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- 6y
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- 6y
Call a few cognitive psychologists in your area and ask what kind if experience they have dealing with OCD and ERP therapy. Someone who has a background in it or a lot of experience with it will be able to tell you definitively. The more they’ve dealt with it before, the better equipped they’ll be to help you if you wind up being diagnosed.
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- 6y
I would recommend meeting with a psychiatrist, because their main role (at least where I’m from) is to diagnose and also prescribe meds. While a family doctor can prescribe meds, a lot of them don’t have the same knowledge of mental health as a psychiatrist. Most therapists aren’t able to prescribe meds and as far as I know some don’t even provide official diagnoses. I had a 40 min meeting with a psychiatrist for the first time, and she was able to diagnose me just from that. They do it every day and know the DSM-V front to back, so if you’re just looking for a diagnosis and meds at this point I think that would probably be your best bet. I hope this helps!:)
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- 6y
Unfortunately it may take some time before you find the right therapist (I tried several over the years), but when you do its so worth the search. You can do this! ?
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- 6y
I’m so nervous to go to therapy because it was such a waste of money last time but I know if this doesn’t subside I’ll have no choice! If i don’t have ocd then what could I possibly have? Just repetitive thoughts? That’ll mean I’m such a toxic person for what I’m doing to my boyfriend through compulsively confessing every ROCD thought. Honestly there’s no way I don’t have some kind of mental disorder the way my life has been affected.
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- 6y
I’d still try and find an ocd specialist, it’s definitely worth it. I understand your hesitation but really believe it is the best way to get help. Let me know if you have any specific questions regarding treatment or anything, happy to help!
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- 6y
One bad experience with a therapist doesn’t mean you’ll always have bad experiences. You just have to find someone that is a better fit. I agree with what was suggested above. Good luck!
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- 19w
Hi I’m currently undiagnosed but am so sick of the way I’m living that I’ve decided I seriously need to get help. I need advice on 1. How to tell my parents that I need help and 2. The process. The first part is hard because a couple years ago I talked to my mom about having OCD but she brushed it off and said “everyone has anxiety” so I just never brought it up again. I’m also a bit ashamed for some reason, I don’t know why, to bring it up to them and I feel scared. For the second part what’s the process of getting diagnosed and getting medication and therapy. Where do I get diagnosed and do I have to start therapy before getting medicated? Thanks so much for the help.
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- 19w
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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- 16w
I'll start by saying, I have not been clinically diagnosed, as I do not have the funds to see therapists or psychiatrists in my current situation. Once I'm in a better spot, I very much intend to. That to say; after months and months of having issues with anxiety, specifically health related, my partner was the one that mentioned OCD. I did have some somewhat OCD related behaviors in my youth, though those likely could be explained by potentially undiagnosed ASD (as my mother is on the spectrum as well as a sibling, both diagnosed.) But I never considered OCD taking form in a health sense. I posted earlier about how I've had 4 days of pretty minimal anxiety and intrusive thoughts, and it has led me to doubt the OCD label I've been working at treating? I don't want to be the person that identifies themselves with a disorder they don't have, which is why I hesitate to self diagnose with OCD or ASD or anything else. At the same time, I've read that a lot of even clinically diagnosed people with OCD doubt their diagnosis. It makes me wonder if I will always have this doubt, and if that means it is worth it or not to get tested? I know that if I do, they can actually do ERP (whereas I've been self taught and self guided so far) so that would be worth it...
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