I've seen several posts similar to this one in the past, but I have some specifics to ask. My pdoc advised me that I have OCD at my last appt. He has thrown this at me before but only in passing and mainly because my thoughts get stuck in such a loop. However, I can read and reread the same email (or a sentence from an email) for hours and hours at a time. I have a bizarre obsession with music and a compulsion to listen to the same song on repeat sometimes for a night but often for months and months at a time and feel a part of the song (for instance, right now Beach Boy's Sloop John B). I also take numerous very long showers when I am manic. I have at times been obsessed with people to the point I will stare at their picture and cry, follow them around, email them compulsively. All of this is OCD, right? These are the things he's referring to? It mostly occurs during my episodes. My main question: can OCD be ONLY related to Bipolar cycles? Can one cause or worsen the other? How does this work? Thank you!