See your doctor if you:
• Suspect you or a family member may be developing symptoms of OCD.
• Experience worsening OCD symptoms that aren’t relieved by strategies you learned in CBT.
• Experience changes in medication side effects.
• Have new symptoms that may indicate development of another disorder (such as panic or depression).
• Are going through a life crisis that might worsen your OCD.
Reviewed by Dr Stefanie van Vuuren, MBChB (Stell), M Med (Psig) (Stell), FC (Psych) SA, Psychiatrist in private practice, Durbanville Cape Town, February 2015.
Previously reviewed by Christine Lochner, Coordinator: Genetics and Anxiety Disorders Research, MRC Unit on Anxiety Disorders.