To what extent is OCD correlated with anxiety?

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My OCD has been under control for some time now with the introduction of meds. I do notice that change makes it alot worse all the same. Im moving back home (Yay!) this Saturday for uni (Yay!) but I know that this week is going to be really awful OCD wise because the change will make me anxious. In fact I usually end up measuring my anxiety levels through OCD rituals and compulsions because I often dont register or become consciously aware of it.

Obviouslt OCD is a condition which causes anxiety but to what extent to elevated levels of anxiety make it worse for you

You are on meditation, huh?
I wonder how it feels like.
I am an OCD person myself but I am more of OCPD - I m not really unhappy with my OCD reactions and I actually see them as reasonable. I mean - if I am afraid of something and I can prevent it why shouldn't I? For example recently I was eating raspberries with my family. They were taking full fists of them and getting them to their mouths without even looking. I was carefully taking my raspberries one by one, taking only the ones that had good shape and color and I was checking if there is no bug or mold inside before eating. All my raspberries ended up OK and noone complained about eating a bad one so my way of eating them was probably not necessary. But I couldn't imagine myself eating the fruits as my family did. Even if the chance for a bug or mold was very slim I still didn't want to risk eating such raspberry. Was it so wrong?
I wonder how medications would help me. They would reduce the anxiety I quess. But wouldn't I eat the raspberries as my family did then and probably end up with taste of a bug or mold in my mouth? I wouldn't want to experience it. Anxiety is something that prevents me from unpleasant experiences so I shouldn't get rid of it. Right?

My OCD & anxiety played off each other. My OCD things caused me anxiety & anxiety made the OCD things worse. Getting on Buspar helped my anxiety alot; I quit having panic attacks & started getting more relaxed. It also helped the anxiety component of my OCD but I still had the obsessive intrusive thoughts & obsessive habits that still caused me some anxiety by engaging. I started Neurontin/Gabapentin for the OCD & the two meds work well together. Neurontin helped my OCD but didn't seem to help my anxiety any but the Buspar helps that.

I have been on risperdal but the side effects caused me to become more irate and erratic so I'm off now. It defineitly helped control my tics and anxiety, but not OCD. I'd like to the right med that would work.

Im just on effexor now and will probably switch to sertraline once im back at uni (yay uni!). Ive been on effexor alone for a while now and I still have very odd side effects including brain zaps whenever I get stressed.