Guest guest Posted May 8, 2002 Report Share Posted May 8, 2002 hi, castleboy, jake had a session on monday by that night, he asked if we could talk about it, i said sure, he told me alot of what was said and i think that maybe its helping him, but this morning, jake had a panic attack, his eyes were going back and forth very fast, he was breathing really heavy and i caught him before he fell to the ground, i picked him put him on the couch and calmed him down, by talking and doing his breathing excercises. it took me about 30 minutes till i knew that he was ok, he told me that he was tired of all this, and tired of always crying and scared, jake was also diagnosised with depression and gad. i then called his doctor and and we got him in, the doctor then changed his medicine from 75 milligrams of zoloft, to 10 milligrams of paxil taken at night, also he has to take 2.5 mg of zyprexa to be taken at night and in the morning, so i guess that jake is now on the roller coaster of medicine, boy today really scared me, more than anything, thank you all so much for responding to all my emails and letting me part of your group, you all dont know how much you have helped my family, rondy from ill Hi Again Rondy! Rondy, is Jake's psych experienced in treating OCD? My opinion, not knowing your son's personality, is it's probably all right that Jake isn't talkative after a session. I know there's confidentiality, but does the psych tell you much of anything? Is Jake communicative with him? My son is not one to talk about himself or anything so basically just gave short answers and volunteered nothing. They'd set " goals " for him to work on and sometimes I'd know what they were, sometimes not, as not all involved me. Sometimes it would be just accomplishing more reading or writing regarding his schoolwork. THEN AGAIN, his psych wasn't familiar with CBT and not experienced with OCD, no one near us is. So I was just basically giving someone to " report to " and hoping this would help give the initiative to work on his OCD, having someone to " report to " and not just me, his mom, pushing at him to. I think, though, that generally most therapists would tell parents what OCD " homework " their child should be doing, especially if the parents are too involved in the OCD rituals, as the parents will be needing to withdraw/ignore the child. I know there are LOTS of parents in this group whose child do see experienced therapists for OCD so perhaps they can give you more insight into how a good therapy session should go and how their children seem to be afterwards. Your description of Jake reminded me somewhat of in that he does some of the same things but no set number of times, just until it feels right. > > dear everyone, im also new to this group, i have a 10 year old son, > who was diagnosised with ocd in feb, me and my husband knew > something was going on for almost a year, but tried to talk to him, > we were iliterate on the subject, we feel horrible, is now on 75 > miligrams of zoloft daily and is attending therapy sessions every 10 > days, we seem to be getting no where, he was also diagnosised with > depression and generalized anxiety disorder, if you have time, i > would like all the help i can get, > > thank you > > rondy > ] > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2002 Report Share Posted May 8, 2002 yes i asked him today, he says that he knows all about it thanks rondy Hi Again Rondy! Rondy, is Jake's psych experienced in treating OCD? My opinion, not knowing your son's personality, is it's probably all right that Jake isn't talkative after a session. I know there's confidentiality, but does the psych tell you much of anything? Is Jake communicative with him? My son is not one to talk about himself or anything so basically just gave short answers and volunteered nothing. They'd set " goals " for him to work on and sometimes I'd know what they were, sometimes not, as not all involved me. Sometimes it would be just accomplishing more reading or writing regarding his schoolwork. THEN AGAIN, his psych wasn't familiar with CBT and not experienced with OCD, no one near us is. So I was just basically giving someone to " report to " and hoping this would help give the initiative to work on his OCD, having someone to " report to " and not just me, his mom, pushing at him to. I think, though, that generally most therapists would tell parents what OCD " homework " their child should be doing, especially if the parents are too involved in the OCD rituals, as the parents will be needing to withdraw/ignore the child. I know there are LOTS of parents in this group whose child do see experienced therapists for OCD so perhaps they can give you more insight into how a good therapy session should go and how their children seem to be afterwards. Your description of Jake reminded me somewhat of in that he does some of the same things but no set number of times, just until it feels right. > > dear everyone, im also new to this group, i have a 10 year old son, > who was diagnosised with ocd in feb, me and my husband knew > something was going on for almost a year, but tried to talk to him, > we were iliterate on the subject, we feel horrible, is now on 75 > miligrams of zoloft daily and is attending therapy sessions every 10 > days, we seem to be getting no where, he was also diagnosised with > depression and generalized anxiety disorder, if you have time, i > would like all the help i can get, > > thank you > > rondy > ] > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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