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Subject: Re: The Questions

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mrsk

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Date Posted: 20:43:45 11/30/04 Tue
In reply to: mrsk 's message, "Re: The Questions" on 20:42:09 11/30/04 Tue

>>Ok then here are the questions, feel free to answer
>>please.
>>
>>1. What is your psych disorder (try to focus on only
>>one and not your ED)?
>>2. How has it affected your life?
>>3. Does it keep you from enjoying life?
>>4. Are you in treatment(i.e. meds, therapy)? If so,
>>please desribe.
>>5. How did your family react to your disorder?
>>
>>Thanks everyone, answers can be brief, but please be
>>clear if you can. -Juls
>
>Ok. I tried to answer a second ago but i dont think
>it came through.
>1. I have obsessive compulsive disorder. I have
>trichotillomania. Its a hair pulling disorder.
>2. I pull out one strand of hair at a time. I have
>to be fully aware of what my hands are doing at all
>times. I know someone that has gone bald because of
>this and that scares me. I dont want to go bald. But
>its almost like you dont know that you are doing it.
>3.It does not keep me from enjoying life. But if I
>get too stressed out or too tired it starts to get
>really bad. I have to be totally and completely aware
>of what I am doing. I am afraid that I may go bald
>because of it someday. ALthough I do carry around
>barrettes and small pieces of satin to play with to
>keep my hands busy. Work is when its really bad.
>Sitting on hold on the phone I tend to catch myself
>messing with my hair. Its scary when you look down
>and see hair all over the chair mat.
>4. I am on the antidepressant Celexa. This is
>supposed to help lower the anxiety level in those of
>us with obsessive compulsive disorder. It helped for
>a little bit. Makes me feel less like an emotional
>wreck but I do not know if it does much for my hair.
>I was also in therapy for a while not just for this
>but for life in general. I talked about it while in
>therapy but it has not gotten any better.
>5. My parents got pretty scared when they first
>noticed what was happening. I have long blonde hair
>and its pretty thick so it wasnt immediately
>noticable. I had pulled out all the little fuzzy
>hairs on my neck and my entire neck had little scabs
>on it from it. My (ex)husband used to tell me that I
>looked like a monkey picking lice from its fur to try
>to make me stop. But other than that he did nothing.
>My boyfriend tries to hand me things to keep my hands
>busy.

Juls, I forgot to say that if you had any other questions or needed more info just let me know.
mrsk

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Subject	Author	Date
Thanks mrsk!	Juls	15:45:28 12/01/04 Wed