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| OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) |
   
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| Both seem equally difficult to manage. |
  
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#1
Jun 20, 2014, 09:26 PM
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For those that have dealt with both, what was hardest to overcome - OCD or drug addiction? Or for those that are currently dealing with both or one or the other, same question - what seems harder to manage?
To be fair, both seem highly resilient. Or are they equally difficult to overcome? |
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Jun 21, 2014, 05:50 PM
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ava1enzue1a, That is an interesting question.
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Jun 21, 2014, 06:01 PM
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    Hi there. Oh I didn't realise this was a voting thread!! LOL, silly me!! Yep, having been addicted to most things at some point in my life, I'd say OCD and things revolving round it. For instance: compulsive intrusive obsessive thoughts, which make me wake in the night in a panic. I'm on a re~hab programme now for drink and drugs, these two have been slightly easier that the OCD thinking. XXXXXXXXXXX HUGS.
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Jun 25, 2014, 08:45 AM
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I think both are very difficult to deal with. I do take Percocet for my back and noticed it makes me very calm and mellow. Kind of like I felt, before I had problems.
It's very easy to become addicted, because the pills take the mental pain away. I'm on a lot of psych meds, including benzos, which are highly addictive and doesn't really help me. I know I'm walking a thin line taking Percocet, but on my bad days I don't care. |
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Jun 25, 2014, 05:45 PM
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I have OCD, so I am very familiar with it. It's characterized as an anxiety disorder (of which there are many different types...people with OCD don't have them all necessarily: The Different Types of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | OCD-UK), so I don't see how it can be compared to a drug addiction?
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Jul 10, 2014, 11:45 PM
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^ Yes, OCD is definitely an anxiety disorder.
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Think of it as an analogy - a "ritual" is to OCD as a "fix" is to drug addiction.
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#7
Jul 11, 2014, 04:38 AM
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One can take away a drug and go "cold turkey" with the addiction but there is nothing one can take away with OCD. The drug has physical control but OCD is ubiquitous in one's life. The drug is from "outside", a "circumstance". OCD is from within.
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Jul 11, 2014, 04:43 AM
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I drank too much for too long. But when I decided, years ago, that enough was enough, I put it down.
I have never put down the OCD, even for a day. |
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Jul 16, 2014, 11:44 AM
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I would guess OCD. I think addictions are symptoms of OCD though.
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