RE: Re: question-need answers!

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Thanks ,

I have learned the same thing. It was interesting because I talked with

someone at a program for OCD and after telling them about my son they didn't

think he had OCD but GAD. This all came about only after talking for 5

minutes. But this was a program that is one of the top in the country in

working with kids and OCD. So that made me start to doubt that he had OCD.

Then I started thinking maybe I didn't communicate properly the behaviors my

son actually have. This is what lead me to go over the compulsions checklist

and see what my son was thinking.

My psychologist and I have gone over this many times, examining the verbage

in his " pscych book " with the true definition of OCD. I really think without

a doubt that my son DOES have OCD. The interesting thing about all this is

that many times the obsessions are really more of a issue in his life then

the fears and anxiety. His obsessions are what bring him screaming in a

restaurant, not willing to flex socially, not able to obey, etc, etc.

All this can be so complicated, and then you add the fact that medicines are

not working, causing negative reactions that lead to Bi-Polar, ADD traits,

exceptionally intelligant with high manipulation skills, very creative, etc,

etc. Ugg!! How do you ever figure this all out much less try and manage some

of it. It is soo nice to finally have at least one diagnoses that makes some

since of this. For years I have said that my son is the most complicated

child with layers of issues. And then its hard because his brain just thinks

so different and he has so many secrets that no one knows.

ADele

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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:10 PM

Subject: Re: Re: question-need answers!

Adele -

I'd be willing to bet the farm that the " typical " hand washing, tapping

walls, etc like so many OCD people get " is not that typical at all. OCD is

so

complicated, BUT the media and books only show those " typical " behaviors and

automatically associate OCD as the " handwashing disease. " Kind of like

Tourette's - From the media and other sources, people automatically assume

that

Tourette's is the cursing disease. I've spent MANY years fighting this

stereotype in the school with my son- Teacher's only know what they hear and

see on TV

and anything else is just plain " he's lazy " or " he doesn't want to do it. "

In a message dated 9/27/2006 8:03:07 PM Central Standard Time,

adelemcarolina (DOT) <mailto:adelem%40carolina.rr.com> rr.com writes:

He doesn't do the typical washing hands, tapping walls,

etc, like so many OCD people get