Hello i was not diagnosed with ocd but I've been told I'm getting intrusive thoughts . I'm at an IOP and they want to put me on seroquil. Im so upset and scared something is terribly wrong with me already . I'm scared now they think I have bipolar . Can intrusve thoughts be phrases in your own dialouge like your a loser stuff like that ?
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He wouldn't tell me I asked if he thought I was bipolar
@Patrick2017! You have a right to a proper diagnosis
@Kollin It was more like a I don't know mental health stuff is hard answer
@kitkatalikat That mental health stuff is hard or that I have a right to a diagnosis
Yes definitely, intrusive and constant unwanted thoughts when they happen over and over and over and you try to figure them out is OCD
But these are wierd like my mind will just come up with them and then one thought will spiral into more
@Patrick2017! Yup when you focus on one and give it energy your brain will turn it into more and more , gotta sit with the weird thoughts and let them be “weird” takes practice
I abused alcohol while having OCD because I would try to escape my thoughts . Until eventually I had the “harm” side of OCD which got me to go seek help. Long behold I had OCD and I was running from my own mind
Im scared I have something worse and I don't want to be on any more medications
@Patrick2017! He said he's worked with people with ocd and my thinking is obsessive but I keep crying in group therapy and it's because of the thoughts I'm having
@Patrick2017! I would go to a primary doctor and also talk to a therapist, people with OCD worry about having more than OCD because we have a hard time believing it’s OCD as well lol
@Kollin I have a therapist she said it sounds like ocd
@Patrick2017! Keep at it buddy :) you’ll understand more eventually , one day at a time
@Patrick2017! But the nurse practioner psychiatrist said he doesn't know but I keep crying and I keep thinking I have schizophrenia .....I told him I think I'm getting intrusive thoughts.
@Kollin But what if I have something worse and I'm going crazy like why is my mind doing thus
@Patrick2017! If you had schizophrenia you wouldn’t be thinking you do :) I’m reassuring you right now which will make the OCD hole deeper. No matter how uncomfortable it is you should go sit , without your phone and set a timer and breath for 10 minutes . Try your hardest
@Kollin I'm sorry I am really struggling with this right now. I cried almost all day .
@Patrick2017! One step at a time
@Kollin I know im just really worried
@Kollin Can ocd cause racing non stop thoughts
@Patrick2017! Yes
@Kollin This is so true lol some people with OCD are convinced they are legitimate psychopaths or sociopaths
@Anonymous Is this true ?
@Patrick2017! Absolutely I’ve done it myself People who are psychopaths are born that way and sociopaths don’t care
What you’re doing is great but I’d strongly recommend a therapist through NOCD
What if it's not ocd and something worse since I don't have a diagnosis
@Patrick2017! Sit with the uncertainty for tonight ! An action you could take though is to seek a diagnosis. Either through this app or ask to be evaluated
@Kollin I tried to ask him my diagnosis and he said to worry more about the symptoms
@Patrick2017! Talk to the support team about a nocd therapist
@Kollin Ok thank you
Can someone please tell me if there are any other similar diagnosis to OCD I am convinced that I was misdiagnosed or that I miss spoke to the extent that I have made the provider who did my psych evaluation misdiagnose me with OCD. I have intrusive thoughts of suicide constantly. I have intrusive thoughts that cause me intense distress and disgust. I am constantly ruminating for hours on different situations and even crying as I type this because I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I feel like I’m not aligned in a prescriptive way with what OCD is. I am extremely frustrated. I just want to know what is wrong with me And there are so many things that I see within the OCD community that align with my experiences, but I feel like from conversations I’m having maybe I’m just anxious or a flawed person and I’m not saying that for reassurance I really feel that way I don’t know what else to do. This is a recent diagnosis so anyone who has felt this way or has similar diagnosis to OCD it would be great to hear from you. Thanks.
so i start therapy tomorrow. but bro it’s just getting worse and im so scared. like the thoughts are getting more frequent and i genuinely feel evil and i hate it. i keep thinking what if i do it and im scared im eventually gonna. i’m scared i give off a creepy vibe or im lying to myself or others. please tell me is this ocd? do i need to be actually worried? i’m really freaking out
I’ve never been diagnosed with OCD, but I relate so much to what people here are going through. I used to think it was just anxiety, and I felt like I could handle that. But lately I’ve been spiraling—constantly afraid that what I’m feeling is something worse, like psychosis or losing control of my mind. I feel so detached and scared, and I just want peace again. I have anxiety doing the smallest things, like the thought of waking up everyday and even eating give me straight up panic. I am afraid all the time, it’s paralyzing. And a lot of people say someone with psychosis wouldn’t worry that they’re in it, but then I convince myself I’ve been in it this whole time, and haven’t known, and that maybe I’ve been doing weird stuff. Idk. I also get really scared of labels. Even the idea of OCD makes me feel like I’ll never get better or like I’ll be stuck like this forever. I just want to be okay. If anyone has felt this way—confused, overwhelmed, or scared of what’s happening in their mind—I’d really appreciate any support or encouragement.
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