Re: Digest Number 1291

[Guest guest]

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Is he complaining of itchiness or seam placement, or is it just a general

sense of " not feeling right? " This is a common thing among OCD children.

It will probably get better with age, but may never go completely away - at

34 I have it under better control than when I was 4, but I still hate to try

on new clothes.

I have discovered as an adult that if I desensitize my skin some I'm able to

deal with it better. Sometimes putting baby powder on certain body parts

help, while at other times I bathe with Avon's Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil before

getting dressed. You would THINK that the bath oil would make my skin more

sensitive, but it doesn't - it makes itching go away, and seems to even-out

the feel of everything.

Turning the socks inside-out so the seams don't touch the skin sometimes

helps.

As someone who lives with this, though, I can tell you that the " discomfort "

from clothes that many OCDs face is anything but mild. Imagine wearing

rough burlap panties, a shirt made out of unwashed goat hair, and pants made

of corrugated cardboard, and you'll have a good approximation of the feel of

certain clothes to many of us *G*. My mother tells me that when she would

put suits on me when I was little (in the 70's, so you know they were

polyester), I would stand in the middle of the room with my arms out at my

sides yelling " Get if off! GET IT OFF!!!

As an adult, I've learned to only wear cotton clothing. It limits my

clothing selections, but it's worth it.

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" Oh my God, my son is terrible with the clothing issues. The other night he

had an accident in the middle of the night (he is four) and we had to change

his pj's over and over because they didn't feel right! He will only wear

certain clothes, no on e can buy him clothes. On the rare occasion I do get

him in something outside his repitiore, he is extremely irritable until he

can escape the clothing. We are going for an OT eval. soon. He has other

OCD issues, but the clothing, socks and shoes are the worst, Does this get

worse as they get older?

gina "

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" The biggie is what my family and I call my stupidness. This was only

supposed to last 8 - 12 weeks, and it did get better after that, but it's

still there. It's kind of a mental fuzziness. I have trouble spelling, I

seem to have lost what little sense of direction I had, I have to really

search for words, etc. It's especially pronounced when I'm tired. "

;

I can really sympathize with you. My OCD meds (Serzone and Prozac right

now) make me fuzzy all the time, as do the SSRIs in general. I drift off in

conversations, have severe word-blocking, and can never really focus anymore

like I used to be able to. I've tried everything from caffeine to

meditation to herbal remedies to try to regain that sharpness I used to

have, but to no avail. The overall effect has decreased over time, but it's

still very noticeable.

Hang in there!

[Guest guest]

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My daughter has had a big clothing issue since her OCD began. It has

driven me crazy. She wears the same plain cotton shorts and shirts,

but in different colors. Black stretchies with solid color turtle

necks. She has worn the same shoes (different sizes) for the past

two years. She has worn the same dress to church every Sunday for

the last year. She has PANDAS OCD and during her last non-flare up

time I took her to the store and told her that I really wished she

would PLEASE pick out some new clothes. It was starting to get cold

and she needed something besides that sundress for church. ARE YOU

READY FOR THIS!!!!!! We leave the store with shimmery black and

lavender pants (they look like leather), glitter belts to match, one

shirt that is purple with lavender words that say PRINCESS and one

shirt that is deep blue with silver writting that says ABSOLUTE

ANGEL. And high heel plank shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MORAL OF THE

STORY....BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...HOW I LONG TO SEE HER IN THAT

PRETTY SUNDRESS AGAIN.

> ;

>

> Is he complaining of itchiness or seam placement, or is it just a

general

> sense of " not feeling right? " This is a common thing among OCD

children.

> It will probably get better with age, but may never go completely

away - at

> 34 I have it under better control than when I was 4, but I still

hate to try

> on new clothes.

>

> I have discovered as an adult that if I desensitize my skin some

I'm able to

> deal with it better. Sometimes putting baby powder on certain body

parts

> help, while at other times I bathe with Avon's Skin-So-Soft Bath

Oil before

> getting dressed. You would THINK that the bath oil would make my

skin more

> sensitive, but it doesn't - it makes itching go away, and seems to

even-out

> the feel of everything.

>

> Turning the socks inside-out so the seams don't touch the skin

sometimes

> helps.

>

> As someone who lives with this, though, I can tell you that

the " discomfort "

> from clothes that many OCDs face is anything but mild. Imagine

wearing

> rough burlap panties, a shirt made out of unwashed goat hair, and

pants made

> of corrugated cardboard, and you'll have a good approximation of

the feel of

> certain clothes to many of us *G*. My mother tells me that when

she would

> put suits on me when I was little (in the 70's, so you know they

were

> polyester), I would stand in the middle of the room with my arms

out at my

> sides yelling " Get if off! GET IT OFF!!!

>

> As an adult, I've learned to only wear cotton clothing. It limits

my

> clothing selections, but it's worth it.

