Posted by ed_uk2010 on January 5, 2015, at 3:02:25
In reply to Are there meds for addiction?, posted by Chinaboy on January 4, 2015, at 6:22:03
>Personally I don't think this is OCD.
It isn't OCD, it's an obsessive-compulsive personality trait, which is very different. Some people with these symptoms are diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, usually if a wide variety of such traits are present over a long period of time, starting in childhood/adolescence. Other people do not fall into this category at all, and suffer predominantly impulse control and addictive disorders. All of the above may occur with or without actual OCD, but only OCD responds to SSRIs.... addictive and OC-personality traits do not. Psychological treatments are usually tried. Some impulse control disorders may respond to naltrexone.
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