Re: Hello - I'm new here :-)

[Guest guest]

Hello...my name is and I'm the mom of two children with Tourette

Syndrome as well as anxiety and ocd. My daughter, a, is 11 and she also

has ADD; my son Ben, 8, has ADHD.

I too live with TS/ADHD and severe (but finally manageable OCD). I joined

this list to meet other parents who live with the same challenges my family

faces every day. I'd love to learn new strategies to help my children better

manage their disorders.

I look forward to meeting all of you!

Take good care

[Guest guest]

Welcome ! I have a 10 year old son with ocd and a husband too. I look

forward to getting to know you and your family!

in Pa

DHu1017467@... wrote:

Hello...my name is and I'm the mom of two children with Tourette

Syndrome as well as anxiety and ocd. My daughter, a, is 11 and she also

has ADD; my son Ben, 8, has ADHD.

I too live with TS/ADHD and severe (but finally manageable OCD). I joined

this list to meet other parents who live with the same challenges my family

faces every day. I'd love to learn new strategies to help my children better

manage their disorders.

I look forward to meeting all of you!

Take good care

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[Guest guest]

Welcome , Not only will you learn new strategies,but what wonderful

support you will have.My name is Beth ,I have a 6 year old with allot of

clothing problems. When she is home she is naked,at school she has no socks

or underpants on, but I have hope that she'll do much better( we're working

on it).When the anxiety is up it sets off the sensory problems. There are so

many challenges, take one day at time. Beth in IN.

Re: Hello - I'm new here :-)

> From: DHu1017467@...

>

> Hello...my name is and I'm the mom of two children with Tourette

> Syndrome as well as anxiety and ocd. My daughter, a, is 11 and she

also

> has ADD; my son Ben, 8, has ADHD.

>

> I too live with TS/ADHD and severe (but finally manageable OCD). I joined

> this list to meet other parents who live with the same challenges my

family

> faces every day. I'd love to learn new strategies to help my children

better

> manage their disorders.

>

> I look forward to meeting all of you!

>

> Take good care

>

>

> > You may subscribe to the OCD-L by emailing

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> In the body of your message write:

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[Guest guest]

Hi :

Thank you for the welcome...I look forward to getting to know you as well.

You say your husband has OCD too...does he get help for it as well? I find

when my OCD or anxiety is high, it definitely affects my kids...and they end

up with skyhigh anxiety as well, which of course feeds their own o/c's...

Take good care,

In extremely southern Ontario, Canada (so we're pretty close LOL!)

In a message dated 11/3/1999 7:11:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,

clmaynard147@... writes:

<<

Welcome ! I have a 10 year old son with ocd and a husband too. I look

forward to getting to know you and your family!

in Pa

>>

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth--Thanks for the welcome!!!! I too find that when the anxiety rises in

my children tht so do their o/c's...it is a challenge tryng to keep them on

an " even keel " isn't it? Interestingly enough, my son, 8, has major sensory

problems with clothing as well (daughter has other sensory problems but not

as severe as my son!) I had always attributed it to their TS, but maybe it

comes with the OCD package as well.

Poor kiddos eh? How do you handle it? Basically, I let them wear what makes

them feel most comfy...I just don't get into clothing hassles with them. (Of

course, in the winter...like now LOL ... I do insist they wear coats, cos my

son would just as soon go out with a T-shirt..He just doesn't " feel " the cold

the way I do, for instance...He waits til he's a popsickle and then comes

back frozen!!!)

Take good care,

In S. Ontario, Canada

In a message dated 11/3/1999 8:00:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,

rwwayt@... writes:

<< Welcome , Not only will you learn new strategies,but what wonderful

support you will have.My name is Beth ,I have a 6 year old with allot of

clothing problems. When she is home she is naked,at school she has no socks

or underpants on, but I have hope that she'll do much better( we're working

on it).When the anxiety is up it sets off the sensory problems. There are so

many challenges, take one day at time. Beth in IN. >>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My husband just started taking Luvox 2 days ago. This is a BIG step for him.

