New Here Also

[Guest guest]

Hello Radel,

My DD is 8 and she has a similar situation with school behavior being different

than home behavior. She will tic like mad at home, and will do it all

internally at school. She worries and obsesses all day, but she will only show

it when she is comfortable. (She will even stop ticking at home if a friend

stops by, and start back up when they leave.) That usually means she gets off

the bus and melts into a messy puddle every day. It has to be hard to hold it

in all day. Homework is the worst. She is such a mess trying to get her to

concentrate on anything is very stressful. I think it is very common for them

to turn it on and off (at least externally) when they get to the age that they

realize what they are doing isn't " normal " . But holding it in only makes them

much worse when they can finally let go.

This is a great group. Welcome!

Deniece

New Here Also

Hi my name is Radel and our family is also starting on this journey.

I have 3 girls the oldest being 8 in Jan. She is the one with OCD.

She has not gotten an official diagnosis, but I know it in my heart.

Especially after staying up late last night reading many of the posts

in this group. My heart was breaking and I was crying because I

recognized her in so many of your comments. We are waiting for a

referral to see a child phsyc. after we met with our regular doctor.

My dd does the hand washing, is overly concerned with germs, and has

somewhat sensitive skin. She has also started spitting onto her

fingers and rubbing it on her hands or arms. I've talked to her

teacher and she says she hasn't noticed anything. Is that normal for

her to only do it in certain environments? Does anyone else have the

spitting thing?

Thanks in advance for the kind words and advice I know I will get from

you. From reading the other posts I can tell this is a great group.

Thank you for that!

[Guest guest]

Hello Radel,

My DD is 8 and she has a similar situation with school behavior being different

than home behavior. She will tic like mad at home, and will do it all

internally at school. She worries and obsesses all day, but she will only show

it when she is comfortable. (She will even stop ticking at home if a friend

stops by, and start back up when they leave.) That usually means she gets off

the bus and melts into a messy puddle every day. It has to be hard to hold it

in all day. Homework is the worst. She is such a mess trying to get her to

concentrate on anything is very stressful. I think it is very common for them

to turn it on and off (at least externally) when they get to the age that they

realize what they are doing isn't " normal " . But holding it in only makes them

much worse when they can finally let go.

This is a great group. Welcome!

Deniece

New Here Also

Hi my name is Radel and our family is also starting on this journey.

I have 3 girls the oldest being 8 in Jan. She is the one with OCD.

She has not gotten an official diagnosis, but I know it in my heart.

Especially after staying up late last night reading many of the posts

in this group. My heart was breaking and I was crying because I

recognized her in so many of your comments. We are waiting for a

referral to see a child phsyc. after we met with our regular doctor.

My dd does the hand washing, is overly concerned with germs, and has

somewhat sensitive skin. She has also started spitting onto her

fingers and rubbing it on her hands or arms. I've talked to her

teacher and she says she hasn't noticed anything. Is that normal for

her to only do it in certain environments? Does anyone else have the

spitting thing?

Thanks in advance for the kind words and advice I know I will get from

you. From reading the other posts I can tell this is a great group.

Thank you for that!

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Radel.

My son also seems perfectly normal at school. In fact, whenever I talk to his

teachers about his OCD, they express their disbelief. I've also read other posts

here about similar kids who hold it together at school and let it all go when

they get home to their " safe " environment.

Anyway, I'm so glad you are getting help for your daughter. You should feel good

knowing that you are doing all you can to help her.

gabenradel <gabenradel@...> wrote: Hi my

name is Radel and our family is also starting on this journey.

I have 3 girls the oldest being 8 in Jan. She is the one with OCD.

She has not gotten an official diagnosis, but I know it in my heart.

Especially after staying up late last night reading many of the posts

in this group. My heart was breaking and I was crying because I

recognized her in so many of your comments. We are waiting for a

referral to see a child phsyc. after we met with our regular doctor.

My dd does the hand washing, is overly concerned with germs, and has

somewhat sensitive skin. She has also started spitting onto her

fingers and rubbing it on her hands or arms. I've talked to her

teacher and she says she hasn't noticed anything. Is that normal for

her to only do it in certain environments? Does anyone else have the

spitting thing?

Thanks in advance for the kind words and advice I know I will get from

you. From reading the other posts I can tell this is a great group.

Thank you for that!

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Welcome, i am new also. My son doesn't spit on his hands but he will lick them

to make sure they are clean. Usually that requires another trip to the sink to

wash his already clean hands, simply because he has licked them. He can't seem

to control it, which i guess is part of the OCD. I am not sure about the

environmental thing as my son does this at school and at home. However, his

other issues he has shown at school don't seem to transfer over to home or

daycare. Here is hoping the child psychologist can help your daughter.

New Here Also

Hi my name is Radel and our family is also starting on this journey.

I have 3 girls the oldest being 8 in Jan. She is the one with OCD.

She has not gotten an official diagnosis, but I know it in my heart.

Especially after staying up late last night reading many of the posts

in this group. My heart was breaking and I was crying because I

recognized her in so many of your comments. We are waiting for a

referral to see a child phsyc. after we met with our regular doctor.

