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06/21/2012 08:25 AM

ODC and BP2

candjdog

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Does anyone know if the meds we take for BP help with OCD? I just can't stop shopping and it's got to be OCD, I have never been like this before--so severe--and with my ED obsession too....

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06/21/2012 09:00 AM Top

Torres15

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I have never found any help with medicine. Only with time. I do know it is very frustating. Does music help?

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06/21/2012 09:30 AM Top

candjdog

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No it doesn't.

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06/21/2012 10:05 AM Top

JenniferJen4

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Oh I obsess all the time over clothes that I dont have enough even when I do. They I check the outfits my son's mine its without a doubt OCD.

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06/21/2012 10:13 AM Top

candjdog

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I can't stop thinking about soemthing and have to buy it to make the thinking stop. I also have other quirks but this is the worst and is harmful and out of control.

By the way--sorry I wrote ODC not OCD in the title!!!

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06/22/2012 07:33 PM Top

BP2KerryinTO

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Hi.. I am not a doctor so I can't give you an official diagnoses, but I have a form of OCD that causes me to bite and pick my skin compulsively. I looked up compulsive shopping and found a Wikipedia page for "Oniomania". Perhaps that's a start to finding some answers? Hope it helped a little.

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