There is no cure for hoarding, but perhaps it can be controlled, depending on level of severity. My wife is probably around level 4 or 5 as covered in the wiki link:
#------------------------ Excerpt: With existing drug therapy OCD symptoms can be controlled, but not cured. Several of these compounds have been tested successfully in conjunction with OCD hoarding, but paroxetine in particular is indicated for treatment of compulsive hoarding. #------------------------ My wife is already on more meds that you can shake a stick at, and boxes full of vitamins. She spends half her life picking up her meds. She also fancies herself an expert on home med remedies. I don't even take an aspiring, unless in serious pain. She grew up in a small town of about 300 folks, (eg Mullen, Texas), in a single frame house. She remembers the wallpaper rattling on cold days when the wind was up. In the summer a trip had to be made ever other day for a large block of ice to keep the old wooden ice box refrigerated. LOL I'm going to watch "Die Hard" in a little bit, and then get a good night sleep. 2009 is quickly coming to a close, which is none to soon for me, considering what 2008 and 2009 did to me and my retirement fund. Hopefully, 2010 will be a better year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding Regards, LelandJ On 12/25/2009 03:56 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > Hoarding is treatable, it takes time and it may take some medication. I had > a relative like that, when she passed it took weeks to clean out her house. > > > > --- On Thu, 12/24/09, Pete Theisen<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Pete Theisen<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [OT] Video Christmas 2009 >> To: "ProFox Email List"<[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 9:13 PM >> Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >>> So far a junk, you should see the house. If you >> could look >>> in the shrubbery surrounding the house, you would also >> find >>> all kinds of stuff hidden away in them. >>> >>> I gave the wife the pickup about three or four years >> ago, >>> thinking that would get me off the hook for repairs, >>> license, tags, etc, but no, she still insists I pay >> half of >>> everything; more if she can get away with it. >> She uses the >>> pickup in her junk, arrrr - I mean, antique >> business. I >>> still use the pickup on rare occasion on trips to the >> ranch. >>> >>> The wife is hard on autos and put another ding in her >> Dodge >>> Caravan this morning, running off into a covert, hit >> up >>> against an embankment, and damn near flip the thing >> over. >>> There are five or six other ding in her Dodge, but >> nothing >>> serious. My VW is in perfect condition and clean >> as a >>> whistle. My wife can't handle the VW's stick >> shift, so she >>> never asks to drive it. Hahaaha. >>> >>> For the longest time I though my wife must be using >> the >>> house as a murder weapon to get ride of me, but after >> she >>> got some counseling, I learned she has Attention >> Deficit >>> Hyperactivity Disorder. She is a mess including >> >>> obsessive/compulsive, ADHD, and she has a serious >> hoarding >>> disorder >> >> Hi Leland, >> >> That is another thing that should make you a redneck, a >> dysfunctional >> wife. C'mon, man, become an R and make an honest person of >> yourself! >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Pete >> http://pete-theisen.com/ >> http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
