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shy67 · 09-28-2009, 07:15 PM

I have a research class where we have to write a research proposal and I thought of doing mine on the effects of caffeine on OCD symptoms. The thing is I found a lot of articles about the effect of caffeine on panic disorder and I think panic disorder and OCD do sometimes occur together as do other anxiety disorders. I need to find statistics (from a reputable source) about comorbidity of OCD with other anxiety disorders and especially panic disorder. Also, caffeine seems to have a negative impact on panic disorder so I thought it would have the same impact on OCD (worsen it) but I read an article where they were comparing a drug and caffeine and slightly more people improved from the caffeine so it might have a positive effect in larger doses. Has anyone had experience with this or does anyone here suffer from OCD and/or panic disorder? Thank you for any help.

stewbert · 09-29-2009, 02:38 PM

I've had OCD since I was tiny, but not Panic Disorder. I do drink a LOT of caffeine (I'm drinking Coke right now

), but I've never noticed its effect on my OCD. As far as I can tell, it doesn't have any, but I may just not be paying attention.

09-28-2009, 07:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
shy67 Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 62	Need help with an assignment (involves ocd and panic disorder) I have a research class where we have to write a research proposal and I thought of doing mine on the effects of caffeine on OCD symptoms. The thing is I found a lot of articles about the effect of caffeine on panic disorder and I think panic disorder and OCD do sometimes occur together as do other anxiety disorders. I need to find statistics (from a reputable source) about comorbidity of OCD with other anxiety disorders and especially panic disorder. Also, caffeine seems to have a negative impact on panic disorder so I thought it would have the same impact on OCD (worsen it) but I read an article where they were comparing a drug and caffeine and slightly more people improved from the caffeine so it might have a positive effect in larger doses. Has anyone had experience with this or does anyone here suffer from OCD and/or panic disorder? Thank you for any help.

09-29-2009, 02:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
stewbert Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Memphis Gender: Female Age: 25 Posts: 71	I've had OCD since I was tiny, but not Panic Disorder. I do drink a LOT of caffeine (I'm drinking Coke right now ), but I've never noticed its effect on my OCD. As far as I can tell, it doesn't have any, but I may just not be paying attention.