OCD diagnosis
Hello, so I have been thinking about getting medication for ocd. But I am not diagnosed by my doctor they tested me and said I had it but never followed up. I want to get an official diagnosis where should I get it that won’t be to expensive because I am a college student.
Final diagnosis determined by psychiatrist and psychiatrist is the one determined appropriate medication to treat a OCD
If you have medical insurance try to book an appointment through it
@Viny Omg that makes sense , thanks :)
@miku -_- :D
My psychiatrist is like running away from me 😂 But my doctor spoiled it to me once so I am already aware of everything and also I relate to much of the resources available online. I’m thinking of taking Seteralin (Zoloft) only in case of extreme need, I’m battling it for now.
@cangurona my mom takes Zoloft and it helps her a lot. I was thinking I should start meds I have severe anxiety and it fuels my ocd :(
@miku -_- If you can book an appointment with a psychiatrist please do so as soon as possible.
@cangurona I am calling all places in my area and they all say they don’t do testing :(
@miku -_- I find ERP to help me mostly right now. Medication could help me but I would like to be followed by a therapist / psychiatrist only, for ethical and work reasons.
@miku -_- Quick! Where’s that light switch? Haha If you feel like you should get help now try to get in contact with an online therapist too. Be safe! 🙂
If you had a college counselor tell you that you have OCD and even said he would play my story on an OCD commercial if he could, would you say I have been diagnosed? He technically can’t diagnose because he works for a college (even though he has a PHD in counseling). I’ve also been prescribed zoloft from my doctor for ocd but she didn’t technically diagnose me either. I always feel slightly ashamed for talking about ocd on social media because I haven’t TECHNICALLY been diagnosed. Can anyone relate to this or can give their opinion on if they think it matters that I haven’t been officially diagnosed? Then again, I’m not even sure what that process looks like.
So the fact that i haven’t been officially diagnosed kind of makes my ocd worse. I’ve kind of become positive that I have it. Thinking back now, I can think of a few rituals I did as a child that could be seen as warning signs for OCD, but the debilitating stuff happened about 5 months ago in October. I saw a therapist for about a month and a half but she never gave me an official diagnosis and even though I asked, she just said it hasn’t been long enough to tell. It seemed like she wasn’t helping at all and wasn’t doing anything for me I couldn’t hear off of a forum such as this or an informative YouTube video so I quit going. I had problems this entire time but just this past week it has spiked up to the severity it was when it first started and is once again making me desperate for help! I think I want meds this time so I want to go to my regular doctor and ask. I guess my general question is how should I go about seeking help and can I say I have OCD even if it wasn’t officially told to me? This week has been very debilitating and the fact that I’ve been suffering for 5 months makes me believe this isn’t going to just go away.
Do you need a formal OCD diagnosis to have specific therapy for it, either on this app or for in person/other online therapy? Can NOCD give you a diagnosis or do you need to go to a doctor?
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