7 year old diagnosed with ocd recently

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Hi, I'm new to this board and so thankful to have found it! I'm going

to try and give a description of what I'm dealing with.. Two years

ago when my son was 5, we moved from west coast to east coast. I left

2 months before my husband so my son could start kindergarten...

during that time he went through a weird period of talking about

dying at the same time as me..he didn't want me to dye first..it

lasted a few weeks and was over.. he made it through the school year

great, started first grade this year...no problems at all until a

month ago.. All of a sudden he was scared to go to school. He kept

saying he was afraid I wasn't going to pick him up.. sirens often go

by his school and he said he kept thinking that I was in an accident

and wouldn't be there.. It got to the point that he was crying at

night like somebody died, and saying he couldn't go to school. When I

told him that I always picked him up and I always will he said " I

know, but I keep thinking in my head that you won't " I tried leaving

him and he would end up in the office 10 minutes later beyond

anxious, throwing up. I didn't know what to do, but his school

(private catholic) allowed me to stay in the library so he could

check in on me.. Since there was only a few weeks left that is what I

did. At first he was fine that I was there. Then it got that he

didn't believe I would stay. He went through this ritual every

morning walking me to the library, and literally asking me 50 times

that I'm going to stay. He would word it like " when I come back you

will be sitting right there?,, you won't leave? you're not going to

talk to the other teachers next dooor? " He didn't even want me to

leave to use the bathroom. He wouldn't leave until the librarian

would confirm that I wasn't going to leave.. Promise? would be asked

at least 10 times.. finally after about 10 to 15 min. he would go

down to class.. able to return at snack, lunch recess, etc.. At

first I thought he had separation anxiety disorder, but after meeting

with a child therapist 2 times she feels it is ocd.. He was put on

25mg zoloft for one week, yesterday it was increased to 50 mg. She

used the word severe to me, and that until he can get more relaxed,

CBT wouldn't do much. Last night at around 7 I took him to a play at

the library and he started saying he felt dizzy. He asked me if we

were really here, or is this a dream. He also couldn't sit still for

more than 1 minute! I'm not sure what to do. I don't know if this is

the meds and normal or what. She wants him to have a consult with a

child Psychiatrist to determine what proper meds he should be on, and

have an EKG??? I hate this whole idea about medicating him! Now that

school is out I know he will be more relaxed since I'm a stay at home

mom, but I want him to be ready for school come fall. He is a very

bright student and this didn't effect his learning. On the contrary

he did things really fast at the end because he knew the teacher

would let him come and see me...she was even amazed how fast and

right he did his work. Thanks for any input and letting me vent. Lauri