Posted by Snowie on May 3, 2000, at 22:34:43
In reply to Re: OCD without the C, posted by Kathie on May 3, 2000, at 15:10:30
Kathie,
Thanks so much for responding, and I agree with you 100% about educating oneself, and I've done a lot of research about OCD since my pdoc surprised me with that one. I personally don't think I have OCD (with or without the C). I'm not saying I don't worry on occasion, but I think it has more to do with anxiety than OCD, and it doesn't consume me. I have an appointment with a new pdoc tomorrow, and I'm very nervous. However, maybe he'll be able to give me some new insight that my old pdoc (who doesn't spent a lot of time with me) couldn't give me.
Thanks so much for YOUR insight. I'm trying to stay neutral about this for the time being, but my gut instinct is my pdoc is way off base. He's known me for 5 years ... why is he coming to this conclusion after so many years?
Snowie
> Snowie:
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> I am a great believer in educating oneself about conditions you "supposedly" have. I myself was diagnosed with depression by my parents, using the internet as their guide, and they were correct. I use Paxil..one of the SSRI's and other than some weight gain and loss of interest in sex...I feel 1000% better than I did before I was medicating.
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> If you have read up on OCD and you don't think you have it, you very likely do not. I don't have it myself. I have, however, suffered from a fear of leaving town...now isn't that silly. But often when I travel I end up sick, with diahearra or constipation, dizzyness and general blah feeling. I don't know why I get that way when I travel but it happened so often that I started to hate going away. Since being on the medication I have been away on a week long vacation and did just fine and have been on 4 or 5 weekend trips, all of which were fine so apparently the medication has helped in that area as well. I get tired if I take Paxil in the morning, for me it has to be at night, so I sleep off the worst of the sedating effects of the drug. I wake up feeling great and continue to feel great all day. Like all people, medicated or not, I get the lull in the middle of the day, with the Paxil in the morning the lull meant a nap! with the Paxil at night the lull is nothing a cup of coffee won't cure!!! Good luck and keep educating yourself!!
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> Kathie
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