Shop till you (literally) drop - or get help now!

**theworm**[$] · #1 07-17-2003, 10:44 AM

Study: Pill May Cure Compulsive Shopping

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Shopping can be a necessity, a chore, or a fun way to spend an afternoon. But for some it is all-consuming. Doctors estimate as many as eight out of every 100 people in the United States are compulsive shoppers. Some have shopped their way into bankruptcy.
But now there's hope.

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #2 07-17-2003, 10:54 AM

Hubby was on another antidepressant (Paxil, I think) to control his OCD. His main compulsive behavior was shopping (anyone want 100 pair of men's size 7 1/2 Sketchers boots?), but he also had a few minor ones like double-triple-quadruple checks that appliances were shut off and the like.