>

> -

>

> ------------------------------

>

> " Oh my God, my son is terrible with the clothing issues. The other

night he

> had an accident in the middle of the night (he is four) and we had

to change

> his pj's over and over because they didn't feel right! He will

only wear

> certain clothes, no on e can buy him clothes. On the rare occasion

I do get

> him in something outside his repitiore, he is extremely irritable

until he

> can escape the clothing. We are going for an OT eval. soon. He

has other

> OCD issues, but the clothing, socks and shoes are the worst, Does

this get

> worse as they get older?

> gina "

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: <sjrhaywood@...>

> ANGEL. And high heel plank shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MORAL OF THE

> STORY....BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...HOW I LONG TO SEE HER IN THAT

> PRETTY SUNDRESS AGAIN.

This had me smiling...my daughter couldn't wear so many things, among them

denim. She worked so hard to be able to wear decorated jeans as the other

girls her age were wearing. No one told me how expensive jeans for little

girls are!! I was used to buying cotton leggings at $6 or $7 apiece, and

suddenly my child wanted to shop at Limited Too, where the jeans are $40 or

so...

Kathy R. in Indiana

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience with us. The tips

about preparing your skin in bathing or with talcum are very

interesting.

BTW, I also only wear cotton (and natural fabrics), but that is

because it is too hot here to wear synthetics which do not

" breathe " . Take care, aloha, kathy (h)

kathyh@...

> ;

>

> Is he complaining of itchiness or seam placement, or is it just a

general

> sense of " not feeling right? " This is a common thing among OCD

children.

> It will probably get better with age, but may never go completely

away - at

> 34 I have it under better control than when I was 4, but I still

hate to try

> on new clothes.

>

> I have discovered as an adult that if I desensitize my skin some I'm

able to

> deal with it better. Sometimes putting baby powder on certain body

parts

> help, while at other times I bathe with Avon's Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil

before

> getting dressed. You would THINK that the bath oil would make my

skin more

> sensitive, but it doesn't - it makes itching go away, and seems to

even-out

> the feel of everything.

>

> Turning the socks inside-out so the seams don't touch the skin

sometimes

> helps.

>

> As someone who lives with this, though, I can tell you that the

" discomfort "

> from clothes that many OCDs face is anything but mild. Imagine

wearing

> rough burlap panties, a shirt made out of unwashed goat hair, and

pants made

> of corrugated cardboard, and you'll have a good approximation of the

feel of

> certain clothes to many of us *G*. My mother tells me that when

she would

> put suits on me when I was little (in the 70's, so you know they

were

> polyester), I would stand in the middle of the room with my arms out

at my

> sides yelling " Get if off! GET IT OFF!!!

>

> As an adult, I've learned to only wear cotton clothing. It limits

my

> clothing selections, but it's worth it.

>

> -

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 07/11/2005 3:03:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

Scoliosis Treatment writes:

are about our disability. Generally, people only want to

> discuss (at least regularly) things that affect their lives.

> That does leave us alone and lonely.

Patty,

Yes, most other people don't want to hear about our pain regularly. I

counsel others with fibromyalgia (they also have muscle pain 24/7) to not waste

precious energy talking about their pain to idiots who don't give a rip...you

are

correct, many people don't want to hear about it. In our society 'surgery'

cures everything! As your mother said you can't feel pain, you're cured. We

have discussed here many times once our scoliosis has developed as far as ours

that surgery can slow down the progression, but we'll always have scoliosis.

We're looking for a longer warranty with surgery.

Now that you've found us this is the place to vent. We understand, will

listen, offer things to try, and empathize. There is no need to suffer in

silence

with that smile on your lips any longer.

Jolene 1960 short fusion needing revision

[Guest guest]

Well Lymom3, Good luck with the new deal. Let us know how it works out. I'll

have to do a google to see if there's any info on it.

Charlie

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Lexapro wrote:

From: " Marinaro " soulpalace1@...

Date: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:07pm(PDT)

Subject: Re: Digest Number 1290

One thing we can do is whenever we reply to someing is to delete all the junk

that comes before whenever we do a replay to something.

Chas

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,

If you know how to cease and desist these ads, please let me know as I

have no idea...there's a way to delete them and I don't know those

either. I think they're automatic, but not sure = if anyone know (and

I'm pretty sure someone does) please let us know. Geez, crazy post

huh...lol - even for me...

good luck

tori

Had my dr appt today and surprise...he doesn't see any improvement in

current meds...SO... he's weaning me off Lexapro and a week after that

he wants me to try the new patch Emsam...anyone here heard of it good

or bad? I know it's brand new...I am kind of scared of being a guinea

pig...

Message 4

From: " lymom3 " lymom3@...

Date: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:07am(PDT)

Subject: Re: New and improved idea

It is an MAO patch. It is not supposed to have the dietary

restrictions that the " old " MAOI's had. It was just approved on March

1st. It is supposed to be helpful for TRD (treatment resistant

depression). Guess I'll find out...sure wish there were some stories

out there on it.

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