Hi Randi!

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Welcome! I, too, am a single mom with 3 sons - twins age 13 and a 17

y/o. One of my twins, , was diagnosed around age 11.9 with

OCD. He had begun all these OCD behaviors to " keep something bad from

happening to him. "

What do Josh's therapists and youth worker say about " discipline " ?

I'm also one to try to " avoid " setting off. He doesn't go

into " rages " but just sort of starts into a " meltdown " where he just

sort of, IMO, gets stubborn, whines, starts increasing OCD stuff and

just shuts down. Particularly bad for this to happen at homework

time! I've been " lucky " in that is the one of my 3 that

needs the least " behavior " discipline; I have to avoid the " rages "

and tempers with my other 2, supposedly typical, sons! No real

advice from me on this, just taking privileges away (with us that's

money, car, treats at the store, can't have anyone over, early

curfew....). And just stating that certain " things " will NOT be

tolerated period. - Yeah, that statement works for a day or so!

If there are any " repeat " type behaviors you really want to

discipline him for, you might try talking about it sometime when he's

calm, pick 1,2,3 to address and come up together or alone with

a " punishment " for them - privileges taken, extra chores.... Was it

someone in this group who had them clean the bathroom/toilet every

time??

What kind of rages does Josh go thru? And what type OCD behaviors

does he have? Does it affect him in school? 's does

regarding attention, reading, the way he does some things, being able

to write at times....

I was " let go " from a job back when I was pregnant with the twins.

Later went back to school (I think they were around 2). Hang in

there! I can still remember fussing at them because I needed to

study for a test! " I only get 3 grades for this class and I HAVE to

pass this test!!! "

Keep us updated!

Hello to all,

I am new to this group but however not new to OCD. I

am a single mom with three kids Zac is 13, Josh is 11,

and Mandy is 6. Josh my 11 year old was diagnosed

about a year and half ago with OCD. It was a battle

however because the year prior to that diagnosis I was

told he was ADD/ADHD and we went through the whole

Rittalin ordeal then I finally got through to the

doctors that there was something else wrong because I

had done some of my own research and realised that it

was OCD so they did the testing and sure enough that

is what it was. They then put him on Zoloft and he

maxed out at 200mg after a long struggle of increasing

it and now he is taking 80mg of Prozac and .15mg of

Risperdol along with seeing a therapist a youth

advocate and the psychiatrist. I got laid off from my

job so now I am back in school to get a degree for a

better paying job but it has been a struggle because

Josh doesn't adapt well to change and I am not sure

when to stop upping the meds and enforce disapline

there has got to be a happy medium instead of worrying

that if I say the wrong thing to him it could set off

an OCD rage. If any one has any suggetions please let

me know.

Randi an OCD mom that understands!!!!!!!