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6/14/13 <br />

Jenny <br />

Jenny <br />

• Referred to psychiatrist, meds – Clomipramine <br />

• Next 3 years (21-­‐24), thoughts of harming family by <br />

punch, hit, slap, similar compulsions, reassurance <br />

seeking <br />

• Age 24-­‐35 – improved with medicaaon (CMI 200mg), <br />

CBT/ERP avoided – “coasted along” with occasional <br />

flaring of symptoms, especially harm <strong>and</strong> sexual <br />

a@racaon thoughts <br />

• First pregnancy 2006, complicated by thyroid disease <br />

• Withdrawn from medicaaon prior to conceiving <strong>and</strong> no <br />

meds throughout pregnancy <br />

• Daughter born June 2007, induced @ 40 weeks, 12 hour <br />

labour, NVD, birth weight 6.5 lbs, N development <br />

• Few symptoms during pregnancy or for 2 mths pp <br />

• Sudden onset “What if I harm her” <br />

• Rapid increase in thoughts, anxiety, review of thoughts <br />

<strong>and</strong> acaons, checking, franac requests for reassurance, <br />

harming self to keep husb<strong>and</strong> from leaving <br />

5 <br />

6 <br />

Jenny – subsequent progress <br />

Jenny – current status <br />

• Rapid return to medicaaons despite breast-­‐feeding, <br />

iniaally 3 different SSRI’s (F, Cit, S) <br />

• Late 2007 – 2 admissions to PND unit – no specific <br />

OCD treatment, CBT more focussed on depression <br />

• 2008-­‐2009 – severe symptoms, back to CMI <br />

• Late 2009 – ceased medicaaon when a@empang <br />

second pregnancy return of severe symptoms <strong>and</strong> <br />

depression two further admissions (2010) <br />

• Ongoing treatment incl outpaaent ECT <br />

• Intrusive thoughts of harming daughter <strong>and</strong> family plus <br />

doubt over her acaons <strong>and</strong> moavaaons <br />

• Some other OCD intrusions <br />

• Frequent reviewing of thoughts, images, video of acaons <br />

• Frequent requests for reassurance <br />

• “Tesang procedure” – deliberately bringing on thoughts to <br />

prove to self that she would be repulsed, revolted by <br />

thoughts. Source of reassurance iniaally, subsequently <br />

ritualised <strong>and</strong> then source of doubt <strong>and</strong> anxiety. Catch 22 <br />

scenario if felt less anxiety – “if I’m not repulsed then <br />

maybe I’ll do it!” <br />

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