looking for advice

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Hello all, I'm a new member and I wanted to introduce myself, my

situation and hopefully find someone with similarities.

I am the mother of a 10 year old girl with MAJOR – MAJOR - OCD, it

developed two summers ago and the biggest obstacle we're having in

trying to manage some of her rituals or compulsions is the fact that

she has many other neruo / physiological issues. The principal of

which is the fact that she is autistic and has very limited speech.

Her Dr. even commented that she displays more rituals than she has

ever seen before, I'm not exaggerating when I say she performs

thousands a day, they consume the majority of her waking hours.

It's very disheartening to watch your baby so frustrated and

confused, and other than medications I'm at a loss as to how to help

her with her limited verbal skills.

Currently she is taking Prozac (about 6 months now) which helped

tremendously with the panic attacks she was having but hasn't touched

the OCD, her Dr hopes it will once she reaches the right therapeutic

dosage but for now nothing. She is only taking 8.5 mg right now

because she had such an extreme reaction to the Ablify we tried last

year (really horrific experience).

She just started taking Seroquel with a very low dosage as well, only

2 mg (1/4 of that tiny little pill) she has been taking the Seroquel

since the 11th. She slept through the night for the first week and

seemed very " high " lots of giggles and silliness but then became more

aggressive, biting everything insite, including herself. Her arm is

covered in bruises. My husband wants me to cold turkey her but I'm

going to wait and call the Dr Monday, at such a low dose I'm sure it

would be all right to stop but I just want to be sure. She doesn't

react well to any antipsychotics I guess ;-(

So that's my story in a nut shell, I was just hoping someone could

give me advice on medications and offer up any suggestions for ways

to calm her when she gets " stuck " in a ritual.

Thanks for having me in your group, I look forward to getting to know

you all.

Theresa - aka, Sonja's mom