Re: son having trouble in school

[Guest guest]

Sheree,

I just have to say that like so many other moms who

have vented here, you sound very special and patient

and understanding. Things will get better. My heart

goes out to you and all the other amazing moms who

write in. My son hasn't been real bad yet but I know

it could happen and I just hope I will be as brave if

it does.

Lynn

--- Skbradfield@... wrote:

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just need to vent. I am starting to really feel

helpless with fighting OCD.

My son is 11 years, will be 12 in Aug. He has been on

so many medication

combos that I can't even begin. Some we stuck with it

through the worst of the

side affects and others we gave up on early due to the

severity of the side

affects. We have been trying to get the meds right

since he was in kindergarten.

My son is right now on .10mg of Risperdal and 10 mg

Lexapro. He has been

on the risperdal for a long time now but we changed

his Paxil to Lexapro. He

is on around the 8th week. Since he has been on the

meds he has developed tic

such as eye blinking, funny jesters with finger around

mouth and now he is

constantly thinking of cuss words and keeps saying

them out loud ( Tourette

like symptoms). He has not displayed this type of

symptoms before so I am

assuming it is from the medication. For a few weeks

the meds seem to be working

some. He wasn't obsessing as much and was able to

relax a little. He was more

hyper though. Then he started to put on weight. He has

gained 15 to 20 pounds

in the eight weeks. Well, the last few weeks his OCD

has been terrible. The

Tourette symptoms showed up worse and he is hyper,

argumentative and defiant.

He has this rule that if someone doesn't take care of

a problem then he has

to take care of it. Well, this kid today called

another kid in the class a

name ( really ugly name). Hayden went and told his

teacher. The teacher has

just got back from a two hour stressful meeting and

wasn't in a good mood. She

told Hayden she would take care of it and to sit down.

He didn't feel like she

cared so he went up to the boy who called his friend

a bad name and told him

to quit calling his friend names and that he was the

( bad word). Well, this

ticked the teacher off and she sent him to the

office. He was going to be

in a talent show today which is a BIG DEAL due to

his anxiety problem. I

think this too has been making him edgy because his

anxiety was sky rocketed due

to the stress. Well, she told him that he couldn't be

in the program due to

his disrespecting the teacher. Though I like he is

learning his lesson I also

feel bad, because he really is having a hard time.

This was really his last

chance to do the talent show because he is going into

fifth grade. By the

way, he has only been going to this school for three

month because we just moved

here. I am not making excuses, but I feel SO BAD and

I HATE HATE HATE this

OCD and how it controls him. There is only 1 week of

school left, and It is

been a nightmare! Thanks for letting me vent! I am

starting to feel sick

from all the stress.

Thanks for listening!

Sheree

[Guest guest]

Sheree,

I'm sorry to hear that things are still so rough for you and Hayden. I

wish that I had some words of advice or help to offer, but the best I

can do right now is send positive thoughts your way and tell you that

Hayden is lucky to has a mom who keeps on fighting OCD with him.

Hopefully things will calm down once school lets out and your family

settles into your new home. My OCD really spiked both times we moved

(twice in four years) and oddly enough, it wasn't right at the time of

the move, but a few months later.

I hope your trip out to Colorado is productive and rewarding. Please

keep us posted!

Renae

just need to vent. I am starting to really feel helpless with fighting

OCD.

My son is 11 years, will be 12 in Aug. He has been on so many medication

combos that I can't even begin. Some we stuck with it through the worst

of the

side affects and others we gave up on early due to the severity of the

side

affects. We have been trying to get the meds right since he was in

kindergarten...

