S.I. and meds again

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Thanks for sharing your experience, Robin. I think you are right about

ignorance of SID being the norm. I was real surprised when my son's OCD

therapist had never heard of SID. When I told her OTs deal with it, she

phoned an OT friend to learn about it.

Well then, I sure won't spend the time and money on the OT version of

therapy. I'm wondering whether bribery and/or ERP might be effective. I

guess I will try them both.

Judy

Re: S.I. and meds again

Hi Judy,

I have tried brushing as well as a variety of proprioceptive and

vestibular

work for Carly's SI and have seen absolutely no improvement. These were

prescribed by her OT. The current OT that I am working with says that

perhaps the ingredient of OCD mixed with Carly's SI makes the normally

very

effective treatment less effective. Carly's talk doc says that SI is much

more common amongst children with autism. I am back to believing that no

one

really knows a darned thing and that maybe twenty years from now there

might

be some real answers. In the meanwhile our children are the guinea pigs in

the " practice of medicine " . It saddens me to hear that your son at sixteen

years old is still plagued by tactile defensiveness. I hope to hear that

it

improves for him soon. Hang in there!! Robin