Confused about working diagnosis
Yesterday I had my first appointment. Finally! But that's sadly only the first step and many more will follow.
After talking for about an hour, the doctor gave me the working diagnoses depression and ocpd. Depression came to no surprise, I was sure of it already. But also ocpd and I spent quite some time on researching symptoms since yesterday and reading through experiences. Thing is, it doesn't feel that relatable. I know you don't have to fit every checkmark, but somehow I don't see myself in that condition. It's hard to explain. It feels like the motivations are different?
I know it's only a working diagnosis and it can change. But how did you feel when the therapist mentioned ocpd for the first time? Did you expect it? Or were you as unsure as me?
My next step is to decide whether I put myself on the wait list for a psychiatric or psychosomatic institution. And it seems like she wanted to push me towards psychiatric. Im okay with partial inpatient, I still want to sleep at home. The appointment yesterday was at the psychosomatic institution.
Over the past year I researched many conditions, and I strongly see myself in adhd and autism. But for example for adhd, the psychosomatic institution doesn't diagnose it, she told me yesterday. Should I still insist and try to get tested for those, or rather trust her first opinion?