Re: Change of personality

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Glenda - vent away!!! No one understands but us- and even we each have

separate things so it's so horribly confusing! - I don't know about the

teen stuff but it does feel like Jekyll/Hyde - but I have found most of

my sweet happy child again - it will happen - is he going to therapy ?

as tough as this feels - the fighting via ERP was awful when I first

did it - but to see her realize OCD wasn't in charge was so freeing and

awesome and she came back - hang in!!!

Eileen

Quoting g_mart1971 <g_mart1971@...>:

> OK, sorry everyone because I'm just venting right now. People in

> this group are the only people who truly understand what we're going

> thru.

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> My 12 year old son with bad thought OCD is absolutely making me

> crazy! He used to be so sweet, kind, fun-loving, always smiling and

> it's killing me. OCD got ugly about three months ago for him and I

> feel like we've totally lost our child. I mean, I really feel like

> I'm going thru a mourning process for the person he used to be. He

> is soooooo moody. He's unable to go to school at all so he's

> completely bored out of his mind. He gets angry at me if I don't do

> whatever he wants to do. He proceeds to tell me I must not care

> about him and the reason we fight is my fault because I don't

> understand what he's going thru. We have changed our lives

> completely because of OCD. We hardly do anything that we used to

> love doing. We keep thinking it's just for a short time and it will

> get better but after three months now I'm starting to wonder.

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> He refuses to participate in any kind of therapy. His 9 year old

> sister (they've always been close) has tried and tried to be patient

> but she's starting to lose it too! She's now asking me what happened

> to her brother???? The OCD got crazy while he was on Celexa so I

> guess it must've pooped out. He's now on Luvox but apparently I'm

> waiting for it to kick in. I'm frustrated because he has to MAKE

> himself do most anything. He says it's difficult to do everything

> and I mean difficult because OCD tells him he can't do anything or it

> will make him sad (his depression is improving). What frustrates

> me/us is that now that I feel like he's starting to " fight " the OCD

> more, he's only fighting the fun stuff. Does this make any sense?

> For two months he wasn't able to buy anything for himself or let us

> buy it for him. Now he is fighting that so he asked me to take him

> to buy a video game (although OCD doesn't " allow " him to play video

> games right now) but if I ask him to pick his clothes up off the

> floor or help load the dishwasher he says he " can't " and he's dead

> serious. When I try to clarify the " rules " he gets angry.

>

> I'm so sorry this turned out so long, I just feel like I could scream

> today. Now he's locked in his room because he's mad and it will all

> start over tomorrow. He'll be happy and then in a fraction of a

> second he'll be angry. Sometimes I think we've got Jeckyll & Hyde

> living here!! How much is OCD and how much is adolescent hormones??

> No one gave me the instruction booklet for this kiddo!!!

>

> Thanks for listening.................

> Glenda

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