I didnt even know..

"I don't have OCD."
Well at least that is what I used to think until recently I never identified my issue as being O.C.D because it has always been justified and normal to me. For a couple months now I have realized that I'm losing control of my life because of an obsession with my own reflection. I also have Gender Identidy Disorder, which I think, along with many other mental issues I probably suffer, is linked to my OCD. I don't understand much about O.C.D yet and i'm not sure if my looking in mirrors can be called a compulsion. I have seeked help, but the doctor at the LA OCD Center told me that because of my G.I.D he doubts he can help me. I have been this way ever since I was in 7th grade, I have always been very secretive about my mirror obsession until now. It embaresses me. I'm 20, and biologically male. My O.C.D effects not only my life, but my emotions severely in a negative way.
How my O.C.D has taken control: I not only carry mirrors with me, but I also drive looking in them, such as the mirror on my car visor. It has caused 2 accidents, and in general makes me an unsafe driver. It takes me a long time to leave the house and when I do the level of satisfaction from checking will determin my mood. I can sit infront of a mirror for hours at a time and just when i think i'm done I go to another one. I risk lateness. I get a lot of stress/anxiety if I do not satisfy the need to look in a mirror when I enter a room with different lighting or if the lighting changes in general. I'm even nervous paying money to go back to college because I'm constantly leaving class just to stare in the bathroom mirror.I end up missing most of the lessons.
I really am desperate to recover. What steps do you think I should take now?
Thanks, I hope I can get some advice here.
aaron.

Hi, Aaron! Well, you could go to your regular doctor and try to explain the situation and then ask them where they think you could get help. It sucks that the doc at the OCD center doesn't think he can help you, but you shouldn't give up. Feel free to post in our GID forum as well.