Good luck with the top doc.

I had two recent books on OCD but apparently one was "borrowed" from my
office.  The other one only had one sentence on Thyroid.  It said, in
essence, that thyroid meds (unspecified) were tried with other meds for OCD
but it did not seem to have any enhancing benefit.

The original question of the possible question of OCD and hyperthyroid
problems is interesting.  OCD is now recognized as a biochemical disorder.

Recent literature (and personal observation) on another biochemical disorder,
the bipolar disorder, suggests the role of hypothyroid conditions in the
disorder (along with the genetic predisposition and the role of severe
stress) -- getting the person to optimal thyroid levels (T3 into the cells)
makes the bipolar medications work better.

Some medications for bipolar (lithium) have been tried on OCD patients for
the depression that can be part of the syndrome.

The question is a good one and needs to be asked again and again.

I long for the day that research on every biochemical disorder includes first
getting the testing subjects at optimal thyroid levels (the optimal amount of
T3 actually getting into the cells) and paying attention to the effects of
the medications on each other.


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