Re: YET ANOTHER QUESTION..

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Should I get him back on an antibiotic?

Dana, my daughter's behavior improved dramatically when she started antibiotics.

She was on it for one week and it helped. When she was exposed to strep or got

sick (with anything) after the first course of antibiotics ended, her OCD

symptoms came back, although never as bad as her intial episode.

She is now on a low dose of Erythromyecin (antibiotic) prophylactically. It's

definitely helping keep things in check and she can deal with so much more.

She's still an intense, anxious person but it's not impeding her ability to

function and she's happy more often than not. Strep season is starting up again

so we're kind of holding our breath to see what happens.

It seems like it wouldn't hurt to talk to your pediatrician about trying the

antibiotics for a longer periond since your son did respond to them. A month or

2 is probably a long enough trial for you to get a sense of whether or not

there's a noticeable difference on the antibiotics. It will also give your son

enough time to settle into his new school routine so you can differentiate

between what is " just " heightened anxiety about the new school year and what is

OCD.

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