Hello JMG, please feel free to delete if off topic - this is tangentially related to health issues caused by the pandemic.
My husband and I are currently working through his anxiety disorder which got much, much worse during COVID. We're at the fun stage where he is anxious about the anxiety itself... and I recently read that autism + ADHD + OCD are now considered to be "correlated" per current disease definition. Autism is definitely part of my husband's makeup, and looking back on the patterns of how the anxiety presents in him, there is some obsessive and repetitive behavior that I can identify. Just another part of the nasty tapestry, sigh.
So my question to the group here - what are some things I might be able to help him do, if OCD is indeed part of what's going on here, that wouldn't be in the wheelhouse of Western medicine? Not asking for medical advice et. etc. Any thoughts or personal experiences would be welcome.
OCD
My husband and I are currently working through his anxiety disorder which got much, much worse during COVID. We're at the fun stage where he is anxious about the anxiety itself... and I recently read that autism + ADHD + OCD are now considered to be "correlated" per current disease definition. Autism is definitely part of my husband's makeup, and looking back on the patterns of how the anxiety presents in him, there is some obsessive and repetitive behavior that I can identify. Just another part of the nasty tapestry, sigh.
So my question to the group here - what are some things I might be able to help him do, if OCD is indeed part of what's going on here, that wouldn't be in the wheelhouse of Western medicine? Not asking for medical advice et. etc. Any thoughts or personal experiences would be welcome.