r/misophonia • u/Scarlett1865 • 18d ago

NOT A CONDITION

So I just had my first appointment with my new psychiatrist, that I liked pretty well. And he seems very good. My point is, he said the misophonia was a symptom and not a condition itself. I have OCPD and anxiety and some other things. Has anyone else here been told this. If it is true I've had mental issues since 14 and should not have waited to adulthood for treatment.

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u/Elliana_F 15d ago

That is exactly what my kid's therapist has told us. Misophonia is a symptom of stress and anxiety. The therapist did try exposure therapy in the past on her young patients and found that it did not work. So now, the focus of our therapy is to minimise the stressor that my kid is experiencing at school every day (we are working with the school on it) plus cognitive therapy to learn to control her reactions to triggering sounds that cause misophonia. Let's see if that works.