not sure my ocd flaring up

[Lightning01]

I was diagnosed with ocd in 2006, just before Christmas I was feeling down and I was not sure my ocd is flaring up again I saw someone from mental health team who couldn’t issue my medication to change it or up my dose up but she can ask doctor to issue it so she got doctor up my dose on antiperspirants and my mood have been better but said the doctor wont touch your medication that help with my ocd she put in touch with person for to have therapy for my ocd they been in touch but said there is long waiting list and I still waiting for that my social subscriber put in touch with person who might do something with my ocd medication which I’m seeing Wednesday I don’t know if my ocd is flaring up I try describe best I can so I only got time watch one programme on tv I got a soap programme to watch and wrestling show to watch and I want watch my wrestling show but in my head it says you got to watch your soap programme so I watch my soap programme but come more serve to what I want to watch lately on tv I just wondering if it’s my ocd I been on olanzapine since 2006 it have help me but I feel like I’m suffering with it again in past I suffered with reading with ocd but my reading been fine but what to watch first on tv I’m suffering with do anyone think if it’s my ocd again

[Lauragbr]

It does sound to me as if your OCD is acting up. I believe there may be some therapists on this site who maybe able to help you. Good luck.

[Lightning01 in reply to Lauragbr]

Thanks for the reply I’m new on here how do I get in touch with the therapists on here

[Lauragbr in reply to Lightning01]

I would contact any of the administrators listed and see what they can do to put you in touch with someone. Good luck!

[Mcfly64]

Hi. Maybe ask your doctor if they can recommend one.

[Sallyskins]

It's really common to get OCD flare ups - I had one the other week!

One of the many problems with OCD is that it plays havoc with our choices. It makes us doubt our choices, and makes the most trivial choice feel like a massive big deal.

And if something matters to us, then OCD likes to tell us we shouldn't have it.

So if you want to watch wrestling, OCD tells you that you mustn't but must watch a soap instead. It might not sound like a big deal to anyone else, but it's your choice, and OCD tries to stop you.

It's important to go against what OCD is telling you as much as possible. That's how to get over an OCD flare up.

It sounds as though you could do with an appointment with a psychiatrist to go over your medication. Mental health therapists aren't doctors and thus can't prescribe - only doctors can. A GP can certainly prescribe, but doesn't necessarily know the best treatment for OCD - GPs know a little about a lot of different conditions, but a psychiatrist (also a doctor) knows more about just one area - mental health problems.

[Lightning01 in reply to Sallyskins]

Thanks for reply I have heard on other forums they say do opposite what mind says I’m am trying but it’s hard I am gonna keep trying and I also found if I watch boxset I like have breaks between seasons like finish season and watch something else for while until you start the next season but my head saying you can’t have a break you got to carry on watching your boxset or something gonna happen to you or family member tomorrow I’m seeing someone reviewing my medication I might she got the power see if she arrange for me see psychiatrist

[Natureloverpeace]

It’s rough when the waiting lists are so long. I hope the waiting list is for an OCD specialist. OCD can involve some magical thinking which sounds like what you’re experiencing. Logically, what OCD is trying to convince you of doesn’t make sense but logic doesn’t work on OCD. The fear kicks in and takes over. It doesn’t matter if the fear is based on an irrational obsessive thought. There can be a one in a trillion chance of something happening but OCD will keep throwing “what if” questions at us. This is where the ERP comes in. We have to do response prevention to show ourselves that OCD was lying to us.