My dd does the hand washing, is overly concerned with germs, and has

somewhat sensitive skin. She has also started spitting onto her

fingers and rubbing it on her hands or arms. I've talked to her

teacher and she says she hasn't noticed anything. Is that normal for

her to only do it in certain environments? Does anyone else have the

spitting thing?

Thanks in advance for the kind words and advice I know I will get from

you. From reading the other posts I can tell this is a great group.

Thank you for that!

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[Guest guest]

Welcome, Radel.

My daughter (5 yo, in Kindergarten) does not exhibit noticeable OCD tendencies

at school.

She loves going to school, so maybe that's why...no axieties there yet?

I was a little concerned last week, when the health nurse stopped by with the

" Clean

Hands, Dirty Hands " presentation. The kids learn to wash their hands and learn

about

germs being invisible and on everything. Thank goodness dd's OCD doesn't

manifest in

that way (she has trouble with bathroom rituals, and avoids washing her hands as

much as

possible, because it takes forever to dry...she can't let go of the towel.) She

did have

trouble with agreeing to wash her hands though, but she did make it through, and

quite

quickly too.

The next day they had a visit from the firestation lady who gave a presentation

about fire

safety, fire alarms, etc. Another potential OCD focus...managed to come out of

that one

without issue too.

>

> Hi my name is Radel and our family is also starting on this journey.

> I have 3 girls the oldest being 8 in Jan. She is the one with OCD.

> She has not gotten an official diagnosis, but I know it in my heart.

> Especially after staying up late last night reading many of the posts

> in this group. My heart was breaking and I was crying because I

> recognized her in so many of your comments. We are waiting for a

> referral to see a child phsyc. after we met with our regular doctor.

> My dd does the hand washing, is overly concerned with germs, and has

> somewhat sensitive skin. She has also started spitting onto her

> fingers and rubbing it on her hands or arms. I've talked to her

> teacher and she says she hasn't noticed anything. Is that normal for

> her to only do it in certain environments? Does anyone else have the

> spitting thing?

> Thanks in advance for the kind words and advice I know I will get from

> you. From reading the other posts I can tell this is a great group.

> Thank you for that!

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Radel, welcome!

You're right, this is a good group. Has helped me keep my sanity

over the years.

Many kids seem to show no OCD at school but then erupt with it when

they get home! Really the OCD is there at school but I think they

try to hold it back more; and then the teachers don't really know

what to look for and aren't constantly looking *at* our kids, etc.

Home is the " safe place " that kids can let it all out. They don't

hold back so much around family always (though they can try to hide

some things so we won't say anything).

A lot of people here have dealt with (or currently are) handwashing

issues, germs, etc. So you should get a lot of suggestions!

> My dd does the hand washing, is overly concerned with germs, and has

> somewhat sensitive skin. She has also started spitting onto her

> fingers and rubbing it on her hands or arms. I've talked to her

> teacher and she says she hasn't noticed anything. Is that normal

for

> her to only do it in certain environments? Does anyone else have

the

> spitting thing?

> Thanks in advance for the kind words and advice I know I will get

from

> you. From reading the other posts I can tell this is a great

group.

> Thank you for that!

>

[Guest guest]

This is the second time i have tried this fibro group. I'm not new to

fibro though, diagnosed abt 10 years ago.

I have not found any positive solutions, with me my degrees vary and

none of them are fun:)

I signed up hoping to make some friends and learn ideas from different

ppl.

I'm 65 divorced. Under our roof lives myself, my mom, my daughter who

stays here to help my mom who is not independant. Also my 4 yr old

greatgrand daughter (my daughter has custody of), my 24 yr old grandson

that I raised. (five generations under one roof, only 5 ppl but boy oh

boy five differant opinions which can cause lots of stress under one

roof.

I just want to feel better and have a life NOW!!!!! Hoping to get some

inspiration with this group to become healthy and to be able to somehow

help other ppl along the way.

Thanks for letting me share and ramble (which I do to much of the

ramble part sometimes, sorry)

Englishivy03

[Guest guest]

Welcome. We all have lots of info and experience to share. Hope you

enjoy this group.

Your household sounds very diverse and interesting.

I lived with my 2 daughters, their spouses and 10 kids between them

for 2 years. then I met and married my second husband. so I kinda

know where you are coming from. hope to hear from you again soon.

>

> This is the second time i have tried this fibro group. I'm not new

to

> fibro though, diagnosed abt 10 years ago.

> I have not found any positive solutions, with me my degrees vary

and

> none of them are fun:)

> I signed up hoping to make some friends and learn ideas from

different

> ppl.

> I'm 65 divorced. Under our roof lives myself, my mom, my daughter

who

> stays here to help my mom who is not independant. Also my 4 yr old

> greatgrand daughter (my daughter has custody of), my 24 yr old

grandson

> that I raised. (five generations under one roof, only 5 ppl but boy

oh

> boy five differant opinions which can cause lots of stress under

one

> roof.

> I just want to feel better and have a life NOW!!!!! Hoping to get

some

> inspiration with this group to become healthy and to be able to

somehow

> help other ppl along the way.

> Thanks for letting me share and ramble (which I do to much of the

> ramble part sometimes, sorry)

> Englishivy03

>