[Guest guest]

Thank you guys so much for all the encouragement. We went to see the med.

doctor today. His actual med. doctor is out of the country right now on a person

trip. I met with the doctor she shares the office with. He is actually

listed on the OCD foundation web site. He listened to a quick run down of

Hayden

and his med problems. He looked mystified. Hayden stumps all the doctors. He

decided to take Hayden off of all his meds. He said the dosages were so low

that we could just quit them tonight. He said that our doctor would be back in

a few weeks and the meds would be completely out of his system. He felt she

was going to have to spend a lot of time with Hayden, because his problem was

so complex. SO......... here we go again. I asked the nurse who helps with

the doctor if she wanted to spend the next week with him. HA. He is going to

drive me crazy. I am just so scared for him. I can tell the stress is really

starting to affect me. I feel like I just want to sleep all the time to escape

it. I just love him SO MUCH and I can't help him! The doctor also wrote a

note that Hayden would not return back to school the rest of the year. There

is only four days left. At least the stress of the school calling me is of my

chest. Please just pray for us!

Sheree

[Guest guest]

Thank you guys so much for all the encouragement. We went to see the med.

doctor today. His actual med. doctor is out of the country right now on a person

trip. I met with the doctor she shares the office with. He is actually

listed on the OCD foundation web site. He listened to a quick run down of

Hayden

and his med problems. He looked mystified. Hayden stumps all the doctors. He

decided to take Hayden off of all his meds. He said the dosages were so low

that we could just quit them tonight. He said that our doctor would be back in

a few weeks and the meds would be completely out of his system. He felt she

was going to have to spend a lot of time with Hayden, because his problem was

so complex. SO......... here we go again. I asked the nurse who helps with

the doctor if she wanted to spend the next week with him. HA. He is going to

drive me crazy. I am just so scared for him. I can tell the stress is really

starting to affect me. I feel like I just want to sleep all the time to escape

it. I just love him SO MUCH and I can't help him! The doctor also wrote a

note that Hayden would not return back to school the rest of the year. There

is only four days left. At least the stress of the school calling me is of my

chest. Please just pray for us!

Sheree

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/18/2006 8:43:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Skbradfield@... writes:

The doctor also wrote a

note that Hayden would not return back to school the rest of the year.

There

is only four days left. At least the stress of the school calling me is of

my

chest. Please just pray for us!

Sheree

Good for you! I think we all know that the last few days of school are a

total waste of time anyway. At least I know my kids never actually 'do'

anything productive. You mentioned that the doctor said his med doses were " so

low

you can just quit them tonight " -- if they were that low, do you think they

were high enough to have any effect on him at all?

LT

[Guest guest]

Hope things settle for you soon

{{Hugs}}

Jaxx (New Zealand)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/19/2006 9:24:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jtlt@... writes:

You mentioned that the doctor said his med doses were " so low

you can just quit them tonight " -- if they were that low, do you think they

were high enough to have any effect on him at all?

LT

Well, That is a good question but so far he has NEVER been able to get past

that dosage in any SSRI medication. He has such bad side affects on the low

dosage that you can't raise the dosage any more. He has been on Lexapro for 6

weeks with them raising the medication 5 mg every three weeks. At this

dosage he is already blinking his eyes and etc non stop which he wasn't doing

until we stared the medication. We have waited some meds out all the way to

twelve weeks, and he just gets worse and worse. The doctors don't understand it

either? I think the new doctors are going to just take him off the meds and see

what he is like with out them and then go from there. UGH This is been going

on for over five years. I am looking for a fresh answer!

Sheree

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/19/2006 1:11:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Skbradfield@... writes:

We have waited some meds out all the way to

twelve weeks, and he just gets worse and worse. The doctors don't

understand it

either? I think the new doctors are going to just take him off the meds and

see

what he is like with out them and then go from there. UGH This is been

going

on for over five years. I am looking for a fresh answer!

Sheree

I don't blame you for branching out after all you've been through (and your

son, too.) It's so scary when you're dealing with your kid's brain!!! It

really seems to be a " shoot the wad & see what happens " sort of deal. I know

it can be especially frustrating when your child doesn't seem to " fit the

mold " -- that really throws the so called 'experts' for a loop!

LT