Posted by Questionmark on February 12, 2005, at 14:56:30
In reply to Re: Is OCPD dx applicable? » Ron Hill, posted by SLS on February 12, 2005, at 8:17:37
> Hi Ron.
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> > So what do you think? Do you meet the DSM-IV critera for OCPD?
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> No. However, I see a hint of myself in the description. I picked up a perfectionist temperament from my mother, whom generally has fit the definition in the past. She has mellowed a bit over the years to the point where she acutally allows people in the house with their shoes on.
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> The perfectionism that I did carry with me was enough that one of my doctors noticed it about 20 years ago. He remarked that even if he could find a drug that worked, my perfectionism would act to produce a relapse. From that day on, I made it a project to rid myself of it. For the most part, I have been successful. Every now and then, especially during one of my brief remissions, I see the vestiges of it. However, I feel confident that whatever remains is not pathological and won't affect my recovery.
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> I once started a thread here asking how many people with bipolar disorder were perfectionists. We had quite a turn-out. :-)
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> - Scott
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> > > > Bipolar II and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Traits
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> > > My bipolar disorder is kind of a strange one that doesn't fit into either I or II. However, I have had to deal with perfectionism. Do you think your obsessiveness might be perfectionism?
Scott, you said, "From that day on, I made it a project to rid myself of it [(excessive perfectionism)]. For the most part, I have been successful."
Would you mind sharing some of the ways in which you were able to do that please? Pleeeease??? Mine is killing me. Thank you.
(Also, just wanted to say that i'm not bipolar, just straight OCPD (+ other things), if this is important info to the subject matter at all for anyone.)
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