Guest guest Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I am a single mom with a 10 year old son that was diagnosed with OCD in November. His bad thoughts started with the fear of throwing up and have increased now to a huge fear that I am trying to poison him. He refuses to eat anything in our house most of the time. Sometimes he will eat something out of a can, if he is having a good day. If I pat him on the head he thinks I am putting poisonous spiders on him. He is also afraid of the water in our home. He feels like I may have been able to poison it somehow. He will not bathe at home or brush his teeth. One of our biggest problems is that he also thinks his medicine is poison (what a vicious cycle) and therefore he doesn't take it consistantly. His psychiatrist has changed him from Zoloft to Prozac Weekly in a blister pack in order to try to make it easier. I even started taking the exact same medicine with him in order to try to reassure him but after we take it he won't let me out of his sight for fear that I may be going to throw it up or take the " anidote " . His prescription has been increased to two pills (180mg weekly), but he has only been able to take one so far. His complusions appear to just be avoidance and reassurance, but there could be some mental ones. His goes to counseling every week but they are not really doing any kind of special treatment with him and have talked about putting him in the hospital. I am afraid and don't know what to do to help him. It is really hard being the one that seems to be the source of the fear. My son says that in his heart he knows that I wouldn't hurt him but that his heart isn't in control...his mind is. Is there anyone else that has had a similiar problem dealing with poison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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