Other things related or unrelated to OCD

[Guest guest]

I think I've only posted once or twice on here, but I do

occasionally read over some posts. Our son who turned 15 in early

June was professionally diagnosed with OCD in Nov. of 2005 -

although we knew it longer than that. We deal with the outbursts of

anger and a few times a month the uncontrolled crying, sometimes

accompanied with screaming etc. We realize that these things

usually happen when he doesn't get enough sleep or when his normal

life routine is out of whack, ie: a vacation, or more than one day

of excessive activity etc. What I want to know though is if anyone

has children that seem to do aggravating things in public which I

can best describe as trying to get attention in strange ways.

Example would be sitting at a light in traffic - put the window down

and he yells to the car beside us some stupid thing about the lady

in the next car blowing bubbles with her gum, she stares at him and

then puts down her window and says, " what " , and then he replies

about her trying to blow a bigger bubble, to which she scowles at

him. He constantly tries to yell out the car window to any persons

walking down the sidewalks and it'a all stupid stuff that he says.

We keep telling him he's gonna end up having someone shoot at him,

not to mention that he wonders why he has no friends!! I feel

almost like it's turned into a compulsive action. The other thing

is that he's consumed with making phone calls to any business and

asking questions. Sometimes he wants to know legitimate stuff and

then other times he'll call and ask for the restroom manager or

something else stupid. All the while, I'm trying to grab the phone

out of his hand. Is this just a seperate behaviour issue, or do

kids with OCD sometimes do things like this to an obsessive point?

Thanks for any advice.

[Guest guest]

I never put anything past OCD. But I sort of think this might be more

a teen-related " thing. " Do you notice any anxiety about it?

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> I think I've only posted once or twice on here, but I do

> occasionally read over some posts. Our son who turned 15 in early

> June was professionally diagnosed with OCD in Nov. of 2005 -

> although we knew it longer than that. We deal with the outbursts of

> anger and a few times a month the uncontrolled crying, sometimes

> accompanied with screaming etc. We realize that these things

[Guest guest]

I was thinking the same - you never do know with OCD - doesn't sound

like it from all I've heard - can't remember does he have any other

issues diagnosed???

Eileen

have you mentioned it to the doc/therapist???

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>> I think I've only posted once or twice on here, but I do

>> occasionally read over some posts. Our son who turned 15 in early

>> June was professionally diagnosed with OCD in Nov. of 2005 -

>> although we knew it longer than that. We deal with the outbursts of

>> anger and a few times a month the uncontrolled crying, sometimes

>> accompanied with screaming etc. We realize that these things

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[Guest guest]

Is your son on medication? When my 11 year old was on Zoloft, it

activated him and he would get out of hand harrassing his brothers and

myself which was out of character for him. He would try to run away

and throw things around the house. Now he is off the Zoloft and that

behavior has 'almost' completely stopped. I've been trying to figure

out why he will do it occasionally but I'm not really sure. Maybe

he's experiencing alot of anxiety and it helps him take his mind off

it or he's frustrated by the ocd. Could be a need for attention.