Ketamine Treatment for OCD

The symptoms of OCD can fall into five category types. First, some individuals may experience discomfort with germs and feel an excessive need to wash or clean. Second, hoarding creates an obsessive need to collect items that may have little to no value. The individual fears that these items may be needed someday and struggles with donating or throwing these things away. Some OCD sufferers may feel a compulsive need to rearrange objects constantly.

Another category of OCD involves checking rituals to relieve distress from potential harm, such as double-checking doors are locked, or household items are turned off that may cause a fire. It can also be possible for an individual to have obsessions without any visible compulsions. These obsessions may be sexual, aggressive or religious and typically avoided at all costs. Ketamine for OCD can help relieve distress so any individual can address the root cause for these obsessions.