if you feel like it, which is clearly a compulsion and we shouldn't give in to them. There is a difference between erp and experimenting. Saying be your own self isn't a wrong thing, but it doesn't seem to be helpful to the problem, specially coming from a psychiatrist. Even for therapy or something, she mentioned nothing but rather prescribed me meds. I didn't feel like continuing at all and the session got over after 15-20 minutes. I feel i have gained more knowledge and insight on my own through research.

Nica

Date posted: 2y

She doesn’t know about OCD. Therefore, she’s not going to speak to you about OCD stuff. She’s just going to treat you like any other person and give you advice on how to go about life.

nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

It felt exactly like that. I am from india so i understand the topic is frowned upon, but atleast a person with knowledge should've known something more to say than an average person

justgottaknow

Date posted: 2y

@nooneknowswho My OCD therapist told me that they got all of 30 minutes of training about OCD in her normal education. Her additional education is where she actually learned about OCD. Regular therapists/psychiatrists/etc. don’t actually know how to handle OCD correctly.

nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

@justgottaknow Is it fine if i continue with online research and youtube and stuff for it then ? I will be taking meds for now atleast as well

justgottaknow

Date posted: 2y

@nooneknowswho I’d find a way to set yourself some limits. The problem is the research is also a compulsion. Maybe set yourself 1 hour per week when you are not feeling highly anxious to do some research? And gotta make sure you’re not researching things that are just reassurance. I’m sorry that’s a hard situation.

nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

@justgottaknow Yeah i understand. I also meant as in if or when i need. Thank you though

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Date posted: 2y

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nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

She said ocd never truly goes away, and i don't completely disagree, but positively claimed people on the internet say it can 100%, so what is it

nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

@emilyvictoria I see. Thank you though

nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

@emilyvictoria I can't afford right now. I haven't told my parents about this nor do i plan to. I believe the psychiatrist's diagnosis and explanations were right but what to do of it wasn't, so for the month i'll take meds and will do erp and mindfulness

nooneknowswho

Date posted: 2y

@emilyvictoria Thank you very much

Honeyshark

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

100% agreed with @nica this therapist doesn’t understand OCD and how to treat it.

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

This have gave a lot of reassurence. I believe with proper treatment and hard dedication. I can remove ocd from my life. I truly believe this to be so.

Lena1998

Date posted: 25w

Harm OCD made worse by psychiatrist visit

I went to talk to a psychiatrist based off my Nocd therapists recommendation. I had a very hard week beforehand where I had anxiety so bad I couldn't leave my bed. It seems like once I get my period my anxiety and everything dissipated some so I talked to the psychiatrist. Anyways, I was immediately put off by her because she told me she didn't have any information on me included in the referral for one reason or another. So I had to basically "fill her in" on my life story. I have anxiety disorder, panic disorder, OCD and PTSD. I told her these things and how hard the last week had been. She started asking questions like I had bipolar disorder, which I don't have. She then wanted me to take buspar and Zoloft TOGETHER daily. I know for a fact you never start two medications daily at once. You don't know which one is causing symptoms if you do. So I immediately didn't like that. I asked her about Zoloft specifically daily because it is an SSRI what I should do if it gave me thoughts of harm for myself. She told me "just go to the hospital".... Now, I don't wanna say that was the worst possible thing she could have said to me, but it was. Because now my OCD is spiraling that just my general harm OCD thoughts are enough to mean I need to go to the hospital. It had been 2 days and I cannot stop obsessing that maybe I'm depressed or suicidal because of this. I know I don't want anything to happen to me. I love my family and my friends. I am scared of death. But the thought is sticky and it's been so, so frustrating. My anxiety has been so frustrating. I feel so lost and like nothing I'm trying to fix my issues is working very well. NOCD therapy has been one of the only things to help in the long term, but I still get terrified of certain obsessions like suicide. I don't really know what to do, if anyone has any advice or any personal experience that may help, anything would be nice right now. I've felt so lost trying to figure it all out.

Huskydog

Date posted: 24w

I have a question.

I had my second session with a therapist and they told me they don’t think I have OCD. They think that I have just intrusive thoughts. They also said they don’t do diagnosis. I also noticed they did not ask me questions about my different themes.This has made me so confused. Even though I had a terrible fear that a therapist will tell that I don’t have it, (which is the main reason why I had not gone to one) I did suspect I had it because I identify with many of the symptoms. On the website it says that they treat it but I don’t think they are like a specialist. On the first session they described OCD mainly as needing to have things symmetrical and fear of contamination. I have a feeling that they don’t know much about it. I also didn’t mentioned all the themes I think I have because I’m scared to be misunderstood. I am not sure what to do. I can’t afford seeing an OCD therapist at NOCD. Can anyone give an insight, has something similar happened to you? Thank you!

emma345

Date posted: 14w

Is this normal for a psychiatrist?

17f So basically I went to a psychiatrist to get diagnosed cause I've been struggling with ocd since I was 4, I went through almost every theme and now my worst ones are real event ocd and POCD they made my life a living hell for the past 1.5 years, destroyed my life basically. I come in and my mother for some reason went with me even though I asked her not to. And the first thing the psychiatrist does is asks my mother "Do you have a full family or are you divorced and who is she living with?" Like the first question, and then spent 10 minutes talking to my mother, I couldn't say anything and my mother said enough of weird stuff because of which I wasn't gonna be taken seriously, I almost started crying then i said that I don't want to continue the visit and left. Idk maybe I'm dramatic but it's the second time therapist/psychiatrist asks random questions about my family like "are your parents alcoholics?" when I haven't even mentioned my parents (spme therapists i went to a year ago), and this time the first ever question was about my parents marriage situation? Like I wanted to talk about my ocd I had since I was 4 it has fucking nothing to do with my parents divorce so I just got nervous and left So I'm wondering like is this a normal first question to ask or is it weird...?

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