Throwing this out there...

[QUannie]

Hi everyone,
I wanted to throw this out there. In my initial counseling evaluation, i was told I probably do not have full blown OCD, maybe a mild form and tendencies that lean that way. Now the counselor I am seeing is focusing on the anxiety/ perfection performance. She has not given me a diagnosis of OCD, she even commented she was not giving me that diagnosis right now. It is early in counseling and I know I have not really opened up all that I struggle with.....so really all I can say is~ I believe I have a mild form of OCD, but I can not diagnose myself. So I will need to stick with OC tendencies!!
Thats ok with me, I wanted to throw this out there for honesty sake!

Thanks for reading,

Q

 

[Kristen.NewCreation]

Hi hon,

I'm sure you realize that if you don't give your therapist the whole picture (I realize there may be trust issues) there is no way they can accurately diagnose what is going on. So it's good she's being cautious and looking at what you probably reported were the biggest symptoms. Diagnoses are fluid... she can change your diagnosis if needed in the future when you feel you can share with her everything you feel you need to share.

Glad you've made a first appointment already. Therapy can be very beneficial with the right therapist.

 

[gracealone]

Hey Quannie,
If you feel that you fit the OCD pattern of thinking and that being here on this forum has helped you to understand what's happening with you then by all means keep sharing and coming here. I think that anxiety disorders can manifest themselves in a lot of different ways. There have been times in my life where the worse of my symptoms were Panic attacks, other times OCD thoughts, and when I was very young mostly social anxiety. I don't think it's unusual for these things to overlap one another. I basically had to diagnose my pure "O" OCD on my own because I held so much in about the real details of the mental struggles I'd had over the years. So you're not alone in this and you don't need to feel like you were being dishonest in any way or that your pain isn't important.
I'm glad you are doing the counseling and in time I'm sure you will be able to open up more and more about your struggles and the extreme discomfort they cause you.
God Bless You!!
Mitzi

 

[OptimisticSmile]

I too have not been formally diagnosed. I was to afraid to completely open up in counseling for fear that I would not be diagnosed because honestly saying it was OCD was the main thing that brought me out of it. If it wasnt OCD then mabye the thoughts were true.

in a conversation with a witch and christian freind my ocd came up and the witch was like "rest assured you are saved , trust me, I can see that you are a christian and you have accepted Jesus" Its so sad that its so obvious to everyone even non-christians but not to me. That is why I get encourage ment from william cowper so much, his last words were believed to be " heaven has not shut me out afterall"

 

[gracealone]

I was to afraid to completely open up in counseling for fear that I would not be diagnosed because honestly saying it was OCD was the main thing that brought me out of it. If it wasnt OCD then mabye the thoughts were true.

OH man.. OP, can I relate to that! What a tangled web we weave for ourselves eh? I actually was afraid to try any medication because I was afraid to find out that it might not work and that might mean that I really didn't have OCD or any other anxiety disorder for that matter. That maybe it was just that I was basically evil, abberant, hoplessly lost etc.
Twenty six years ago.. after more than a year of relentless panic attacks night and day -more than I could count, I picked up a Readers Digest Mag. and read about a woman with Panic disorder. I remember being unable to check the tears as I finally realised I wasn't going to be locked up in an insane asylum for the rest of my life. What a relief to find out that I had a real disorder with a real name and that real help and real hope was possible. I don't remember the name of this woman who opened up and shared her pain... but to this day I thank God for her and her courage. It was her story that started me on the road to recovering my life.
Mitzi

 

[QUannie]

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
My Counselor has diagnosed me with OCD... More "O" she said.

Thank you all for opening up and sharing your struggles....just think, when we get to Heaven, we won't have this!!!

Q

 

[kcon]

My counselor pretty much said I had OCD also. She also suggested medication and that I see a psychiatrist.

I so wholeheartedly identify with this quote: "If it wasnt OCD then mabye the thoughts were true. "

When the counselor told me the about the OCD, medication and psychiatrist I felt so vindicated. I knew something was wrong but didn't have a name for it.

I can't also begin to tell all of you how thankful I am for this board. I know that many of us suffered for many years because we had no name for our condition and no community in which to share it with.

I thank God for you all many times over.

Happy Thanksgiving.