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Does having that in your medical record in the U.S. really put you at risk? I'm going in for a diagnosis next week, and am a bit worried about that, but at the same time I want to know, and I want help with it too.
Many people
have been denied medical coverage for that reason (and many other reasons). However, it may depend on the insurance company. As I said, I made sure that my psychiatrist did not put AS down on my records. (He only put OCD.)
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Yet another reason we need a national health care system here.
I agree.
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My problem is I don't enjoy my compulsions, but I *DO* kind of feel like it would be dangerous to stop them. I even tried earlier this year, and ended up with a HORRIBLE week at work.
I am hesitant to respond to those kinds of statements, since I am a sociologist, not a psychologist. However, generally speaking, if behaviors are egodystonic (which would imply that one does not enjoy them because they are inconsistent with one's self-image), they are, by definition, compulsions. AS-type rituals and routines are not technically compulsions, since they are enjoyed.
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OCD stuff as I know it is very different from obsessions in the "you're obsessed with something" sense, which I probably have too.
Yep. I have had both. However, the OCD was mostly when I was a child. I still have a bit of OCD, but it is not problematic for me. One of the only main exceptions I give in "my story." The link is in my signature.
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I'm not sure if I actually have the "Obsession" part of OCD though. I do kind of have thoughts pop into my head, but it's like replaying events I handled poorly, or that were scary for me or something like that. I'm not sure if that really counts as an OCD obsession.
AS routines are activities a person enjoys on a consistent basis. For instance, I become involved with certain subjects, and it becomes all I really want to do. I then find myself getting annoyed at even slight interruptions. It is not an obsession, since I like it, and it is consistent with my self-image ("cognitively consonent").
05 Nov 2007, 12:33 pm
