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Originally Posted by krugen68
I didn't know if I should tag this on the thread on drugs and OCD behaviour, but I'm intrigued by the connections.
My neuro on first diagnosis told me that statistically most PWP are non-risk takers, with low emotion swings.
Personally, I own up to mildish (and occasionally excessive) OCD behaviour patterns over most of my life - Gambling, smoking, drinking etc
I wondered if those whose experienced compulsions such as gambling shopping binges or hyper-sexuality on taking the drugs, previously had lower mostly controllable patterns, or did it come as a total character change ?
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Krugen,
There has long been the idea of a stereotypical Parkinsonian Personality marked by us being supposedly overly cautious, creatures of habit who avoid all change. This idea of us having these same traits is a lot of nothing,imho. It is a construct by researchers, but how in the word does it help advance treatments or a cure? I find it offensive that someone studies whether Hitler's "rigid or inflexible" thinking led to his ultimate defeat? How in the world does one quantify or prove that? It is nothing more than conjecture. Really, that is a stretch.
That being expressed. I will say that in looking back at my behavior, moods, etc., I was a bit on the obsessive side in having obsessive thoughts. That time in my life was dominated by anxiety and what I'd say is massive indecisiveness; change was the only thing I embraced. I felt stasis was the enemy. I moved around a lot from city to city, and in the end, though it was fun, it amounted to not much of anything more than an emotional ADHD. If I kept busy changing, I didn't have to acknowledge or address any of the emotional stuff that was holding me back or causing me pain deep down.
If there is any one thing that I'd say is definitely PD given, it is that we all seem to share a heightened sensitivity to stress.
My thoughts....
Laura