MANIA- OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER(OCD)
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Are you the one who comes back ten times and pulls the lock to see if the house is locked properly?
Are you the one who comes back again and again when you leave the house locked and checks to see if the box and bureau inside are locked properly?
Do you wash your hands unnecessarily?
Are you repeating the same phrase unnecessarily during the conversation?
Are you unnecessarily disciplined?
Then you may have this thought disorder called OCD. This mental illness
You too will hate everything and everybody else and you too will feel hated by others. It can take you to the brink of despair and leave you with a sense of failure and a sense of suicide.
Many people with OCD know that their actions are unreasonable, but when they try to ignore the urge to do something, their anxiety increases until they are forced to do so.
That is, manic obsessive-compulsive disorder is a condition in which the problems we face at every stage of life and the experiences they cause us to become a disease that gradually penetrates our thoughts. This is called Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in medical parlance.
This can also be explained as follows. That is, a person may feel the urge to repeat certain thoughts ("obsessions" -obsession) or feel the need to repeat certain procedures ("compulsions" - compulsion). These stubborn thoughts and feelings will cause him great suffering or make him forget the most necessary things he has to do and ignore that process.
For example, he would sometimes miss the train in the process of repeatedly hand-washing and repeatedly checking that the box was locked. Also, he may miss his important daily routines too. Rarely does this condition take him to the peak of despair and even prepare him for suicide.
The disease affects not only adults but also young people and children.
In short, it involves people having repetitive, unwanted thoughts, ideas, or feelings (obsessions) that motivate them to do something over and over again (compulsions).
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, OCD affects 1% of adults in the United States alone. OCD does not discriminate and can affect anyone regardless of race, gender or age. It can have a profound effect on a person's quality of life and can affect their emotional health, education, career, and even their social and personal life, as their passions can lead to many hours of empty rituals.
Types of OCD:-
1.Dirt and washing it
2. Suspicion of accidental harm
3. Proper OCD - Symmetry, arrangement, and counting.
4. Unacceptable forbidden thoughts and mental rituals.
5. Mental pollution.
6. Hoarding
7. Rumors.
8.Invasive thoughts
Symptoms:
The symptoms of OCD can be classified as follows.
- The inability to control one's behavior or thoughts, even when one realizes that his behavior is irrational.
He spends at least an hour every day in vain for such behaviors and thoughts
-He will perform some rituals to get short-term relief from tension (as opposed to desire and satisfaction)
Motor Tics or sudden repetitive movements (e.g.) Blinking, shoulder rolling, facial movement, shoulder or head shaking, moaning, murmuring.
Symptoms may subside or worsen over time. Some OCD sufferers prefer to stay away from things or situations that trigger their disorders. Others choose drugs, alcohol, or both to keep themselves calm.
Factors: -
1. Children, younger and older generations who are treated cruelly and unjustly.
2. Frequent stressors lead to depression.
3. Twins born in the same image with a genetic disorder.
4. Subject to repetitive fearful situations.
OCD-A PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDER-A BRAIN DAMAGE
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Studies of OCD and related disorders suggest that OCD is caused by damage to a specific area of the brain. This area is called the Basal Ganglia (Figure-2A).
The two brain structures that interact with the basal ganglia are the most active in OCD patients. Both of these structures are called the ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX (OFC) and the Anterior Cingulate Gyrus (ACG). (Figure-2B)
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Treatments.-
Cognitive-behavioral therapy: -
Creating a fearless atmosphere.
Behaving in such a way as to instill loving confidence in the patient.
Thereby dispelling the impulsive and frightening thoughts that arise in his mind, and finally changing the stubborn repetitive thoughts. This treatment cannot be done overnight. It may take many days, many months, and even many years. But this is a much better treatment than prescription pills. No after-effects. Do not need the help of a doctor.
Dangerous drug pill treatments.
In allopathy, what they say about this condition, is this is caused by a deficiency of the hormone serotonin in the central nervous system.
Hence if we go to a psychiatrist for treatment of this disease, they mostly prescribe SSRI (SEROTONIN SPECIFIC REUPTAKE INHIBITORS) type antidepressants that turn us into permanent drug-addicted patients.
SSRIs and their side effects: -
All of these SSRI medicines damage the central nervous system and brain when eaten continuously. In addition, the autonomic nervous system is severely affected as follows.
1 Anticholinergic effect
2 Alpha-Adrenergic pressure elevation (caution for those with the prostate problem)
3.Increasing heart rate
4.Irregular heartbeat.
Details about SSRI can be found in the next post.
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