Re: Newly diagnosed 11 year old daughter, .

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Stefi,

I discovered the ocd a little over a year ago - his anxiety was

through the roof so we started on lexapro - that brought it down so

far that, though I brought him for cbt/erp to learn what it's about,

he's never effectively done it . . . just knows what it is.

Now he sleeps well and though he has vivid dreams and nightmares the

black cloud of impending doom is gone.

His night terrors - they say are unrelated to bad dreams - lasted

until he was nearly 13 . . . maybe even a few months longer - the

theory is that they usually stop by age 12.

His pediatrician taught me a trick for preventing night terrors (but

not until he was 11 . . . wish I'd known sooner!) - so, the last year

of them wasn't as bad. Kind of hard on the people who's houses he

slept over at . . .

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> Wow!! You are describing my daughter!!! She just woke up this

morning crying

> out my name because of a bad dream. I also remember when she was

two or

> three years old she had a terrible night terror and I could not put

her down for

> hours.

> She always talks to me about the bad dreams which occur frequently.

For that

> reason we do not let her watch scary movies and I do not watch the

news on

> tv.

> Like me it always takes her at least half an hour to fall asleep,

however

> once she is asleep she stays asleep. She also wet the bed until

very late in

> age, 8yo.

> Although she dislikes drawing or crafts she is very musical and she

is

> extremely athletic.

> Is so good to know that your son is doing well now. Is he on

medications?

> How is he? Stefi.

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