My psychiatrist didn't diagnose me with OCD

I went to see a psychiatrist today. She was pretty nice, but even though I was listing ALL symptoms of OCD, all the obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, she was uncertain about it, as if she did not understand what was going on. She didn't rule out the possibility of me having OCD, but she didn't confirm it. I understand that doctors usually won't diagnose patients in their first visit, but goddamn... I'm so scared right now. I keep doubting that I have OCD myself, I identify with all the symptoms but I doubt it all the time and feel the need to reassure myself that I have the disorder. If I don't have OCD, my life is fucking over. She gave me a diagnosis for Generalized Anxiety Disorder and prescribed me some medication. I received that diagnosis because I shared some of the trouble I'm going through at work. But if I fear that I don't really have OCD if an actual mental health professional can't recognize that as OCD. All the relentless researching, rumination, mental checking/testing, spending hours doing these things to achieve a sense of certainty and avoiding things out of fear of getting triggered.

Username: Danni2314Danni2314

Date posted: 17w ago

Sometimes it takes YEARS to get the right diagnosis. I feel like a lot of doctors don’t have a lot of knowledge about OCD. I’ve been dealing with OCD for 10 years now. They always diagnosed me with GAD and other things until recently I figured out that it was OCD that I’ve been dealing with all these years. Hang in there ❤️

Username: LK-4D4LK-4D4

Date posted: 17w ago

I'm feeling so much distress and I couldn't settle down after that. I'm presenting all these symptoms and a mental health professional didn't outright tell me that I have the disorder. It destroyed me inside. The reason why is because not having OCD is a second fear of mine. Because if I don't have the disorder, then it means my obsessions are true and I'm truly the thing I fear.

Username: maddermadder

Date posted: 17w ago

I’ve had OCD tendencies probably my entire life. I always felt even as a kid that something was wrong, and I had these big feelings and thoughts that my peers didn’t seem to go through. I have seen probably a total of 6 mental health professionals from licensed therapists to psychologists. I remember being 17 and begging for somebody to help me and see that I was suffering. I’m 22 now, and just got diagnosed. If you feel disregarded and like you aren’t receiving the care you need, I would see a new psychiatrist. Your life is too precious to not be taken seriously and not get the help you deserve.

Username: Camille67Camille67

Date posted: 17w ago

I Changed so many therapists before being diagnosed with ocd by the last two I had. I Always had the GAD diagnosis, even if I Always knew It was way more obsessive than GAD. Many therapists still believe that ocd has only physical compulsions.

Username: Mailey

Date posted: 5y ago

Omg so keep In mind I havent been disgnosed. I say that only because I feel Im faking it sometimes to get attention its really frustrating but I sometimes obsess over OCD and if I have it or not. If my anxiety is bad and my thoughts arent good Ill research symptoms or like common things and types and its SO FRUSTRATING. Its like a mind f*ck. Like you think you have this but are scared to ever claim or talk about it because you dont have a diagnosis and you yourself doubt every part of you. You like focus on it to where you dont know wtf you are even focusing or obsessing about so much over anymore. UGHH Even writing that im like ....what?

Username: b

Date posted: 3y ago

i spoke to a psychiatrist and she told me i just have generalized anxiety. i'm not sure though i keep obsessing over these thoughts but she's saying they're just worries. i don't know maybe i am just having worries but and i'm just being dramatic but i'm really not sure. i relate a lot to ocd posts and anything related to ocd which makes me kind of confused. but again, i also could just be overdramatizing things. i don't know

Username: mirun

Date posted: 2y ago

Random blah-blah: I have GAD, and I think I have OCD too. I don't say that suffer from ocd since I'm not diagnosed. My ex-therapist suggested me to look up for bipolar disorder. The problem is, after half an year, I still don't think I am bipolar. Did my research inside my brain, as well as on the internet. The thing is, I am obssesing over my mental health. OCD was the last disorder that I checked, since I thought it's impossible for me to have it. I am anxious about this one. I am scared. I want to know if I have ocd, and since yesterday, that s all I am doing. Looking up on the internet to find an answer. I am scared if I book a call, the therapist will say: but you have GAD, not OCD. And this will be so bad because I... I honestly can t imagine why it would be so bad. Just that I ve lived in a lie for 2 days. I think my ocd is most obvious in my relationship with my bf. And I feel so bad because he keeps saying that everything he does - is never enough. It s complicated. I just want him to never doubt himself, his actions and our love.

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