OCD and hormones?

[suzzainParticipant]

Can OCD change because of things to do with your hormones, like testosterone or estrogen fluctuations? Or it that my imagination? I think OCD has a hormone relatioinship, right? should I ask my GP is everyone has this? Kind of embarrassed to ask her!

[weemanParticipant]

Don’t think should find it embarrassing at all to ask docs 🙂 I asked chat gbt and it says this….

Yes, hormonal imbalances can affect Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) by impacting mood, anxiety, and stress responses. Fluctuations in hormones like estrogen and progesterone, as seen during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and postpartum, can worsen or trigger OCD symptoms. Other hormones implicated include cortisol, melatonin, and oxytocin, with elevated cortisol and altered melatonin and oxytocin levels observed in some individuals with OCD. Hormone therapy is sometimes considered to help manage hormonal imbalances and alleviate OCD symptoms, though it is important to consult a healthcare provider for personalized treatment.

 

Not sure if helps or not but looks like possibly some sort of correlation. I haven’t really looked into where they got that info from and how reliable it is, but if your doc has much experience with OCD they may know better. I always take things google or AI say with a pinch of salt. I was making an OCD presentation and wanted to end with something happy, so I asked chat gbt if there are any benefits of having OCD and it’s like yeah people with OCD are more organised, have greater attention to detail, are more empathetic but when you look into the research it’s very meh and not really true as far as I can see. So I ended with my greatest achievement in life came from having OCD. Because an avoidance technique I was often walking up and down the stairs when I was younger and if it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t have won rear of the year in work so you may have a debilitating illness but you could have a cracking butt

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