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Today has been a stress filled/interesting day.
I went to the a psychiatrist today for the first time in a long time because my anxiety/panic attacks have been sky rocketing and I haven't been sleeping. I talked to her for a long time, she was very nice, of course I freaked out and cried. She agreed that I have social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and then she said I also have OCD. I was surprised but once she laid it out in front of me it made sense. She said that these three disorders are generally co-morbid but the OCD can go undiagnosed for years and years. Even though I work in psych I always held true to the idea that OCD was constant hand washing and so forth but I was wrong.
I don't feel better about this, just more stressed. I started on Prozac and have to see a Therapist 1x a week. They are going to monitor my weight so I don't balloon like I did last time I took psych meds, they are testing my thyroid as it might be not functioning correctly and making me worse, and they also think I could be anemic......blah.
Love Always,
KP
I went to the a psychiatrist today for the first time in a long time because my anxiety/panic attacks have been sky rocketing and I haven't been sleeping. I talked to her for a long time, she was very nice, of course I freaked out and cried. She agreed that I have social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and then she said I also have OCD. I was surprised but once she laid it out in front of me it made sense. She said that these three disorders are generally co-morbid but the OCD can go undiagnosed for years and years. Even though I work in psych I always held true to the idea that OCD was constant hand washing and so forth but I was wrong.
I don't feel better about this, just more stressed. I started on Prozac and have to see a Therapist 1x a week. They are going to monitor my weight so I don't balloon like I did last time I took psych meds, they are testing my thyroid as it might be not functioning correctly and making me worse, and they also think I could be anemic......blah.
Love Always,
KP