[blam]

Should Be Mandatory For All Women! (Could save a lot of marriages)

[Support Free Republic]

SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!

[JoeSchem]

Do they still hold their own at their jobs? Clean house, cook dinner, do the laundry? Anti-depressants have a way of alleviating the motivation to do a lot of things . . . .

[ntnychik]

Ping!

[cavtrooper21]

I just use a rubber mallet...





Er...
JUST KIDDING HONEY!!!!
(gotta go...)

[TrebleRebel]

Darn, these compulsive shoppers have the best yard sales...

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

I stole some citalopram from my local pharmacy. I told the judge I'm just "into" irony.

[blackbart.223]

This is, of course, some sort of joke.

[LadyDoc]

SSRI anti depressant medications work for OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder). An example of this is when a person washes hands a hundred times a day to kill germs. Mild cases respond to psychotherapy, but until modern medications, these people often suffered in silence.

Like all mental disorders, it is an exaggeration of a normal type of behavior. People with mild OCD (see the tv series MONK) are often quite productive. In severe cases, they cannot function.

I am dubious about "compulsive shopping": Sounds more like anorexia or compulsive cutting of oneself, i.e. borderline personality disorder where starvation, self mutilation, ritualistic behavior etc causes release of personal emotional tension. SSRI's don't work very well for this.

SSRI's include Prozac and other medications that work on the serotonin nerve cells in the brain. older antidepressants like Elavil work on the epinephrine system and don't work for OCD.

[AndreFlash7]

Thank you for posting this article. I am doing some research on Compulsive Shopping Disorder, for the users on my web site http://www.malls-usa.com. Recently I’ve been getting a lot of email from people who said they enjoy my site, but need to stay away from it because they suffer from a shopping disorder. I am glad there is help available.

Andre'