OCD or Schizophrenia? Experts? Need help - Mental Health Message Board

Junior77 · 08-11-2007, 02:51 PM

I talk to myself in my head. Sometimes I get obsessed about words or phrases(OCD). I can't stop obsessing that I want to turn into someone. Like a movie star or a celebrity. Say for example, George Clooney, I would say in my head "I want to be this guy" or "I want to be like George Clooney." So that's my obsession. And now the next part which I don't know what it is. Right when I say "I want to be" something pops into my head saying a negative person I wouldn't want to be like right before I say the words "George Clooney." I can't tell where it's coming from!! I don't hear it through my ears. It feels like my thoughts are talking to me. It's like a thought that I can hear or feel with words.

I believe that these words and phrases that I'm obsessed about CAN change me or somebody. So when I hear or feel a negative word come out. I say to myself "NOT like him" and then start repeating "Like George Clooney" "Like George Clooney" "Like George Clooney" and so on. It just doesn't satisfy my stomach unless I do it. And if I don't I think something bad is going to happen to me or someone else.

Please someone help me. I want these words that pop up in my head or thoughts, that I can't tell where they're coming from, to go away. Besides getting my brain back before I got sick, I won't ask for nothing ever again!! Please help

jendg28 · 08-11-2007, 04:15 PM

I have Bipolar Disorder and I was misdiagnosed with OCD first because I have delusions. When manic, I sometimes think someone is going to hurt me. I have gone so far as to call the police before. I would check the windows and doors all night because I was so freaked out about someone breaking in. That "checking" is what got me diagnosed with OCD. My doctor later told me that if you really, truely believe this obsession is going to happen then it is a delusion and that is not a characteristic of OCD. If you know that it won't happen, but you just can't get it out of your head then it could possibly be OCD. I would definitely recommend making an appointment with a Psychiatrist as soon as you can. It can really make a huge difference in your quality of life. Good luck.

Junior77 · 08-11-2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jendg28

I have Bipolar Disorder and I was misdiagnosed with OCD first because I have delusions. When manic, I sometimes think someone is going to hurt me. I have gone so far as to call the police before. I would check the windows and doors all night because I was so freaked out about someone breaking in. That "checking" is what got me diagnosed with OCD. My doctor later told me that if you really, truely believe this obsession is going to happen then it is a delusion and that is not a characteristic of OCD. If you know that it won't happen, but you just can't get it out of your head then it could possibly be OCD. I would definitely recommend making an appointment with a Psychiatrist as soon as you can. It can really make a huge difference in your quality of life. Good luck.

I'm like that too. With being freaked out that someone might break into my house. I'm always checking if the doors and windows are locked. I don't feel safe inside my home I feel like someone is going to break in. I almost called the cops once when I heard a noise outside my window but it was just a cat.

Sorry I forgot to write in my first post that I am diagnosed with Schizophrenia and OCD. I'm taking Geodon, Abilify, Lexapro.

I think I am delusional though but my doctor hasn't told me that yet. I do believe that these things can truly happen. Along with that, it's OCD also because I can't get it out of my head. I was just wondering if those words that feel like my thoughts are talking to me was my schizophrenia or something else(a new disorder that I haven't been diagnosed with).

Also, what bothers me is that when I go to sit down in a chair. In mid air a hear or feel the voice inside my head. It says a negative person that I wouldn't like to be like and I think that it is going to change me into that so when I sit down I stand back up again and do it again until I make myself say a positive person. That's when I feel comfortable to sit down again.

jendg28 · 08-11-2007, 08:42 PM

A lot of the same drugs that treat BP are used to treat Schizophrenia. I take Lithium, Abilify, Celexa, Seroquel, and Tegretol. I used to take Geodon as well. The thing that makes BP different from Schizophrenia is the manic phase. Although you can experience delusions and hallucinations while manic. Do you experience "high's"? Do you sometimes talk really fast, call people in the middle of the night, or are extrememly sexual? That is bipolar.

Junior77 · 08-11-2007, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jendg28

A lot of the same drugs that treat BP are used to treat Schizophrenia. I take Lithium, Abilify, Celexa, Seroquel, and Tegretol. I used to take Geodon as well. The thing that makes BP different from Schizophrenia is the manic phase. Although you can experience delusions and hallucinations while manic. Do you experience "high's"? Do you sometimes talk really fast, call people in the middle of the night, or are extrememly sexual? That is bipolar.

What do you mean by "high's"? I don't call people in the middle of the night, or talk really fast. But I am extremely sexual

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