So what else is new? I am happy to report that I am not afflicted with PPCD this year. I actually am pretty calm and relaxed. I may have perfected denial to a new level. However, for those of you suffering, I would like to re-publish this diagnostic material that I wrote about 10 years ago, but somehow remains relevant. The prognosis is good. <\/p>\n
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\nAlert:
\nNew diagnostic category added to DSM-IV-R
\nPPCD: Pre-Pesach Cleaning Disorder<\/p>\n
This is a recently discovered disorder, recognized as a seasonal disorder, usually coming in early spring. It is characterized by obsessive thinking about cleanliness, far out of normal proportions. It is distinguished from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 300.3 by several symptoms.<\/p>\n
1.\tObsessive focusing on small particles of food throughout the house to the extent of climbing onto bookshelves and behind toilets to ferret out particles smaller than the eye can see.<\/p>\n
2.\tCompulsive washing of objects that are ostensibly clean (e.g., one patient was found putting her children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Legos into a sock bag and washing them. This was discovered by a disturbed neighbor who couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t figure out what could possibly be banging so loudly and incessantly in the dryer. The patient, when confronted said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, what did you expect– for me to put them in the toy box wet!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n
3.\tIncessant moving of common objects from their normal places (e.g., dishes, silverware, etc. are wrapped up and\/or banished from their normal shelves and drawers.)<\/p>\n
4.\tTalking with friends and acquaintances about topics formerly of no interest (e.g., effectiveness of different oven cleaners, location of most pungent horseradish.)<\/p>\n
This disorder seems to occur in a social context. Frequently groups of women become pre-occupied with cleaning simultaneously.<\/p>\n
Presumptive symptoms:
\n1.\tSpring time frame.
\n2.\tPatient is a woman.
\n3.\tPatient reports insomnia.
\n4.\tPatient has red hands.
\n5.\tPatient has a heavy odor of cleaning substances.
\n6.\tPatient does not have time to talk about it.<\/p>\n
Treatment:
\nThis disorder has a guarded prognosis. Although patients uniformly recover within several weeks, they tend to relapse around the same time each year.<\/p>\n
There are reports of cessation of symptoms if they are taken away for a week to a hotel each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So what else is new? I am happy to report that I am not afflicted with PPCD this year. I actually am pretty calm and relaxed. I may have perfected denial to a new level. However, for those of you suffering, I would like to re-publish this diagnostic material that I wrote about 10 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,9],"tags":[90,43],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-health","category-family-life","category-ramblings","tag-emotional-health","tag-kosher","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t