OCD and hopelessness??

When I was around 11 years old (2005) I was diagnosed with OCD. The psychiatrist prescribed some Fluvoxamine (SSRI) and I started getting better. Eventually my grades got better in school and in a year or so it completely disappeared. I had a great time till I completed my A Levels in 2013.I even topped my class. However after that the pressure of getting into a Med School and then admission into a Med School so far from home got me under performing in studies. I started barely passing and then I started doubting my own potential. Now I am depressed and it seems like medicine is too good for me and dont desreve to be a Doctor. These thoughts overwhelm and cause depression. Most of them are irrational but still I get stuck in them. My OCD in 2005 was plagued with blasphemous thoughts but today it feels like a new type of OCD+Hopelessness. Is there such a link between OCD and hopelessness and how can I get better.

Well, I'm no expert but i would say that they are intrusive thoughts you are having, and then rumination and doubting, so it could well be OCD, especially if you've had it before.

I have a similar problem but with friends- doubting they want to be my friend, doubting they care about me, thinking I am no good for them and they are better off without me.

Have you considered having some more therapy to help with these thoughts?

I do know that depression can often go with OCD- I have both, and when you feel hopeless it can be depression, but the obsessions and doubting sound like OCD. But again, I'm not an expert.

Dear mss_34:

I suppose you can have OCD and be hopeless and you can have OCD and be hopeful. I used to feel hopeless a lot of the time before. Now I feel hopeful.

I hope that you become hopeful. This OCD is a problem but it doesn't have to crush you. You don't have to go under...

With support, help, making good choices for yourself every day... things can get better and better.

post anytime.

atina