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Posted by alcibiades on February 12, 2000, at 6:02:35
Anyone have experience with MDD and concommitant OCD? I am presently taking Celexa for the OCD and Depakote plus olanzapine for the MDD. I feel like a pinball. Is there any hope for a guy in my situation?
Posted by Cindy W on February 12, 2000, at 9:35:45
In reply to OCD and MDD, posted by alcibiades on February 12, 2000, at 6:02:35
> Anyone have experience with MDD and concommitant OCD? I am presently taking Celexa for the OCD and Depakote plus olanzapine for the MDD. I feel like a pinball. Is there any hope for a guy in my situation?
alcibiades, I have OCD and major depression, and take Effexor-XR and a tiny bit of Serzone. Depression is apparently a common accompaniment to OCD. I'm a collector/hoarder, checker, and counter...what variant of OCD are you blessed with?--Cindy W
Posted by Cass on February 13, 2000, at 14:46:38
In reply to Re: OCD and MDD, posted by Cindy W on February 12, 2000, at 9:35:45
What is MDD?
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
Posted by Noa on February 18, 2000, at 22:22:22
In reply to Re: OCD and MDD, posted by bob on February 18, 2000, at 17:51:27
they melt the hours away. They are mesmerizing. I have played thousands of games of solitaire, freecell, hearts, minesweeper, scrabble, and lately--online crossword puzzles. OK, some are less mindless than others, but they are totally hypnotic for me. Often, I enjoy them. But there are plenty of times when I find them boring, but still cannot break away. Like I am stuck, glued to the keyboard and monitor. They are mindless in the sense that they mesmerize me and deaden my consciousness.
Posted by bob on February 19, 2000, at 23:27:41
In reply to Mindless games...., posted by Noa on February 18, 2000, at 22:22:22
On the Mac side for a number of years now, they've all come with a sampler of two solitaire games from a commercial program that has lots more than those two. One, of course, is Klondike, the other game is called Eight Off. It's a game in which it is mathematically impossible to lose -- each card layout does have a solution. The two years I was a professor, I spent much of my time while hiding in my office playing Eight Off. Sometimes it would take me 30 seconds to win, other (much rarer ... it's a simple game) times 10 minutes or so. When I left that job, I left behind a string of over 5000 consecutive wins and no losses.
I always wanted to see the face of the next person who got my old computer and opened that for the first time....
Posted by bob on February 20, 2000, at 3:17:03
In reply to Re: Mindless games...., posted by bob on February 19, 2000, at 23:27:41
I'm finding that with the new Preview mode here on Babble, I'm spending more time editing my responses than typing them in in the first place.
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