Hi a newbee....

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Hi my name is Jackie I am from new Zealand and very pleased to be able to have

access to this group.

I have 10 year old twins (Boy/girl) and my son has OCD along with ADHD, Dyslexia

and a few other minor problems. We are currently waiting to get an appointment

with someone who specializes in OCD.

He is on Ritalin for the ADHD.

When I look back he has had OCD tendencies for as long as I can remember. His

main issues are with germs and cutlery, plates drinking glasses etc. He has

always had his own drinking glasses and when he goes to peoples house apart from

my fathers and sisters he takes his own plate , spoon and a tin of food that he

can heat in the microwave that way he knows no-one else has touched it. At home

I am the only one who is allowed to touch his plates etc....... He never goes to

friends houses or if he does he gets so stressed about it. He has school camp at

the end of the year and has said he is not going. He does not hand wash

excessively but have noticed that he is doing this more and more throughout the

day. It is now really affecting his life and ours..... LOL. His sister only

needs to look at him at the dinner table and he can vomit his food believing he

has germs on his plate...... I am sure you all get the gist of what is

happening. even though OCD has been discussed in the past with Doctors, we were

always hoping that being on Ritalin may have helped. He wont sit in a chair that

someone else has sat in outside the family.... he will swap it over etc...... If

he thinks a fly has landed on his plate even though it hasn't then he vomits and

wont eat anymore. He is also obsessive over spiders.... if there is one in his

room, I have to get it and if it drops behind something I have to move the

object and find it, and he wont settle till it is gone and he has seen it dead.

Some days are worse than others......

This is all very new to me and we are only just getting the ADHD sorted and now

this....... so I am trying to learn as much as I can before the specialist

appointment. The fact I have not got help earlier is that because we have always

been able to handle the situation with a few changes in the house, but now he is

so much worse and it really is affecting the whole family.

Thanks for letting me ramble..... now I am off to read the posts - only some of

them else I would be here all week LOL.

Cheers Jaxx