Nagging doubts, compulsions to count or check things, concerns of contamination, obsessive hoarding: the symptoms of O.C.D. are numerous and varied. What is it like to live this way? How does one maintain a normal life? Six men and women speak about their battles with this disorder. link to this interactive feature
The scene plays out a thousand times each day in physicians’ offices across the country. An anxious spouse or adult child tells a story of memory loss, poor judgment or erratic behavior in an elderly patient. Those in the room may not realize that this moment has been nearly a decade in the making. It follows a desperate battle that the patient’s brain cells have been waging to repair damage caused by the relentless progression of Alzheimer’s disease. [continue reading…]
