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ocd or adhd
so, i’ve been thinking i have ocd, but my dad said that adhd is really bad in my family, so could it be adhd instead of ocd?
so, i’ve been thinking i have ocd, but my dad said that adhd is really bad in my family, so could it be adhd instead of ocd?
It’s definitely possible to have both OCD and ADHD—I actually have both. They can overlap in some ways, like struggling with focus or feeling mentally stuck, but they come from different places. OCD is driven by intrusive thoughts and compulsions, while ADHD is more about attention regulation and impulsivity. The best way to get clarity is to reach out to an ERP therapist. They specialize in OCD and can help reduce the chances of misdiagnosis. Plus, if ADHD is also a possibility, they can guide you toward the right resources for that too.
@AnonymityK ohh okay, because i was looking into it, on how Adhd can cause intrusive thoughts, intrusive feelings and everything else!
It’s possible to have both. I have both as well. I would talk to a specialist that knows both very well so they don’t misdiagnose you. My psychiatrist explained it to me that out of the 2, OCD is like the big bad and ADHD can help feed it information so sometimes they work together. Therapy and medication for both is widely available. Just make sure that you find the right specialist
@MatiasP99 okay, but what if i just have adhd And not ocd?
@ocdinglehopper The right psychiatrist or psychologist will diagnose you and make a treatment plan for you. There’s also medication for it but it’s very important to look for the right specialist that knows ADHD very well too to make sure it’s just that and not OCD. I know that’s a very broad answer but hope that helps 😊
@MatiasP99 so, should i go to a normal therapist? or what?
@ocdinglehopper I recommend seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist, a basic therapist usually isn't the best for this type of diagnosis
I have both, talking over my symptoms with a therapist really helped me realize (despite constantly questioning and checking and doubting) that I do in fact have both. Taking medication for the adhd (a non stimulant medication) has helped me fight the ocd a LOT, so they definitely impact each other
@JetGurrrl but what if i just have one? and not both?
@ocdinglehopper You can really only find out by going through all the symptoms and thinking about your life to see if any of it applies to you
@JetGurrrl oh okay, also. my intrusive feelings tell me, once this wears off imma gain romantic feelings for the guy, what is the likely hood of that actually happening
i’ve thought that i have OCD for about 2 years now, but i’ve had a lot of the symptoms for as long as i can remember (but i don’t really remember a lot of my childhood- i need to check w family to confirm). i’ve talked to my gf about it, and she thinks i just have GAD and am a hypochondriac. i definitely do have GAD, but the things i have obsessions and compulsions ab aren’t just health related (even tho a lot are), ill imagine that people are injured or dead if i don’t hear from them, i ruminate on childhood events and think about if i could have changed things, i blame myself for things that aren’t my fault, i check all of the locks in my house every night to make sure nobody can break in (even tho ik they’re locked), etc. my GAD more shows up in worrying about like worrying about an upcoming exam or about going into work, or that my friends/family/gf are/is mad at me. i know you guys can’t diagnose me, but the i can’t see a therapist on here until i am able to tell my current therapist that i need to see someone else. i just wanted to talk about it i guess, ive taken so many online quizzes and psych classes that i feel like i somewhat know what im talking about.
Hey, so idk if I have ocd, I would like to think I’m a very self aware person but I don’t wanna self diagnose at all, lmk what you guys think. So pretty much my whole life since I was young I remember having irrational fears im sure it was all trauma induced but when I was a kid I thought my father was poisoning me until I asked him, he started crying and was so shocked that I could ever even think that, my parents broke up when I was legit fresh out the womb, mom worked two jobs and disciplined me, dad let me do whatever on the weekends and got me snacks so I was obsessed with him so obsessed that it was mandatory for me to kiss his picture 20x everyday before school. Growing up I always felt followed by cameras or like someone out there was recording me waiting for me to do something embarrassing to expose me in front of the whole world and my life was over 🤣🤣 I thought my abusive ex bf was stalking me through my I phone camera after we broke up and it would truly stress me out, it made me believe that it was the reason he never reached out again bc I probably looked ugly in the camera he was stalking me through. If I fall out with a friend Ill over analyze everything to see if I did anything wrong and god forbid while I’m self reflecting I realize I did something wrong I feel like an evil person, verbatim the people I fall out with is bc they’ve done me wrong in some way and it has to b something hurtful or repeated mistakes for me to really stay away for good, so I’ll beat myself up for making mistakes with another person who’s made the same amount of mistakes if not more and in most cases I always fall short, and this when I question if it’s ocd or I’m just to self aware and see the ugly in me bc I’m not perfect and it’s just makes me feel so unsettled but again that’s a normal feeling and the next step is to forgive yourself and do better moving forward, not obsess over it like your trying to convince yourself you’re a good person. I’m also hot tempered and will say hurtful things when I’m mad I’m definitely a crash out in the way, you push my bottoms way too many times and I will shred you, and I’ll say things ik will hurt you and that’s just so low, then the anger goes away and I have to face the guilt, which makes my “ocd” 100x worse, it almost feels like I have to do everything right to not trigger it yet again I don’t have the self control to do it all right, I actually have a lot bpd tendencies again not diagnosing but I’m just trying to understand my brain. I worry about dying, getting a terminal illness. uti turning into kidney infection then into cancer kind of thing, knowing that life in general can b tragic is so scary to me, like what will be my story? What will be my life experience?. I believe that people see right through me and discuss it amongst each other, I always tell myself I am not that important but I can’t seem to shake it off sometimes. When I would break up with my ex I would have pre written paragraphs ready to b send if he ever decided to reach back and I would do this to make sure I didn’t forget a single thought, that every point i felt I need to prove was there, and that bothers me bc do I want win an argument or fix the issue. All of these feelings make me feel so pathetic and embarrassed people move on with their lives and I’m still stuck on something that happened 3 yrs ago. Then I’ll get manic get a tattoo, change my hair, go out clubbing do what I can to b the sexy young girl that I am and it helps in the moment but it worsens my mental after the euphoria is gone. I’m currently staying home, not going out, have only 1 friend so I feel like ocd progressively got worse now, I don’t remember it getting this bad in a while. lmk what you guys think don’t judge or think I’m embarrassing I’m actually so cool and if have to convince you I’m cool I will LMFAOO no but fr help
my mom has been on this adhd kick where she thinks everyone has adhd instead of what they actually have because apparently it can present itself as anxiety. well i told her i was taking prozac because that’s something she needs to know since i still live at home. and she’s fine with it because it’s my choice. however, she comes into my room because she sent me a video about adhd. in the video, at the end, it says “girls with adhd may develop perfectionist or obsessive compulsive tendencies.” THEN, she has the audacity to tell me my compulsions didn’t start to show until after high school when that isn’t true at all. i just never talked about it, but of course she doesn’t believe me. i just feel so invalidated because after all of the hell i’ve been through, to be told i don’t have what i most certainly am positive i do have is atrocious. i would lose my mind if i was told i didn’t have ocd because of the intrusive thoughts i get that make me feel like a terrible person. i feel like being told that sets me back so far and makes me want to thought spiral a bit. i’m so upset.
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