Posted by bob on February 18, 2000, at 17:51:27
In reply to Re: OCD and MDD, posted by Cass on February 13, 2000, at 14:46:38
> What is MDD?
Major Depressive Disorder.
alcibiades, I've been diagnosed as MDD but never"formally" with OCD...all the same, any serious depressive episode for me usually is accompanied by some very OCDish "locking up" in front of my computer, playing some mindless game from the time I get home from work till several hours past when I should have gone to sleep. Almost nothing can draw me away--not severely inflaming my RSIs, not dry-sore-eyes ready to pop out of my head, not the most hateful statements I can fling at myself for wasting so much time day in and day out, nor even the chance to sign on to Babble (cf. my two month disappearance and recent resurfacing here).
As I've recently mentioned elsewhere, as much as I hate zoloft for all the things it did to me and all the things it didn't do to me, the one constant source of comfort it did provide was freedom from this pattern of behavior. I used my computer for work, and spent maybe 15 minutes a day playing a game or two of solitaire to unwind, but that was it.
I think I remember zoloft being approved for use in OCD cases. If the celexa isn't working, giving zoloft a try might be a good idea.
cheers,
bob
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