perfectionism and - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
perfectionism and - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
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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• Withdrawn from medicaaon prior to conceiving 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 />
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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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