ocd getting bad again

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone. I posted over a month ago that my son was finally

getting better. I guess I spoke too soon. We were so relieved. But,

within a few days after posting he started to get worse again. The

closer Christmas got, the worse his ocd got. I thought it was just

the excitment of Christmas doing it but now almost a month later it

hasn't gotten any better. Infact these last 4 days have been even

worse. He has come home early from school every day this week. Today

he only made it to 10:30. He's been having major anxiety attacks at

school. He really hates coming home ( finds it very embarrassing).But

he can't handle staying at school. I just don't know what to do. We

really thought that the new medication was starting to work for him

but now I'm wondering if that short period of relief would have

naturally happened anyway. He also told me that his compulsions are

getting alot harder to resist. We only got him to the target dosage

of anafranil at Christmas so I know we should probably give it more

time to see exactly how muct it's going to help. He's starting to

feel hopeless about it again.

[Guest guest]

I am sorry for your troubles. I don't know enough about anafranil to

comment on the length of time it takes for it to " kick in " . What does

your doctor say? It would seem to me that there would be something

more left to do. I know how you fell though - you just want to be

able to fix it right away. It's hard to see your child suffer. My

thoughts are with you.

Bonnie

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> Hi everyone. I posted over a month ago that my son was finally

> getting better. I guess I spoke too soon. We were so relieved. But,

> within a few days after posting he started to get worse again. The

> closer Christmas got, the worse his ocd got. I thought it was just

> the excitment of Christmas doing it but now almost a month later it

> hasn't gotten any better. Infact these last 4 days have been even

> worse. He has come home early from school every day this week. Today

> he only made it to 10:30. He's been having major anxiety attacks at

> school. He really hates coming home ( finds it very embarrassing).But

> he can't handle staying at school. I just don't know what to do. We

> really thought that the new medication was starting to work for him

> but now I'm wondering if that short period of relief would have

> naturally happened anyway. He also told me that his compulsions are

> getting alot harder to resist. We only got him to the target dosage

> of anafranil at Christmas so I know we should probably give it more

> time to see exactly how muct it's going to help. He's starting to

> feel hopeless about it again.

>