Guys I was diagnosed with anxiety and not OCD. Idk something told me I had ocd with how frequent my intrusive thoughts were

General psychiatrist. I also frequently get nervous ab schizophrenia. Like I’ll hear music when my head is to my pillow ( not singing) and I’m always on the watch for bugs. This all began with frequent intrusive thoughts

I also have so many compulsions. Like the Google compulsion and seeking reassurance. I was so sure

@dolla0 i think you may want to consider talking to an ocd specialist just to make sure. you could have ocd, many people with ocd have been told they just have gad by professionals with no substantial knowledge or experience in ocd.

@feethebee I will try but my financial situation is not great atm:( I literally think I could have schizophrenia

@dolla0 i am very sorry to hear that and i wish i could help! is there a reason why you think you have schizo? or do you get intrusive thoughts about having it?

@feethebee I’ve always had this fear of having it idk!!( if always been terrified of bugs) I feel I’m starting to see bugs out of the corner of my eye. And then I start to get sm anxiety abs fear ab schizophrenia, then I got delusional thoughts, but I KNEW they were delusional and knew it was absolutely stupid, ( by now I’m freaking out cuz I think I have schizophrenia) then today my ear was to my pillow and I heard music. Not voices or singing but music. I also have all the symptoms of schizophrenia, like recently I’ve been getting really tired, I get intrusive thoughts ab suicide. It all adds up. Abs it freaks me out. I have anxiety ab this everyday. But I do Google symptoms and watch videos alot

@dolla0 well of course im not a professional or that knowledgeable in schizophrenia but i kinda doubt you have it. this sounds more like ocd. are you sure that you were hearing music? or that maybe it wasn't coming from somewhere else? i used to have intrusive thoughts about having psychosis and i was just as convinced as you. i also thought i had hallucinated like three times. even if you did hallucinate it could just be psychosis not full-blown schizophrenia. what you described sounds more like an anxiety problem (ocd falls under that umbrella)

@feethebee Yes my anxiety calmed down and I don’t get those symptoms. But one time the music thing was out of no where I got it twice

@dolla0 hmm im not sure what to say. you're on an app about ocd so, since you reached us, i think it's likely that you may have it. i don't know. one thing that i doubt for sure is that you have schizo. but you need a professionals opinion

@feethebee But the delusions? I had a delusion that y’all were bots on this app even tho I know u guys are real people? And I watched a video ab schizophrenia and it said in the incubation period you have memory loss. I was tired but I really had to remind myself of tjings. Like I remembered but I had to think about it. I’m so scared

@dolla0 Dolla0, It seems like you actually think you have schizophrenia, I would see a doctor for this as it is a very serious illness that needs to be treated

@Justmesadly I try to tell my pyschiatrist but she seems to think it’s just intense anxiety because of my fear of the illness? Like I get delusional thoughts but I know they are delusional?

@dolla0 well i mean a psychiatrist knows better, and you're asking for advice from people who are not trained in that stuff. you could have both anxiety and a psychotic illness. or you could just have anxiety/ocd. maybe health anxiety. psychotic illnesses are very complicated and aren't the easiest to diagnose so... if you think you have something, get it checked by a different psychiatrist maybe.

@feethebee Thank you so much. I don’t think I have it atp. I’ve realized that all my symptoms are coming from videos abs the compulsive research I’ve done. I never had the symptoms before. Let’s just hope for the best

@dolla0 People who have schizophrenia also know the thoughts aren’t normal after they happen. They are super super hard to diagnose. It took my friend trying to commit suicide twice before they finally diagnosed him with schizophrenia

@Justmesadly Ik ur not a doctor but is it normal if u never believe the thought ever? Even . while ur having it? It’s so hard to explain. Like irs intrusive, and I don’t believe it ever. Like I say that’s stupid. I checked in w my psychiatrist and I still dk if she’s right

@Justmesadly Also I would really like if u would ask ur friend this. But when u calm down and relax ab not thinking ab schizophrenia, do their symptoms go away??

@dolla0 Schizophrenia symptoms don’t go away

@Justmesadly Hmmmm.... thank u for ur input. I’m going to get it checked out just in case these are the early stages of it and I still have my sanity

@dolla0 Yea of course, you shouldn’t ask people on the internet about this rather go to the doctor

@Justmesadly Yea your right.just a panic thing. But thank you so much for ur help❤️

Do u hear these voices as you hear regular voices in reality?

Hmm with my instrusive thoughts I never really hear a voice. Like it’s my own thought. But it’s possibly you have both