[pngindreamr]

I was told by my therapist that some of my behavior sounds like OCD so I was diagnosed with it ,but I mainly suffer from GAD. I wanted to ask if these sound like OCD or anxiety?

• Overwhelming fear of being poisoned by chemicals or getting deathly ill from germs- thus I excessively wash my hands. Especially after I clean. I do not like chemicals but I must clean at work. I also have a fear that I will develop a disease or that taking multiple medications will harm or kill me.
• I need to be answered right away with emails, texts, phone calls. Overwhelming impatience leads to excessively checking my emails, phone etc. Also I am a college student and no matter if my schedule is right as it should be I am so indecisive and just feel the need to search through the classes and keep changing it until it feels just right.
• I get worried that I always do something wrong or that people are talking about me or do not like me. I cannot stop thinking about past events that I was embarrassed by my behavior in front of people. I obsess about it so much. I cannot shake the memories.

I was wondering if these are a mix of OCD and anxiety?

[asp1079]

Originally Posted by sjcart86

I was told by my therapist that some of my behavior sounds like OCD so I was diagnosed with it ,but I mainly suffer from GAD. I wanted to ask if these sound like OCD or anxiety?

• Overwhelming fear of being poisoned by chemicals or getting deathly ill from germs- thus I excessively wash my hands. Especially after I clean. I do not like chemicals but I must clean at work. I also have a fear that I will develop a disease or that taking multiple medications will harm or kill me.
• I need to be answered right away with emails, texts, phone calls. Overwhelming impatience leads to excessively checking my emails, phone etc. Also I am a college student and no matter if my schedule is right as it should be I am so indecisive and just feel the need to search through the classes and keep changing it until it feels just right.
• I get worried that I always do something wrong or that people are talking about me or do not like me. I cannot stop thinking about past events that I was embarrassed by my behavior in front of people. I obsess about it so much. I cannot shake the memories.

I was wondering if these are a mix of OCD and anxiety?

Some of this sounds like a serious anxiety issue. But it could be a mix of OCD and anxiety. The last bullet sounds especially like anxiety, with a social issue. Replaying convos, worrying about who said what and past events seems to be an anxiety issue to me, since I have had this and I suffer from anxiety.

But the first bullet sounds more like OCD. I have a family member who has an obsession with not catching the stomach virus and they obsessively clean and wash things all the time no matter what time of year it is... so yes, excessive cleaning + fear of illness is an OCD issue. The fear of being poisoned also seems like OCD-anxiety mix.

Good luck... you will get help soon, don't worry. Try talking to a therapist about what options you have for treatment of these OCD symptoms also. This definitely doesn't seem to be just a GAD issue.

[Miswimmy1]

Sounds to me like OCD. to clarify, OCD is an anxiety disorder to begin with. You mentioned that you hav already been diagnosed with GAD... It is quite plausible that you could hav OCD... If you are unsure, talk to your doc/therapist. They can do an official evaluation if they haven't already and clear up any confusion.. Best of luck!