I've OCD. I realized that I've some trouble when I was in grade 3. I then came across a lot of articles and psychology books of friends that made me believe more in something wrong with my mental health. I believed until a year or two before maybe that I was suffering with neurosis. I'd read a lot about it. But now I strongly believe I've OCD. I've read a lot about it and I clearly find myself having all the symptoms. I really need help since OCD does affect my life in a lot of ways. It slows me down. I cannot help but recheck and cross check each and everything. I'm a cleanliness freak and my friends see that in me too. I do everything in a particular pattern of 8, 16, or 32 mostly. I've never been able to complete my examinations because I used to keep rereading my answers a several times. And I've had a lot of issues in the past in my family and with friendships because of which I'd gotten myself into trouble in the past 3 years. I saw a psychologist recently. is it diagnosed?
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Hi the symptoms you have described signify the presence of OCD, however one thing that your Psychologist must have definitely told you is that you will be fine with proper treatment. Moreover, alongiwth psychotherapy I strongly recommend that you visit a Psychiatrist as well because for treatment of OCD you will definitely need a combination of both.
Another thing I am sure you are aware that everyone gets anxious at one point or the other, but they don't do anything to get rid of that anxiety. In other words there's a bell shaped curve of anxiety which states that once it reaches a high it will automatically go down also, but what we do in OCD is we interfere with the curve as in we don't let the anxiety come down normally we engage in some repetitive behaviours to get instant temporary relief, this is where your Psychologist will work with you through some scientific techniques.
So if you follow Psychologist and Psychiatrist treatment plan you will be fine, just be patient and you will definitely see the results.
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Hi. I went through your query in detail. From the symptoms that you have mentioned, they definitely point towards a diagnosis of OCD. Having doubts and checking, worrying about cleanliness and cleaning again and again, doing things in a particular order are all symptoms of OCD. OCD impacts our life in multiple ways. However the good news is that OCD is treatable. The treatment choices include medications and psychotherapy in form of exposure and response prevention. The best response is often seen when both are used in combination.
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Seek a psychiatric consultation and get yourself completely evaluated.
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Start treatment at the earliest for a better response. Be patient about the response and it will take few months for recovery.
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