Guys, I am really stressed rn. My psychiatrist is telling me that OCD is just a spectrum or something like that. My therapist has diagnosed me with OCD. I am scared that I don’t have OCD. Did someone go through something like this?
Another view to consider as well, it really doesn't seem professional to me for a psychiatrist to be texting you about a diagnosis, it's a restricted form of communication that leaves a lot out and they don't seem to be explaining themselves well, this I expect is contributing to your anxiety because it leaves a lot of room for interpretation, a lot of gaps about what they mean, so your doubt and anxiety will be feeding off that. If you value your psychiatrist's opinion would it be better to organise a proper face-to-face consultation with them to discuss your symptoms and what you've learnt about your mental health?
@ada110 Tbh, I really don’t want to go see him again. The meds that he gave me cause a negative reaction. I told him I got a seizure due to this meds and he told me that it’s normal, like what?
Went through the same thing. I questioned my ADHD first then the OCD but my therapist would say “I think you have OCD”. Well, my brain doesn’t handle answers like that well so I ruminated so long about do I really have both these and if so why and who did I get this from. Prozac knocked me off that loop
@Chickens_Frogs Thank you for responding
Please help me, I feel like I am gonna pass out
hey calm down. i have the same issue. you are scared of not having ocd because if you dont have ocd it means the thoughts are might be real. but the way psychiatrist says it is a spectrum means in health and psychology there isnt one thing to determine. she or he is avoiding to use certain words. ( i know cause im a med student). psychiatrist wants to say there is a problem it could be ocd but could be some other disorder too. but dont worry it doesnt means that thoughts you have is real.
@anonymusss But my therapist diagnosed me. What do I believe? I am scared to death
@Saniyah what are you scared of
@anonymusss I am scared of not having OCD. I am scared that I am living in denial. I am scared that my therapist misdiagnosed me and that I misled her to diagnose me. My therapist and me had at least three sessions and she confirmed that I do have OCD. But why am I thinking that my psychiatrist is saying that I don’t have OCD?
@Saniyah she says that you have ocd but ocd is a spectrum like autism. you know some autistic people are very succesfull and integelent but some of are not. but this doesnt mean that smart ones doesnt have autism. you have ocd but psychiatrist doesnt wanna talk more about it on the messages cause it is a spectrum. she or he needs to explain it to you. maybe you have an ocd with anxiety. or ocd with mental compulsions or smtnhg else. if it is okay can you tell me what is your ocd about?
@anonymusss I have mental compulsions, I ruminate for hours. The psychiatrist diagnosed me 2 years ago and OCD messed up my head and said but, what if you don’t have OCD? Then I texted the psychiatrist and asked him about my diagnosis so that I can get certainty. I’m back doing therapy and my therapist diagnosed me
@Saniyah actually asking psychiatrist for your diagnosed is kinda seeking reassurance. i think you are obsessing about what if i dont have ocd and i really dont love my partner or harm my mother etc. but think like this is the new way that your anxiety tricks you. its anxiety's voice. dont give attention to it.
@anonymusss I didn’t realise that. I have PCOS as well and my OCD was like, « What if you don’t have PCOS at all and you’re lying to everyone? »
@Saniyah And I texted my gynaecologist and told her to send me a paper stating that I have PCOS
@Saniyah see this happened before to you. know it is happening again. dont give attention. ocd is like a bully. we are bullying ourselves with these toughts. you are liar. you are horrible. but we are not. real bad people wouldnt think about consquences of their action. but here we are thinking about consquences of our thoughts.
@anonymusss That’s true, thank you soo much for replying back. I hope that you get the help that you need soon :)
I had thoughts like: What if I don’t love my partner? What if I am gay? What if I want to harm my mum? And when the thought of what if I don’t have OCD popped up, I texted the psychiatrist and he gave me meds 2 years ago
i get it completly. i go to therapy and she didnt diagnosed me. and my thoughts are like what if i dont love my boyfriend anymore and my relationship is 4 years long so it is terryfing me what if it is real and i dont have an ocd. i get you but your therapist says that you have ocd and psychiatrist says it too. dont worry. i hope my therapist would diagnosed.me yoo
@anonymusss I hope they do diagnose you cause it is hell man. I hope the absolute best for you
I've gotten diagnosed with OCD and I'm in therapy. But I'm worried that I don't have OCD/that I got misdiagnosed. And recently I'm worried that I've just gotten myself into a habit of thinking of dirty minded or just plain old terrible things after I see/hear certain things because I feel like I need to prove I have OCD or else I'm faking(sometimes this goes away). Or that I'm just mimicking symptoms of ocd to cope with real problems I may have and that im just really deep into denial. I don't know...I'm just so tired. I mean, what if I really am what I think I am and this is my brains only way of coping? I don't even really feel anything towards most of the thoughts anymore either I just know they go against my values and I don't want them. I don't know if that's because I'm so mentally exhausted, I just don't care, or that the thoughts are true and I'm comfortable with them.
I have a question My OCD has felt almost invisible the past few weeks and now that is starting to stress me out a lot. Right now I am at a point in my treatement where I was asked if I would like to take medication. I told my therapist this week that I would like to try the medication based on how miserable I feel in during OCD flare ups. But now my brain always tells me that I only go throught this treatement etc. to seek attention and that I am just dramatic and should be ashamed of myself for wanting to take this medication. So now I am doubting if I should take the medication or not. Any advice?
I went to a therapist, I told her about the doubts I was having related to my orientation and the continuous compulsion to check again and again and the thoughts. I told her about my resources -podcasts by Ali Greymond, Chrissie Hodges 's videos, and the books I read to overcome and control myself. She said a couple of things that confused me: 1> Her daughter once asked her "what if she liked girls?" As a mom my therapist said, "Start exploring", and the daughter said naahh. I wonder if the daughter had a thought or was it a chain of intrusive thoughts that plagued her day and night like in my case. 2> She said my sources are right, but I should forget that and not think that I have ocd. 3> She also said if there is any chance I am straight, I should walk on that path- because she has seen lesbians and gays have no feelings for the opposite sex. She said she could see that I was not gay or lesbian in any way. 4> She was interested in my education and masters degrees wasted a lot of time talking about that. 5> She said all these thoughts are causing me anxiety disorders (but I don't have ocd, doc?) 6> She pointed out that being happy and in the present removes these thoughts totally but I am causing myself unnecessary distress. I was doing well before this talk with the therapist now I am triggered a bit. Please share your thoughts.
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