Tuneomania is characterized by the repetitive fiddling with one's engine resulting in noticeable power loss. Patients typically experience an increasing sense of tension immediately before fiddling with the engine or when attempting to resist the behavior. Pleasure, gratification or relief is felt upon fiddling.
Researchers at our Institute hypothesize that two forms of Tuneomania may exist. Individuals who experience tension before fiddling and gratification upon fiddling may have a form of Tuneomania thought to be a type of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder. For others who experience no awareness or pleasure, engine fiddling may be a habit. Further research will help clarify these issues.
The "obsessive-compulsive spectrum" refers to a series of major psychiatric conditions defined by the presence of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that cause much anxiety and distress. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce the anxiety produced by obsessions. You may have one without the other.
The current psychiatric diagnostic manual (DSM-IV) provides the following definitions:
Recurrent engine adjustments resulting in noticeable power loss.
An increasing sense of tension immediately before engine fiddling or when attempting to resist the behavior.
Pleasure, gratification, or relief when making unnecessary adjustments.
The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder and is not due to a general medical condition.
The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Conclusion -
I hope to have shed some light on this affliction and encourage those who suffer in silence to seek help from professional resources.
Researchers at our Institute hypothesize that two forms of Tuneomania may exist. Individuals who experience tension before fiddling and gratification upon fiddling may have a form of Tuneomania thought to be a type of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder. For others who experience no awareness or pleasure, engine fiddling may be a habit. Further research will help clarify these issues.
The "obsessive-compulsive spectrum" refers to a series of major psychiatric conditions defined by the presence of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that cause much anxiety and distress. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce the anxiety produced by obsessions. You may have one without the other.
The current psychiatric diagnostic manual (DSM-IV) provides the following definitions:
Recurrent engine adjustments resulting in noticeable power loss.
An increasing sense of tension immediately before engine fiddling or when attempting to resist the behavior.
Pleasure, gratification, or relief when making unnecessary adjustments.
The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder and is not due to a general medical condition.
The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Conclusion -
I hope to have shed some light on this affliction and encourage those who suffer in silence to seek help from professional resources.
