Guest guest Posted May 22, 1999 Report Share Posted May 22, 1999 Dear and all, has been on Prozac for about 8 months. She has done very well on it, although we have had to raise it several times over the last 5 months. She has not had any of the " hyperness " that others have described. Her teacher immediately noticed a change in school. She was less withdrawn and able to socialize with her peers. My one concern is that she had gained weight despite no noticeable change in her eating habits. Our dr. felt that she should start with Prozac as my mother and I both take it for depression with good results. A few weeks ago, we saw a return of the OCD contamination issues as well as that frantic, anxious little girl who was concurrently depressed. Her doctor raised the level of the Prozac, but did warn us that we may need to switch her meds during the summer. Now I am having panic attackes just thinking about going off one med and starting another! While I don't use paradoxical thinking, per se, I use a lot of humor with . We try to make jokes about it. when we can, so that we all get a chance to lighten up. It also gives our kids permission to kid about it and accept the OCD as part of themselves, just as if I cracked jokes about my freckles or my husband's balding head. (Oops! we still aren't supposed to touch the sacred receding hairline). I am seriously thiking of going to the OCD conference in DC. Kathy and others, do you have more details or a web site where I can obtain the details? If enough of us go, we should meet somewhere that is CLEAN, NOT NEW, WITH SMOOTH FABRIC ON THE CHAIRS, STERILIZED BATHROOMS THAT HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF SOAP, AND A STAFF WITH A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR! Gail in N'Awlins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 1999 Report Share Posted May 23, 1999 Hi Gail, Your post about finding a place to meet that is clean, not new, etc. made me laugh out loud. I also laughed out loud during lunch at the OCSDA conference when there weren't enough tables available for lunch and Diane at OCSDA tried to free up tables by asking Board members and speakers " who hadn't yet touched anything " at their place setting to join her in the restaurant! Maybe she didn't mean to address it as a contamination issue, but I thought it was pretty funny. (I think I was the only one laughing though!) Take care, in S.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 1999 Report Share Posted May 23, 1999 HI Gail: Please check out the OCF website, htttp://www.ocfoundation.org for information and on-line registration for the conference July 9-11. About the specialized hotel rooms I am sure they will be comfortable. We learned at the OCSDA conference that the hotel staff had been given " sensitivity " training prior to our arrival. I still had to give the cleaning staff an extra large tip for cleaning up after the kids who had used all the towels, soap, shampoo, etc. etc. and made a big mess. Like you we joke much more about OCD than receding hairlines. Some things just aren't funny yet. Steve has also gained weight on his Paxil, it is getting a little better because he is exercising more but pudgy is still there. Hard for a pre-teen to handle. HOpe to see you in DC. Take care, aloha, Kathy (H) kathyh@... >From: GPesses@... > >Dear and all, > has been on Prozac for about 8 months. She has done very well >on it, although we have had to raise it several times over the last 5 months. > She has not had any of the " hyperness " that others have described. Her >teacher immediately noticed a change in school. She was less withdrawn and >able to socialize with her peers. My one concern is that she had gained >weight despite no noticeable change in her eating habits. Our dr. felt that >she should start with Prozac as my mother and I both take it for depression >with good results. A few weeks ago, we saw a return of the OCD contamination >issues as well as that frantic, anxious little girl who was concurrently >depressed. Her doctor raised the level of the Prozac, but did warn us that >we may need to switch her meds during the summer. Now I am having panic >attackes just thinking about going off one med and starting another! > > While I don't use paradoxical thinking, per se, I use a lot of humor >with . We try to make jokes about it. when we can, so that we all get a >chance to lighten up. It also gives our kids permission to kid about it and >accept the OCD as part of themselves, just as if I cracked jokes about my >freckles or my husband's balding head. (Oops! we still aren't supposed to >touch the sacred receding hairline). > > I am seriously thiking of going to the OCD conference in DC. Kathy >and others, do you have more details or a web site where I can obtain the >details? If enough of us go, we should meet somewhere that is CLEAN, NOT >NEW, WITH SMOOTH FABRIC ON THE CHAIRS, STERILIZED BATHROOMS THAT HAVE LOTS >AND LOTS OF SOAP, AND A STAFF WITH A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR! > >Gail in N'Awlins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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