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Some of you may be on the hyperacusis board. There has been quite a

discussion on there by individuals who do not have 4 S or perhaps who

have never even spoken with a person who has the symptoms of 4 S.

However, it is strongly suggested by several of these individuals that

you all really have a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD.

I wonder, how many would agree or disagree?

I am going to add a NEW POLL to the POLLS to find out. Your answer

will be anonymous.

Thanks for responding!

Marsha

Come on, let's get at least 100 or 200 responses, now.

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I am with you, Elaine - I have never been " diagnosed "

with OCD either, and though I definitely have SOME

symptoms, I am not sure that I would have that

diagnosis if I went to talk to a doctor about it. The

things I tend to obsess over don't affect my life in

any meaningful way and are more like little quirks.

They don't cause me or anyone else any problems so I

just accept them as part of me.

I also have some symptoms of ADD, but every time I

take an online quiz regarding that disorder, it comes

back as me being normal. HA! Me, normal? ;)

The 4S is a MUCH bigger problem for me, since it

causes me anxiety on such a regular, predictable

basis. I have mentioned it to doctors in passing but

it's never been addressed seriously. Luckily my

living and work situation are such that I don't

encounter my triggers very often.

--- elainenamanworth

wrote:

> Hi Marsha,

>

> I want to participate in this poll but I'm not

> certain how to respond

> because the question asks if we have been

> " diagnosed " with OCD. I

> have never received an official diagnosis because I

> bever sought

> professional help but I know beyond a shadow of a

> doubt that I

> experience some OCD symptoms. (These symptoms are in

> addition to my

> 4S). I want you to answer honestly but I'm not sure

> how to proceed.

> Any suggestions?

>

> Many thanks,

> Elaine

>

>

>

> > Some of you may be on the hyperacusis board.

> There has been quite

> a

> > discussion on there by individuals who do not have

> 4 S or perhaps

> who

> > have never even spoken with a person who has the

> symptoms of 4 S.

> >

> > However, it is strongly suggested by several of

> these individuals

> that

> > you all really have a form of Obsessive Compulsive

> Disorder. OCD.

> >

> > I wonder, how many would agree or disagree?

> >

> > I am going to add a NEW POLL to the POLLS to find

> out. Your answer

> > will be anonymous.

> >

> > Thanks for responding!

> >

> > Marsha

> >

> > Come on, let's get at least 100 or 200 responses,

> now.

> >

>

>

>

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> However, it is strongly suggested by several of these individuals

that

> you all really have a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD.

>

> I wonder, how many would agree or disagree?

>

Before I found this website I had never heard of 4s or hyperacusis.

I developed 4s at around 8 and always referred to it as my " eating

sounds problem " . I sought professional help 3 times in my life but

never followed through after initial meetings and testing. I tried

to self analyze myself and self diagnose myself. My eventual

conclusion was that I must have mild OCD and a problem with anger

displacement.

I can certainly see where someone who did not have this problem

could easily attribute it to OCD seeing as how even I thought that

was a possibility.

After discovering this web site and 4s, my mind began reeling and I

developed a totally different perspective on this problem. I no

longer think my problem is OCD related. My first major question is

if it is OCD then why don't I have OCD in any other aspect of my

life ? My second major question is if it is OCD then why aren't OCD

drugs working for people in this group ? Per my reading of the

postings, some people have cited drugs as helping a little bit but

no one has raved about a wonder drug that makes the problem

significantly better.

I am still not ruling out mild OCD as a component of 4s but I would

not classify 4s as an OCD condition.

The diagnosis of 4s as a physiological problem just makes so much

more sense for my situation.

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I wonder if this is a condition that has several different components to it?? A physical condition with the actual hearing process may be part of the culprit but I know from personal experience that I am hyper-vigilant and slightly obsessive about it. As I wrote about before I have been diagnosed with OCD and have often thought of my 4s condition as closely associated with it. I am interested to learn more especially if identifying causation could provide better methods to deal with 4s. -russ v_m_fen wrote: > However, it is strongly suggested by several of these individuals that > you all really have a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD.> > I wonder, how many would agree or disagree?>

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I don't really think it has to do with OCD. I don't really have any

OCD. I really believe it is a physiological. As for the anxiety and

reaction that appears phobic, I think this is more of a natural

reaction. The sound causes such annoyment and anger in the brain that

it trigger the natural fight or flight instict that all animals have.

It is more of a cause and effect relationship, than a dual co-morbidity.

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