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OCD

What is OCD?. Obsessive Compulsive DisorderEveryday worries, doubts, superstitious beliefsMuch more excessive than in most people. OCD Definitions. Obsessions thoughts, images, or impulses that occur over and over again that feel out of your controlCompulsions rituals or actions performed to

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OCD

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    1. OCD By: Dan McCormack

    2. What is OCD? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Everyday worries, doubts, superstitious beliefs Much more excessive than in most people

    3. OCD Definitions Obsessions – thoughts, images, or impulses that occur over and over again that feel out of your control Compulsions – rituals or actions performed to try and make obsessions go away.

    4. Common OCD Obsessions Contamination Fears Imagining Harm Imagining losing control Intrusive sexual thoughts Religious or moral doubt Forbidden thoughts A need to have things “just so” A need to tell, ask, confess

    5. Common OCD Compulsions Washing Repeating Checking Counting Touching Ordering/arranging Hoarding or saving Praying

    6. OCD Treatment Therapy (psychiatrist) Medications Luvox, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Anafranil Meds do not treat OCD, but hide its symptoms

    7. OCD Treatment (Cont’d) If quitting medication, wean gradually off medication with careful supervision. Do only when life is not stressful. Less stressful life is, more gradually you wean off meds, more work you put into therapy, better you’ll do.

    8. OCD Treatment (Cont’d) Very dangerous to suddenly quit meds Vivid dreams/nightmares Depression Anxiety Flu-like symptoms OCD “relapse” Symptoms return, but more severe than before

    9. People with OCD Howard Hughes Howie Mandel Contamination fears Marc Summers Me

    10. About Marc Summers Has had OCD symptoms since Childhood Family has traces of OCD symptoms Obsessed with cleanliness and neatness

    11. About Marc Summers (Cont’d) Learned about OCD by a guest speaker on a talk-show he co-hosted. Wasn’t diagnosed until 1996 Took Luvox

    12. About Marc Summers (Cont’d) Wrote autobiography “Everything in it’s Place” Spokesperson for Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

    13. About My OCD Diagnosed in 1995 On meds since 1996 Currently take Anafranil (200 mg daily) Get EKG and blood work done (required b/c of medication) Tourettes Syndrome Used to take Respital, not presently taking medication

    14. About My OCD (Cont’d) Aspergers Syndrome Obsessive about fire alarms Collect (compulsion) Have high anxiety Evacuate buildings ahead of time for fire drills See a psychiatrist

    15. Other OCD Facts Very hard to trace OCD No one specific gene contains it Many other syndromes related to OCD Aspergers (Poor social skills, autistic-like symptoms) Tourettes Syndrome (tics – vocal, actions) Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling)

    16. Other OCD Facts (Cont’d) Very few people “fully” recover from OCD Symptoms never fully go away (relapses) Must have certain characteristics to be diagnosed with OCD

    17. Characteristics for Diagnosis Obsessions and compulsions must cause a person distress Must be time consuming Must interfere with person’s functioning

    18. OCD Resources Resources are available for info and help with OCD Anxiety Disorders Association of America www.adaa.org National OCD Resource Center www.ocdresourse.com Obsessive Compulsive Foundation www.ocfoundation.org

    20. Works Cited Summers, Marc. Everything in it’s Place New York: 2000. “Obsessive Compulsive Foundation” 2005. http://www.ocfoundation.org Packer, Leslie. “Tourette’s Syndrome “Plus”” 2004. http://www.tourettesyndrome.net Kirby, Barabra. “What Is Asperger Syndrome?” http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

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