A man who has been married for 14 years with two children at an impressionable age, is seeking divorce for his wife is afflicted with OCD.
Fact is most of us have/had OCD symptoms in our life and we are /were able to hide them.
This is a very curious case.
From the available information, it appears that the man does not want to divorce but really driven to do it because of the nature of the illness of his wife.
For those who may not have experienced the pressure it exerts, one has to live with the people who have been afflicted with the disease.
This is all the more difficult if you have children at an impressionable age.
This syndrome often exhibits after one has gone through a traumatic experience.
My elder brother’s daughter developed this when she was thirty after she lost her baby of about 30 days.
She used to wash her hands repeatedly; terrified of the night and strangers.
This lasted for about six to seven months.
Despite bring referred to top Psychiatrists, she continued to exhibit these symptoms.
With my limited theoretical knowledge of Psychology, I had her shifted to a new town and gave her two to three sittings of Hypnosis and she was cured.
We ensured that elders were present at home and used to have her undertake some Puja and Paarayana during this period.
In Life, I have seen Faith curing the incurable.
What is required now in this case is intervention of elders( matured ) who can cushion her and find out the reason for her behavior and counsel her.
And follow what I have done.
Also read the Link for more details on this disease.
It might help.
What the man has may be correct but not Right.
One is with his/her spouse for Life through pleasure and pain.
That’s life.
I know it is easy to preach but,… for his present decision he would regret later.
BANGALORE: Prema is a welleducated woman, married to Raghu, an executive with a multinational company in Bangalore. The couple tied the knot in 1997 and has an 11-year-old daughter. Those who don’t know Prema will find her healthy and happy. But her husband and daughter have experiences otherwise. Raghu has moved the family court seeking divorce from Prema saying she’s suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental illness or a psychiatric disorder.
Raghu, in his plea, has contended that in the initial years of marriage he noticed that Prema had a habit of doing certain things repetitively. “She will either keep washing her hands or repeatedly check if the main door is closed. I used to ignore it, but her behaviour became more obsessive after our daughter was born in 2000. Once she started going to school, Prema used to doubt if she really goes to school or not; she does her homework or not. She used to punish the child for petty reasons,” states Raghu.
DOCTOR‘S DICTATE
B N Gangadhar, professor of psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans), had this to say: “Diagnosis cannot answer all questions. A good proportion of these patients show much improvement and we say they are cured.” He explained that in a similar proportion, response to treatment would be satisfactory thus enabling a person to perform most of the essential roles. “However a small proportion would be disabled even after considerable treatment and the disability of performing matrimonial duties can vary from case to case,” he added.
MERIT OF THE CASE
A family court,while hearing the case last week, asked if obsessive compulsive disorder could be a ground for seeking divorce. “Is this illness incurable? Show how will it affect your matrimonial prospects? What if her illness is cured after divorce is granted?” asked the judge.
Related:
What Are Compulsions?
Behaviors that you repeat over and over again are compulsions. For instance, you might have to repeatedly check to make sure that the front door is locked or that the stove is turned off. These are behaviors that you feel you must carry out over and over, often for hours on end. For example, if you are obsessed with contamination, you might wash your hands over and over again. Other common types of compulsions include cleaning, counting, checking, requesting or demanding reassurance, repeating phrases or sequences of words, and ensuring order and symmetry….
Medical treatment for OCD has focused on drugs called serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Well-known SSRIs include Prozac (Fluoxetine), Zoloft (Sertraline), and Paxil (Paroxetine). Anafranil (Clomipramine), a tricyclic antidepressant, also may be used as a treatment for OCD.
Although these medications are often called antidepressants, they are effective in treatinganxiety disorders such as OCD, too. These drugs are thought to work by increasing the amount ofserotonin that is available within the brain. Problems with serotonin may be an important cause of OCD
SSRIs may take up to 12 weeks at high doses to most fully reduce your symptoms, so it is important that you consistently take your medication. If one type of SSRI does not prove beneficial, your physician may try another SSRI or augment it with other types of medications. Common side effects reported by people taking SSRIs are problems with sleep and sex drive. However, most people are able to tolerate this kind of treatment for OCD without major difficulty.
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