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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
It is more rare but definitely not near impossible. Don't think it's sexism though
Well the dsm only recently included the symptoms that are more common in girls so i was wondering if they were basing it being impossible on the hyperactive symptoms and not the inattentive/combination types
@Lauren Nailed it. 🎯
Ik girls are diagnosed later in life because they think we're being dramatic 🙄
Well they don't diagnose for girls with ADHD that are not hyperactive because they just don't feel like it unless they're a distraction to the class. If women with ADHD aren't diagnosed early most get a diagnosis for a mood/substance abuse disorder first due to the stress of the disorder
@Lauren Interesting! I've just heard stories of women getting diagnosed late because they're being "dramatic" about things or its just pms.
@Sarahtonen No up until recently the DSM (the diagnosis criteria manual for psychiatric diseases) didn't even include the symptoms for inattentive/combination types which is what girls commonly have. Many doctors and mental health professionals don't really stay up to date with stuff like that. When ADHD was first discovered they didn't look at the symptoms of women/girls. It's annoying and my whole project i did on that I was just angerly ranting.
@Lauren That is annoying. It's just being a girl seeking medical help/diagnosis is exhausting.
@Sarahtonen Yeah, I basically had to yell at my psychiatrist to listen to me and give me a diagnosis because everyone else would just dismiss it and move on. I would do some research and look at the rarer symptoms of ADHD since it shares some with autism spectrum disorder. I was so relieved when my brother's psychiatrist let him look at the symptoms of both and choose which one suits him best because a lot of the time with those people don't realize that some of the things they do aren't "normal"
@Lauren (I’d love to read your rantproject sometime if it’s out there for public consumption 🍿)
@JoyousEffort https://1drv.ms/b/s!ApfIKekCn4dLg309D4mNkeFqOf9i Hopefully the link works, i put a bunch of memes but i still got a 100 because my instructor thought it was neat
so. oh lord. half my ocd symptoms could be autism. (not that im looking for a triple diagnosis including adhd, its just interesting to explore) this little ol rabbit hole started with my friend, who happens to be autistic and passionate about how their own condition works, when they started slowly easing the convo into an autism screening and by the time i realized what he was doing it was “oh my god ur kinda right i might be wrong for denying all this time that i could have autism” always thought my experience with texture/sensory as a toddler (and now) was ocd, because thats mainly what made adults call me ocd, more blatant ocd signs aside (such as touching things “just right”, ordering items etc) wondered why i was like that when theres not even a *direct* link between ocd and sensory issues (not the same as somatic ocd) thought i just happen to be an extremely sensitive person since i was born, now realizing that couldve been a sign of autism, along side many more “quirks” ive always had anyone with autism and ocd that can tell me what their experience is like? what about when u were children? especially if u snuck under the radar until u were older, my parents have said only a few times in the moment that i remind them of an autistic kid but dont think i have it
I have experienced every theme that can be added to post but I’m currently experiencing those. So I am on the spectrum and I happen to have a high sensory profile and it definitely gives the ocd more to latch unto. I would see a pretty female with makeup done and it eatssss and I would notice the facial symmetry + how her features compliment each other and my ocd would be like why did you notice she is pretty, BECAUSE I HAVE EYES😭! I can’t be the only neurodivergent person that notices details and how attractive people are intensely? I do not even care about orientation but I know for sure if I was into women, it won’t just start plaguing me one evening Im my head shouting “you are gay” like man Im a female at least say you are a lesbian 😭😂😂😂😂. How can I genuinely have no interest and get outrightly repulsed by females sexually and romantically. It feels like I am being forced to be something im not. I tried accepting i am lesbian but I experienced more anxiety and could not sleep till I accepted i am still straight and it is ocd playing with me(ocd leave me alone, I don’t even enjoy playing with you) I accepted i am a lesbian like ocd said I should but why do I still love my ex and hope I marry him😭 + I couldn’t bring myself to be interested in females. OCD leave me alone because I don’t enjoy this game again! I’m not homophobic at all but denouncing Im straight doesn’t feel like home and I still find myself yearning for only men
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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