Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Thank you for responding. My son just started on Paxil a couple of weeks ago, but I have seen the anger since he was about two. He just responds so much more violently than I would expect a " normal " child to. Even very little he talked about wanting to kill me. He gets more angry than " normal " when he is told no. I am beginning to understand that his thoughts and worries keep him at a high level of anxiety all the time, so he snaps easily. I just don't know how to handle it. The OCD is a new diagnosis and I don't know how it fits. I am reading everyone's emails, but I don't know what all the abbreviations stand for. What is DD? What is PANDAS? So many things to learn! Initially the couselor diagnosed a mood disorder, or anx DD is dear daughter -PANDAS is Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep - basically it's thought the strep virus triggered the OCD and may still -so some use antibiotics and check blood numbers to control flare-ups - doesn't really matter in treatment they both need to tbe treated but you need to know if/when they have strep or may be exposed to keep a more watchful eye - my dd never had strep that I'm aware of - though some I hear have no symptoms?? but has high numbers so was exposed at some point and has flare-ups with colds -lack of sleep etc because how can they fight if they don't feel good strep or not - so I'm still confused myself Eileen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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