Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Related Disorders*
Psychiatric disorders that can occur together with OCD (called comorbidities) include:
- Depressive disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Other anxiety disorders
- Tics or Tourette's disorder
- Eating disorders
- Alcohol or substance abuse or dependence
- Impulse-control disorders such as skin-picking, trichotillomania
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Source: [1]
*Several medications are FDA approved to treat OCD and many are FDA approved to treat one or more psychiatric disorders. There are no medications approved specifically to treat OCD comorbid with other psychiatric disorders. Please discuss your treatment regimen with your doctor.
"I don't have any of the other disorders related to OCD, but the need for perfection can trigger some of the other tendencies for me. For example, if I see a split end, I'll need to take care of that particular strand of hair right away so that it is in line with the rest of my hair.
The struggle for perfection is the monkey on my back, and I have constant anxiety about it. I worry 24/7."
- Amanda O.
References:
- ^ American Psychiatric Association; Koran LM, et al. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2007;164(suppl):1-56.
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