Guest guest Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hi everyone. I'm new to this group. I have a 10 year old son with autism. Lately, he's been exhibiting some other behaviors that I can only describe as obsessive/compulsive (taking a certain number of steps before entering a room, opening and closing DVD cases multiple times before putting them away, etc.). The problem is the behaviors " come and go " He started exhibiting them last fall, then abruptly stopped. He recently started again. My question is, do OCD behaviors come and go? I don't know if its truly OCD or if there may be other factors involved. Because he has autism, he can be affected by many other outside sources (weather change, time change, etc.). I'm cautious about taking him to a physician for " OCD like behaviors " because they (Drs) have a tendency to immediately want to prescribe something and I'm very, very cautious about medications. Does anyone else have a child with on-again, off-again behaviors and how do you handle that? Thanks for any info you can provide. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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