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Re: Starting Namenda for OCD

Posted by greywolf on May 29, 2009, at 22:38:56

In reply to Re: Starting Namenda for OCD » greywolf, posted by Sigismund on May 29, 2009, at 21:43:39

> If you are worried about making a mistake, is that OCD?
>
> As in you can't work out what you want or which milk to buy because you have no criteria against which to measure a decision....is that OCD?
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> Interestingly the only thing that *abolished* that with me was hallucinogens (5ht2a agonism?).....the whole box and dice was opened and the question of which milk to buy became subsumed so that I felt 'wtf, milk, buy, shop, wtf do I care?'
>
> Although this might be something different for all I know.
>
> I'm a little curious because I have a heap of memantine which I only tried once. I was just worried about insomnia resulting.

No, OCD is a lot different than what you describe. The obsessive component is characterized by repetitive, unwanted, intrusive thoughts, often of a horrible nature. The compulsive aspect is characterized by repetitive acts--counting, hand washing, repeatedly checking things like whether the door's locked or the iron's off or the stove's shut off, etc. It comes in an infinite variety of forms.

I suffer from both obsessive thoughts--particularly blasphemous thoughts--and physical rituals. Most of the rituals are performed because I fear someone close to me dying. For instance, if I flip a light switch when I'm having a negative thought, one of my children may die. I close a door with my left hand instead of my right, someone close to me will get hurt.

When my therapist asked me to write out what I experience, I think she was a little shocked to get a 10-page, single-spaced letter in return. I've been in CBT for several years, and I figure we'll be spending even more years of Saturday mornings together.

Greywolf


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