Hi I am new.. Need help

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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?