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Shopaholics treated with drugs

by SP on April 2nd, 2006

“Doctors have begun to treat people who suffer from a compulsive need to shop with a drug originally designed to treat depression. For many shopping can provide an uplifting boost.

But with consumer spending soaring, it is estimated that nearly one in five people has a problem keeping their shopping habits under control.”

Now this is when it gets scary. I never thought about how serious a condition it can be and then I heard about Anne of a Thousand T-shirts. She never gets around to wearing them… she simply likes to collect them. Now we are moving into compulsive behavior and I can see who people might need help. I’m just not sure that it can or should be done with drugs.

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