Re:After OCD - what's next?

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Hi, Jane. I think it would be surprising if someone with OCD didn't

experience depression too. I know when our son is going through a

rough patch, he gets depressed. It's hard to see or believe there is

a light at the end of the tunnel when you are battling OCD every day.

.. . Especially when you are a kid. Josh's current therapist told us

depression often goes along with anxiety disorders.

Having said that, I also have to say that my father suffered from

pretty bad depression his whole life. Yet, my sister and I don't.

BJ

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> My brother relayed to me that he feels he had OCD as a child (checking

> behaviours) after I shared with him that our 10 year old daughter

now has

> OCD (germs). My brother, and also father, have both suffered severe

> depression at mid-life. I suffer from some depression but not as

severe as

> my brothers. Definitely think there is a gene in there somewhere

but cannot

> say for sure. So I am thinking down the line that my 10 year old may

have

> further issues of another nature, perhaps depression.

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> Jane

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