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Some thoughts on OCD » noa

Posted by whiterabbit on July 9, 2003, at 15:25:06

In reply to Having a hard day, posted by noa on July 8, 2003, at 16:07:03

Noa-
First I'll tell you why all the interest on my part about OCD (besides that I care about you of course). All manner of serious mental disorders has began to show up in the maternal side of our family (here I could make a joke about our family being from the Arkansas backwoods but I won't). I've been diagnosed with bipolar and ADD. One of my cousins has had a hellish time raising her son
who has been institutionalized, hospitalized, rehabilitated, in & out of prison - all since the age of 10. He's been diagnosed with bipolar & who knows what...fortunately he's an only child. Another cousin has one child with Tourettes and ANOTHER cousin has a small child who, tragically, was just diagnosed as autistic (he's 4 years old and has never spoken a word, not even 'mama'). These are all my first cousins...I don't even WANT to know what's happening to second & third cousins.

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what's going on with my cousin who has the autistic child. He's got the hand-washing thing pretty bad...but now it's getting worse. He's a really charming guy, actually, but at his house you have to follow the rules - like, after you're done watching TV, you have to clean off the remote with an alcohol pad.
If he has to show up somewhere that he's not comfortable with, where there might be a lot of unclean surfaces, he wears driving gloves. I've been sort of watching his disorder get worse over time with some bewilderment, I wish I could do something but I don't know what.

Anyway, after my recent diagnosis of ADD (I've had the bipolar dx for some time), I bought an INCREDIBLE book called "Healing ADD - the breakthrough program that allows you to see and heal the 6 types of ADD" by Daniel Amen MD. What's so impressive about this guy is that he uses 3-D brain scanning (SPECT studies) to study and confirm his theories on ADD type and treatments, which means actual, visible proof of diagnosis & successful treatment methods. Maybe this knocks me out because I'm an x-ray tech, I dunno. Anyway, I pulled out the book to see if he had anything to say about OCD - there wasn't a whole lot but what he does say is interesting.

Dang it, I have to go move my car before I get a ticket. The NEXT place I move will have off-street parking. AOL will kick me off if I'm gone too long & I tell you what, when I get moved & hook up my computer again, AOL can KISS MY !@&%#$!
Be back in a little while.
-Gracie


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