Talked to my psych about it...

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....because I figured, what the heck? May as well. I told my

psychologist about it this summer, and she was confused. She'd never

heard of it before. Snapping her gum, she tilted her head to the side

and said, " I guess it must bother you that I'm chewing gum, huh? " I

smiled and nodded silently.

Her conclusion was that it was OCD.

Now, after having been on Celexa (20 mg) for four months, with

fantastic success in the areas of my anxiety, depression, and PTSD

(but no progress in 4s, of course) I decided to tell the man with the

pills... my psychiatrist.

He seemed genuinely interested in it. Asked questions, probed, really

seemed to consider it. Then he pulled out a little notepad with a

checklist for symptoms of OCD and had me fill it out. 4 out of 5

symptoms fit me. I've accepted the fact that I have my mother's OCD

tendencies... frequent checking, the need to be reassured, paralyzing

fear of making mistakes, tendency to replay failures over and over in

my head, and the odd need to " feel " symmetrical... (If one hand gets

cold/wet, the other has to... if one arm touches a strange texture,

the other has to...)

But it doesn't feel like that has anything to do with the 4s.

Unfortunately, I couldn't adequately express the difference to him.

He thinks it's a matter of " obsession " with those sounds... I guess I

couldn't get it through to him that the obsession is secondary to

(and a result of) the way they make me feel.

Anyway, he suggested getting on " Luvox " , a med similar to what I'm on

but better for OCD. So I was curious, anybody have any success with

this or other OCD medications? I know that the general consensus is

that they do not help... but I'd be interested to read about your

personal experiences with them and to get your opinions. Thanks.