yes,,,, OCD can cause all kinds of things... yepper... I too have suffered from things like you describe your husband goes thru... and suffer is the word... it is not.. not.. "fun"... taking a med has helped me control some of the OCD... like this... so it is valid... there are other people... like your husband... me for one... that has the same problem....

I didn't know OCD... by it's name until a few years ago when I saw my first pdoc.... and thank goodness he was able to help me... with the med... and also by explaining it.. so I could finally know it by it's name... OCD... and that I wasn't alone....

so it may be worth checking out...