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Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Do your kids worry a lot? Do they always worry that something bad might happen? Maybe you should be the one to worry. Your kids might be having an illness known as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? Well, OCD is an illness wherein it causes people to have a train of unwanted thoughts and causes them to keep on repeating things over and over again. This repetitive behavior is different from the usual routines we do everyday like taking a bath or brushing our teeth.
People with this kind of illness cannot ignore these obsessions and compulsions, they cannot even stop them. People with OCD do not want these obsessive ideas and thoughts; however, they cannot do anything, even on how to control them. In some instances, such obsessive behaviors come once in a while and in some cases, OCD patients will have these all the time.
Obsessive ideas make OCD patients feel anxious and scared. To get rid of their thoughts, they try to convert them into actions and thus, these results in compulsions or some people refer to as rituals. An example is where a person has this fear of feeling dirty or to be contaminated with germs. This idea then makes him wash his hands or take a bath most of the time. As a result of these obsession and compulsion, they now keep on repeating this routine over and over again.
Examples of these obsessive thoughts are:
• Being afraid of dirt and germs
• Fear of bad things to happen
• Disgust on bodily fluids
• Scared of harming a friend or a family member
• Scared of evil thoughts
• Order or balance concerns
Examples of compulsions are:
• Washing of hands and brushing teeth repetitively
• Checking of door locks and drawers
• Arranging things
• Asking for approval and reassurance
• Asking the same question over and over again
• Going in and out of the door
• Sitting down and getting out of the chair
Over the years, obsessive-compulsive disorder is considered to be a rare illness. Some people, however, hide the problem to prevent themselves from getting embarrassed so the actual number of OCD cases is hidden and inaccurate. Statistics shows that approximately 8 million US citizens, ranging from 18 to 54 years old may have OCD. This illness can affect both men and women equally.
Some studies suggest that OCD may be caused by brain chemicals that carry information or messages from one nerve to another. Serotonin is one of these brain chemicals. It is the one responsible for the repetitive behavior of OCD patients. Each person with OCD may have little or large amount of serotonin.
Medications can help increase serotonin quantity in the brain and thus, can help OCD patients to function better.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is associated with other illnesses like various type of anxiety including phobias and panic attacks. Moreover, OCD patients may still suffer depression, lack of attention, body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriacs, hyperactivity illnesses and dyslexia (learning disorder).
Different medications are now easily and readily available to treat OCD. Examples of these medications are clomipraine, flouxeetine, paroxetine and sertraline. These medicines, however, may cause side effects like nausea and drowsiness.
Behavioral therapy now is a commonly used technique to treat OCD. Thus, a person with OCD must consult a trained physical therapist for his or her OCD treatment. Soon, as a result of further studies on OCD, behavioral therapy can even treat OCD symptoms.
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