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Guest Plex

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Hi everyone, thanks for having me here :)

I just realised last night that I almost certainly have some kind of OCD. I never knew that much about it (just went with the germ phobic, handwashing stereotype) but in my internet travels I started reading about it and a huge light went off in my head. Naturally I've been obsessing about it since XD I understand that diagnosis is something that only a professional can do, but I really think this is the problem that's been plaguing me for so long.

A little background: I'm 24 and currently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and bipolar 2. I've hard a hard time with the mental health system here in Oz because of the BPD DX. BPD is still a much maligned condition in the public system here and I found that once I had that label slapped on me my doctors didn't want to even entertain the idea of a co-morbid disorder. I don't doubt the BPD DX (9 out of 9 criteria met here!) but I was always sure there was something else going on and in 2012 I was finally diagnosed with the BP because of cyclical depressive episodes and apparent hypomanic episodes.

I actually function quite well a lot of the time and have been mostly ok for the last year and haven't been in the system, but then I took a sharp dive a couple of months ago and now I'm still waiting for a referral back to the psychiatrist to go through. I have about a month left to wait. I've been trying really hard to stay afloat while I wait but this obsessiveness is driving me nuts! I think I've had this since early childhood. I did wonder why my psychs never noticed but when I thought about it I realised that most of my compulsions aren't obvious and the ones that ARE could easily be mistaken for a hypomanic episode or paranoia associated with BPD. Given I was already diagnosed with those it makes sense that it could fly under the radar.

I'd really like to talk about some of my challenges but don't really have anyone in my life I can talk to about these things so I thought it might help to sign up here and connect with some people. I'm only really cataloging the symptoms I have that (I think) indicate OCD, and I'd really like to know if anyone else experiences these and how they cope. Can anyone please tell me if I can go into that here, or should I head over to the OCD sub forum?

Hello again :)

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Guest Clematis

Hi Plex and welcome. Good for you in seeking out answers. It does help alot to get on forums and see that you are not alone. This is the 'introduce yourself' area on the forum. Seems like most folks get info on the ocd sub forum. Best wishes to you and your health.

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