- Date posted
- 1y
Undiagnosed
Hi, are some of y’all undiagnosed too?
Hi, are some of y’all undiagnosed too?
I am! I wish I was, but a tough family situation (dad doesn’t believe in mental health and thinks I make everything up) doesn’t really allow for that! Someday though. I cannot wait to get help! For now, this app is the greatest support system for me. :)
Yes, well sort of. When I was 16 my therapist was the one who first brought it up to me and diagnosed me during one of our first sessions. I know that a different profession is needed for a proper diagnosis and to be honest I felt like she diagnosed me over the most minor things that I'd bring that I myself didn't even recognize as OCD. She also gave me "well everyone's a little OCD including myself" vibes, but now I know today that it's certainly OCD, but for different reasons rather than what she diagnosed me for.
I am!
I am actually diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder not OCD. But still some things here feel similar or even more helpful than my therapy for the GAD.
I went for a long time being undiagnosed. I didn’t know I was autistic until just recently (in my 30s). I didn’t know I had OCD either until a patient shared a similar experience (and I’m a therapist lols).
Sadly
Hi, what's everyone's views on self diagnosis. If a professional option is not available is it ok to self diagnose or is just best to be open minded and not being sure with what the illness is. Thanks
Hello all, I just found out about this app! I’m pretty sure I have OCD, but also not sure. I’d line to discover more about to and hear what other experiences are.
Ok, so first of all, I’m undiagnosed. However, I’ve been pretty certain for a while now that what I’ve been struggling with is OCD. My problem though is that it’s not easy to get diagnosed, and in some cases, it would require me to pay money. It frustrates me that I have to pay to deal with my mental health. Is it worth it for me to get diagnosed? I know I don’t need a diagnosis to start healing and working on these things, but I also don’t want to be “self diagnosing” the problem, because that makes me feel like a liar and an imposter. My other problem is that I fear my family doctor won’t properly diagnose me. I came to him about mental health related issues once before, and he read off a very generic list of mental health symptoms. when he got to what sounded like the ‘OCD’ section, we asked one or two very generic questions that had nothing to do with my themes, and since I couldn’t relate, I just answered no to them. He then told me I was fine, that I was just a “type A personality”, and that I was just being too hard on myself. I fear that my doctor might not be very knowledgeable or up to date on current information regarding OCD, and this might make it increasingly difficult for me to get diagnosed. Another problem is my symptoms seem to come and go. I often have an obsessive cycle that can last months at a time, and then it just goes away. Sometimes I won’t experience any symptoms for years. This makes me feel like I don’t actually have OCD or that it’s not ‘bad’ enough to be diagnosable.
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