Is the following OCD or ADD?!


Question: Is the following OCD or ADD!?
Do you have just the obsessive part!? But no compulsions!? Meaning you don't need to do a specific thing a certain number of times before you go out of the house or start your day!.

But you obsess over tv, video games, internet, celebrities, and people who pay attention to you the most!. And your mind is never quiet because it keeps repeating a stray thought you don't want (not because you're scared of thinking that or whatever) so loud you can't hear people and things around you!. You'd read a book and your mind goes off somewhere else obsessing over something without your consent!. Same thing happens in class, in church or when someone's talking to you!.

Again you don't have any compulsions just obsessive thoughts that won't go away no matter how hard you try to get rid of them!. It also causese you to space out and be lost in those thoughts and people misinterpret that as being lonely but you're not!.

You are diagnosed with OCD anyway and put on an OCD pill for a year and your mind is so quiet, you can hear everything and everyone so clearly!. Also you have no more obsessive thoughts and no more stray thoughts!. You can easily get rid of a thought now!.

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If you don't think it's OCD then what is it!?
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You don't think about those thoughts on purpose so how can it be a compulsion!? Nor are you compelled to think those thoughts!.

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OCD and ADD both have degrees of severity and the symptoms can be variable!. Think of the behavior 'disorder' as being like a Chinese menu! I definitely do not think you have ADD!. The fact that you are deep in thought about things other than the class you're in or the book you're reading may show that you need to focus on those things, but you obviously find that the things your mind is wandering to have a higher priority for you!. If you were diagnosed with OCD and the medication has now stabilized your condition, consider yourself very fortunate!. Especially if your doctor was able to diagnose and prescribe a treatment without your having to go through all kinds of trials with different medicines!. That says a lot about the doctor you chose and about that doctor's ability to wrap his/her mind around what you were telling him or her!. I tend to be OCD -- In fact, I always joke that it's really CDO with me because I require order and that would be alphabetical and makes me feel better! I don't actually count the amount of times I repeat an action in my everyday life, however; I do have a certain way to do things that kind of borders on being ritualistic!. It does bother me when someone else like my husband does something around the house and it's not done the way I do it!. So of course I go behind him and do things over -- which drives him insane! And I do go over conversations I've had or will have with another person and kind of over-think everything!. I have a saying for that too - Ask me what time it is and I'll tell you how to build a clock!. It makes life more complicated, to be sure!. I hold myself to this ridiculously high standard with everything -- consequently, others even expect me to be perfect with everything I do!. It has created a vicious cycle for me -- right now, people are already asking if I have made all the cookies, because it wouldn't be Christmas if I didn't make the cookies! But I can't just make a couple of different kinds -- I make hundreds of cookies and probably a dozen different kinds, plus nut cluster candy and stuff!. I feel guilty if I don't show up with a humongous platter of perfectly arranged sweets that were home made!.!.!.I'm my own worst enemy sometimes!. Be happy that you have taken the steps to be diagnosed and treated!. Enjoy your new inner peace - and enjoy your holidays Sweetie!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder, first and foremost!. It is not a thought disorder!. Although the thoughts associated with OCD are bizarre, they are not at all the focal point of the therapeutic objective!. The essential features of OCD are recurrent obsessions (thoughts) that create an awareness of alarm or threat!. (e!.g!., "I might get AIDS from the germs on that door knob;" "Since I had the thought of killing my baby, I might be capable of doing it;" "If I don't pick up that Band-Aid someone else might get sick from it, and I would hold myself culpable;" etc!.)!. Persons typically engage in some avoidance or escape response in reaction to the obsessive threat (I typically refer to the obsessive threat as a "spike!.")!. Obsessions take the form of either a perceived threat of physical harm to oneself or others or, in some cases, more of a metaphysical or spiritual threat to oneself, others, or perhaps a deity!. I conceptualize the overall syndrome of OCD to consist of three primary branches!. Within all three branches, in approximately 80% of all cases, persons performing these rituals are painfully aware that their behavior is unreasonable and irrational (see Speak of the Devil)!. However this insight provides no relief!. Therefore attempting to help sufferers through reassurance has no long lasting positive effect!.

It is not unusual for people to question whether they might qualify for a diagnosis of OCD given that most of the following examples are not unlike what most of us do to a limited degree on an everyday basis!. Everyday examples of OCD like behavior include using one's foot to flush a toilet, knocking on wood three times to ward of a bad omen, throwing salt over one's shoulder for a positive future, or feeling inspired to say "God forbid!" after mentioning the potential death of a living person!. Simplistic tests to determine whether these behaviors cross the line into the OCD realm include asking yourself how much money it would take for you not to perform the safe behavior!. Persons operating in the non-OCD realm would most likely accept between $10 to $100 to do something that would make them feel uncomfortable!. Persons with OCD typically would not accept upwards in the neighborhood of $100,000 to face their feared concern!. Another criterion involves the degree to life's disruption!. We all have quirks that take up small bits of the day!. Very often, people wrestling with OCD invest hours of their day avoiding these concerns!. All of us periodically hear a song (typically a noxious one) repeat itself like a broken record, playing over and over again in our mind!. For the great majority of us the repetitiousness of this becomes mildly annoying, for persons with OCD the intolerance and rejection of this mental experience generates a tremendous amount of agitation and anxiety over losing control of one's mind!

The most common and well-studied branch of OCD involves the OC where the undoing response generally involves some overt behavior!. The most commonly thought of form of OCD involves contamination!. Here an awareness of germs, disease, or the mere presence of dirt evokes a sense of threat and an incredible inspiration to reduce the presence of these contaminants!. Most commonly the escape ritual involves a cleaning response (e!.g!., hand washing, chronic cleaning)!. The next most common form of OCD involves checking!. Typically checking involves door locks, light switches, faucets, stoves or items that left unchecked might pose a risk to either one's well-being or the well-being of others!. It is not at all uncommon for persons with this manifestation to check items between 10 to 100 times!. The overwhelming impulse to recheck remains until the person experiences a reduction in tension despite the realization that the item is secure!.

Less common forms of OCD include hoarding, which is the excessive saving of typically worthless items such as junk mail, or excessive purchasing of certain items (e!.g!., owning hundreds of pairs of shoes)!. Other typically hoarded items include garbage, novelty items, or magazines and newspapers!. A common rationale given to justify obsessive-compulsive hoarding behavior is an overriding fear that one day these items might come in handy or be of some value and therefore must not be thrown away!. Another subgroup of hoarders involves persons who become emotionally attached to the items or feel that these items hold some emotional significance that reflects a particular moment in time!. The person feels that relinquishing the item is in some way tantamount to releasing a past experience or association with a significant other!.

There are two major types of ADD at this time (this aspect of ADD keeps evolving): ADD with hyperactivity (the traditional type of ADD) and ADD without hyperactivity ("inattentive" type)!. Here are the DSM IV diagnostic criteria in a condensed form:

Inattention (must meet six of the following to a degree that is "maladaptive"):Www@Answer-Health@Com





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