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Overview

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a debilitating disorder with the following two anxiety related essential features: obsessions (undesirable, recurrent, disturbing thoughts) and compulsions (repetitive or ritualized behaviors).

People with OCD experience unwanted obsessions, which cause anxiety. Severe anxiety produces feelings of dread, worry, fright, and apprehension (see generalized anxiety disorder [GAD]). Certain behaviors are performed compulsively in an attempt t...Read the full article

[karafaye]

I have ocd. I started noticing it 6 months after my first child was born, and over a year after I quit using meth, which affects serotonin levels. I have had it for 5 years now. I started to go on SSRI's, but I became pregnant a second time, so I had to quit taking them. I am now in the process of getting help again.