Re: Thinking you're sick when you're not? Plus an update

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Hugs to you, Donna.

Your post reminded me of how I have so often felt with my son--first the

impatience, then the anger, the resentment and ultimately, always, the guilt.

I once thought of putting a note on my dressing table mirror so that I'd see it

every morning before dealing with him. It would say, " Noah has OCD. He can't

help it. It's not his fault. " If only it were easy to remember, but this darn

disease takes it all out of us, doesn't it? I have learned to do one thing: when

I get angry because his OCD is driving me crazy, I say to him, " I'm not mad at

you. I'm mad at your OCD. " This helps relieve the tension AND reminds him that

he is not his OCD, that it's something he can get rid of if he wants to.

Hang in there,

Re: Re: voices

my dd is fixing to be 13. the voices were there before the meds. she;s on

prozac, topomax, seroquel. also diamox for the pressure on her brain. the

pressure has a whole set of problems in itself. The first time i heard her talk

about the voices, she had a meltdown at the doctors' office where she gets

infusions, she ran into a corner, screaming, begging no needles. they think she

also has post tramatic stress syndrom. she had a benign tumor on the back of her

head when she was born. till she was three she had to be sedated for mri every

three months. it got hard to get vein. she finally lost it. i have told her

there are others that hear voices, i feel she doesn't believe me. thanks for the

support.

<@ hotmail.com> wrote: Awww, Lynne, that has to be scary

for her! How old is she? Is she

on medication?

Was wondering if on medication, did voice begin after or always been

there, so on any med to try to stop voice?

Does she know that others also hear " things " and know she's not the

only one? Just thought that might comfort her, much as she can be

with going through this.

She's doing a great job, though I know it's upsetting, telling voice

to " bug off. " Having worked as office support at our county mental

health (small, rural type county, no big city in our county), it was

surprising to me how many people hear voices (some also have

visual). Meds help a lot with stopping them; but the few who meds

didn't help, distraction, not listening was important.

My uncle had paranoid schizophrenia and apparently heard voices (he

lived in another state). (Voices do not mean schizo, just telling

you about him). He was one who felt government was spying on him,

even through the television, that type thing. So way on into/past

middle age he had health problems and had to go to the hospital.

Doctors put him on medication there and, " surprise " , voices stopped;

family felt it was a miracle. I really have no clue why they never

had him on medication before; perhaps he refused, who knows. But I

remember my mom telling me how excited family was about it. From

what I have read, elevated dopamine can play a part in this problem

(voices).

>

> case in point on dd hearing a voice in her head; today i was

working outside, heard her start screamng her head off, ran in,

she's stanging in the kitchen frozen, screaming and crying. i

couldn't get out of her what it was, then i saw a butter knife on

the counter, she was staring at it. I picked it up, put it in the

sink, she said the guy in her head was saying for her to stab

Love, hugs and kisses

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