Weaning baby and OCD increase

I personally have not been pregnant, however, I am a postpartum nurse. With stopping breastfeeding and starting your cycle your hormones are going crazy and trying to regulate. It makes sense then that the OCD would ramp up. I would say just be careful with the type of birth control you go with. Depending on the person it could make anxiety worse. You are definitely not alone in this. It may take a couple weeks for those hormones to start balancing out

@rockymtn Wow THANK YOU for saying this! I went to my OB and she was like “look all that’s happening is your prolactin is dropping, let’s put you on birth control” and she referred me to a psychiatrist. She knows nothing about OCD and how it could be impacted by hormones. I’ve been searching online like crazy to see if there’s any research (I hold a PhD in Food Science so I like evidence lol), but it’s few and far between. So thank you so much for explaining my hormones are going crazy and that time will help. This helped me so much.

@JennKillsOCD3 Yeah I’m with you on evidence based. Unfortunately I don’t know that there is a ton of research on the effects of hormones and OCD. The fact that for you pregnancy also occurred with your OCD diagnosis would make me think hormones definitely at play as well. I notice just with my monthly cycle a change in my anxiety. I would definitely follow up with psychiatrist as they can help manage long term though. You got this!!!!