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Hi. I am a new member, I am , mom to 3 kids ages 15,11,6. I

live in Arizona. I joined this group because my 11 yr old son, Tyler

has shown signs of OCD since 2003. I have not gotten him diagnosed

yet with it. we do have an appt with his therapist tomorrow so

hopefully I can get some answers. Tyler was diagnosed in 2003 with

ADHD and he also has some LD's. He has been on Concerta since 9/03

and it has always worked well for his ADHD. He is in " special "

classes for his LD's.

He ALWAYS has been a overly anxious child. He obessses about so much.

His latest thing is constantly checking exp. dates on food. he

refuses to eat anything if he does not agree with the date. he is

very cautious about getting germs or getting hurt or sick. He will

avoid anything that will he " thinks " will give him germs and when he

gets sick he will constantly ask if he will be okay? You have to be

very careful what you say around him or he will obsess over it. For

example the bird flu, he refuses to eat any chicken (which he loves)

because it will kill him. Now this summer he been saying he

has " thoughts " and they are digusting, horrific, etc and he says he

cannot control them. He has told me things about his thoughts that is

very scary. He is a very emotional child and now since school has

started (he is in sixth grade) he has become very withdrawen and

depressed. He does not have the OCD rituals as some have or so I know

of. He does paces alot and he uses to check doors and windows. He is

always afraid someone will be breaking into the house. He is such a

basket case right now. I am so scared. He has been thru so much in

the past 7 months. His father and I are getting a divorce. His father

is a drug addict and been very abusive towards me. back in January my

soon to be ex husband tried to kill me and Tyler witness this and

called 911. We are now safe and living with my parents. But honestly

i have seen Tyler really get back into this OCD just within a week

since starting school and at a new school. he told me it is alot of

pressure. he has not had his special classes yet. I am hoping when he

does he will relax some. He has always only been treated for his

ADHD. I am worried of putting him on anti-depressants but, if it will

help him I will. He also has a great deal of problem falling asleep.

I was and still am a anixous person and on anti-depressants.

It is so hard for me to watch my son go thru this. I feel so

helpless. He had counseling last year but he would never speak up and

eventually the counseler said he was okay. I hope this group can at

least give me some support. Thanks.