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In this clip we'll talk about how to help and how to work with your medical professional
or your mental health professional. What we mean by this is you really want to be able
to be an active participant in your treatment. You want to be able to help them make a diagnosis.
So if you're at the starting point, before you even go to your doctor, if you think that
you might have OCD or you think that something is going on, make a list of the symptoms.
Make a list of the things that are bothering you. Make a list of the questions you may
have. You might even want to do some research before hand on OCD so that when you walk into
the office you'll have a better understanding of what it is you're kind of looking for and
what it is that you may need to get help with. If you're a family member or a friend whose
helping someone that thinks they might have OCD you can do some of these things as well,
except from your perspective what you're going to want to do is you're going to probably
put down your observations and your observations are going to differ because it might be what
was their mood. Did you notice anything that triggered a specific symptom? Like if they
started washing their hands were they just, you know, had they just shooken someone's
hand or did, you know, something fall on it or it was just out of the blue and you didn't
notice anything. Your observations are really going to help because sometimes a person who
has OCD gets so used to the repetitive behaviors and the thoughts that they don't really notice
what's going on around them that might be a potential trigger. So your input is actually
invaluable. Again, for you as well, the more information you get and the research you get
might then help the person that you love or care about.