He has always been very good at hiding his ocd somewhat and quite embarrassed

about it too. Unfortunately that has not been the case the last 6 months or so.

He did take meds for 2 months and quit. He felt he could handle it on his

own........not so! So with much gentle persuasion, he is trying a different

med! And I am holding my breath!!!

How do you handle all that oc.............???

Take care,

in Pa

DHu1017467@... wrote:

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[Guest guest]

Hello there. I have enlisted on this web list by

accident. Can you tell me how to unsubscribe?

Thank-you

bonnie

--- <clmaynard147@...> wrote:

>

> Hi ,

>

> My husband just started taking Luvox 2 days ago.

> This is a BIG step for him. He has always been very

> good at hiding his ocd somewhat and quite

> embarrassed about it too. Unfortunately that has

> not been the case the last 6 months or so. He did

> take meds for 2 months and quit. He felt he could

> handle it on his own........not so! So with much

> gentle persuasion, he is trying a different med!

> And I am holding my breath!!!

>

> How do you handle all that oc.............???

>

> Take care,

>

> in Pa

>

> DHu1017467@... wrote:

>

>

>

>

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

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Ugh, it's been such a nightmare to be honest!!! And had it not been for the

health crisis with my son back in May, 1998, when " out of the blue " he

exploded literally with extremely significant tics (TS), I don't know that I

would ever have recognized that I had OCD and how significantly I had it.

It's been a long road. Getting Ben better managed--which in itself required a

lot of effort--forced me to face things about myself and thus began the long,

long journey of getting help.

Turned out getting help for my son was much easier than getting it for myself

because like your husband, I didn't really recongize in how much trouble I

was in! I knew I was depressed...have suffered off and on with MDD since

childhood but never received treatment. By Christmas, 1998, I knew I needed

help...but you know you're busy (working 60 hr weeks) etc and I just pushed

it off,,,struggling along best as I could.

With Ben's dx of TS/OCD and ADHD, my depression went from bad to worse...and

so did the anxiety. It was Ben's psychiatrist actually who first tipped me

off as to what bad shape I was in. My own gp wrote me off as " clinically

depressed " put me on Paxil and that was that. But I wasn't getting any

better...she just kept upping the Paxil and sent me to counselling with a

social worker, once a month. (To say that helped at all would be a profound

overstatement!) Thankfully, armed with some info from Ben's doc, I

agressively began to seek treatment for myself! (I owe so much to that doc!

He intervened on my behalf when he really shouldn't have for protocol

reasons).

I finally ended up -- at my insistence -- at the Toronto Tourette Syndrome

Clinic -- under the care of one of Cda's leading TS researchers and

psychiatrists, Dr. Sandor. He dxed me immediately with the same triad,

but OCD is by far my greatest demon, followed closely by depression;

immediately put me on the proper meds; followed me closely in terms of those

meds; suggested CBT, which I took him up on. I did the CBT but was still

depressed and am now in cognitive therapy (indvidual) for depression with a

psychologist in private practice.

This took more than 18 mos. to get all sorted! Long road, but soooooooooooo

well worth it looking back! A year ago, I was such a mess!!!!! I was having

5-10 panic attacks a day, while off work! Ugh! So scary...such a difficult

time in my life. But I'm much better thanks to all these interventions.

With OCD/depression, I truly believe a multi-pronged approach is best...it's

a horrid disorder and no one should have to live this way.

My best to your family...and I sure hope the new meds will put your husband

on the right track!

Take good care,

In Southern Ontario, Canada

In a message dated 11/4/1999 5:57:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,

clmaynard147@... writes:

<<

Hi ,

My husband just started taking Luvox 2 days ago. This is a BIG step for

him. He has always been very good at hiding his ocd somewhat and quite

embarrassed about it too. Unfortunately that has not been the case the last

6 months or so. He did take meds for 2 months and quit. He felt he could

handle it on his own........not so! So with much gentle persuasion, he is

trying a different med! And I am holding my breath!!!

How do you handle all that oc.............???

Take care,

in Pa

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