Re: Question about Bedwetting and OCD

[Guest guest]

We have had relief from a nasal spray called DDAVP (prescription). My

daughter's bedwetting started about the same time as the OCD (around age 8)and

continued to be a problem until we tried the DDAVP spray at around age 13. She's

now 16 and uses it only when she sleeps at a friend's house or is out of town.

She usually does well without it and the dr. says that she's probably pretty

much outgrown the bedwetting. It sure lingered a long time in our case but

maybe because she's a VERY sound sleeper. Hope this info helps.

Take care,

Sallie

[Guest guest]

My oldest daughter's bedwetting stopped on its own almost a year after she

started having OCD syptoms. Hannah was eleven at the time and had not been on

any medication for OCD yet. We tried different things for the bedwetting

including Tofranil and nasal spray but none of it worked long term. My other

daughter, , never wet the bed but had OCD from the time she was very

little.

Kelley in NV

[Guest guest]

Zoloft made my daughter have accidents and some bed wetting. Does it

coincide with starting meds?

On Mar 23, 2005, at 11:11 AM, karhysam wrote:

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> When my daughter's OCD took a dramatic turn in Sept. 04 almost

> overnight - she started wetting the bed every night.  She has done so

> every single night since then except for the 3 weeks when zoloft was

> working for her.  She is on anafranyl now which her pdoc told us used

> to be prescribed specifically for bedwetting in the " olden days " and

> it has not made any changes for her at all.  Still every night she

> has an accident.  She is 7 years old and has gone many years without

> wetting the bed until her OCD got so severe.  I'm just curious if any

> of you parents have had any experienc with bedwetting.  I have read

> something about the vegas (Spelling?) nerve in previous posts.  The

> pdoc acts as if it is something she can control and suggested we give

> her a sticker for dry nights.  I guess we could if she ever had one...

>

> We have ruled out PANDAS in her case.

>

> Kathy K in GA

> Mom to 7

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[Guest guest]

Our (then) 9-year old son started having problems with sporadic

bedwetting at roughly the same time his OCD symptoms (handwashing)

became apparent 6 months ago. There was even an incident of wetting

his pants at school, which was the impetus for researching his

symptoms to discover the correlation with OCD. He stopped wetting

the bed following his initial therapy session and starting

inositol. We had been told that the bedwetting was simply a

manifestation of his anxiety (OCD is an anxiety-based disorder).

>

> When my daughter's OCD took a dramatic turn in Sept. 04 almost

> overnight - she started wetting the bed every night. She has done

so

> every single night since then except for the 3 weeks when zoloft

was

> working for her. She is on anafranyl now which her pdoc told us

used

> to be prescribed specifically for bedwetting in the " olden days "

and

> it has not made any changes for her at all. Still every night she

> has an accident. She is 7 years old and has gone many years

without

> wetting the bed until her OCD got so severe. I'm just curious if

any

> of you parents have had any experienc with bedwetting. I have

read

> something about the vegas (Spelling?) nerve in previous posts.

The

> pdoc acts as if it is something she can control and suggested we

give

> her a sticker for dry nights. I guess we could if she ever had

one...

>

> We have ruled out PANDAS in her case.

>

> Kathy K in GA

> Mom to 7

[Guest guest]

That's interesting-about the bedwetting and anxiety as a trigger for it. When

we placed my son on Zoloft, he also went through this, and there was a

discussion on here about SSRI's sometimes causing this. I hadn't thought about

the anxiety as a cause. Thanks for that insight.

in Southern IL

Re: Question about Bedwetting and OCD

Our (then) 9-year old son started having problems with sporadic

bedwetting at roughly the same time his OCD symptoms (handwashing)

became apparent 6 months ago. There was even an incident of wetting

his pants at school, which was the impetus for researching his

symptoms to discover the correlation with OCD. He stopped wetting

the bed following his initial therapy session and starting

inositol. We had been told that the bedwetting was simply a

manifestation of his anxiety (OCD is an anxiety-based disorder).

>

> When my daughter's OCD took a dramatic turn in Sept. 04 almost

> overnight - she started wetting the bed every night. She has done

so

> every single night since then except for the 3 weeks when zoloft

was

> working for her. She is on anafranyl now which her pdoc told us

used

> to be prescribed specifically for bedwetting in the " olden days "

and

> it has not made any changes for her at all. Still every night she

> has an accident. She is 7 years old and has gone many years

without

> wetting the bed until her OCD got so severe. I'm just curious if

any

> of you parents have had any experienc with bedwetting. I have

read

> something about the vegas (Spelling?) nerve in previous posts.

The

> pdoc acts as if it is something she can control and suggested we

give

> her a sticker for dry nights. I guess we could if she ever had

one...

>

> We have ruled out PANDAS in her case.

>

> Kathy K in GA

> Mom to 7

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