Has anyone found a physiological cause for their ocd? (That my not be the correct way to describe it). If so, if you treated the cause did it improve? For example, this all started for me after I had a rare complication during childbirth and almost died from blood loss. I immediately started having intrusive thoughts, then slowly started to develop a severe mystery condition and dysautonomia/pots. The crazy thing is though, that I have random days when it's almost like my body remembers wtf it's supposed to be doing and all of the pain, exhaustion, tension, and anxiety suddenly evaporates. It's like every cell in my body collectively sighs in relief. The same thing happens if I'm prescribed steroids. I guess what I'm wondering is, can ocd can be secondary to another condition?

It can also come about with postpartum depression.

It's said in the book with different mental illnesses that OCD must not be a result of medication or other conditions But they can contribute of course

PANDAs. I just had a functional medicine consult where they ran a bunch of tests so I’ll be interested to see what types of things that reveals.

Yup, my OCD started with a concussion.

I can't answer your question, but just thought I'd comment because my issues really began affecting my life after birth too. While most people wouldn't call my birth traumatic, I was faced with choices that now keep me up all night a year and a half later...even though I know my babies are fine. (I opted for a C-section at 37 weeks for twins, even though my goal the whole time was a 38 week natural birth. I have myself convinced their brains and lungs are going to cause them issues and have read basically every study and article on long-term effects of early term births.) I think the trauma of childbirth (especially your story), along with the hormonal changes, can lead to PTSD.

I would say it's more because of the Stress you've gone through and not the condition itself

Possibly? 🤔 The earliest memory I have of having intrusive thoughts was when I was about 5y and I went to a funeral of a pregnant woman whose baby was still in the womb. There was ice under the casket to keep it from... well, you can imagine. I became interested in my breathing pattern to prevent myself from dying. It got much darker after becoming pregnant, and subsequently giving birth. I'd also like to point out that even though my mother never got a diagnosis, she likely suffers from it.