Stifling the Urge to Shop
From HealthDayNews

July 25 ‹ The common antidepressant Celexa helps control compulsive shopping
disorder, a condition marked by binge shopping and subsequent financial
hardship.

A study by Stanford University Medical Center researchers found people who
took the drug scored lower on a scale that measures compulsive shopping
tendencies than people who took a placebo.

"I'm very excited about the dramatic response from people who had been
suffering for decades. My hope is that people with this disorder will become
aware that it's treatable and they don't have to suffer," study author Dr.
Lorrin Koran, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, says in a
news release.

It's estimated that between 2 percent and 8 percent of people in the United
States are affected by compulsive shopping disorder. People with the
condition have a preoccupation with shopping for unneeded items and an
inability to resist buying such products.

Some people who suffer from the disorder end up with closets or rooms filled
with unwanted purchases. For example, one person in the study bought more
than 2,000 AM Radios, while another owned 55 cameras.

People with compulsive shopping disorder often damage their relationships
with loved ones because they lie about their purchases and rack up enormous
debts.


and to think, I thought all this time it was a hobby. Guess I'll have to sue
the ARRL for this addictive disease. Compulsive Hamming Disorder ( CHD )

"I'm very excited about the dramatic response from people who had been
suffering for decades. My hope is that people with this disorder will become
aware that it's treatable and they don't have to suffer,"

Your Rx - Take the drug and give me your equipment to prevent a CHD re-lapse.

ahhh Medical Science, you gotta love it!

- Biz WDØHCO

Now if we can only fix Medicare --- ooops we did didn't we.... :^(

Lets fix Social Security next.....