Jude, exhaustion WAS Re: Re: Hi, Maddie.

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Oh, believe me; I know I'm not helping matters. I just want

to get her out the door in the morning.

JUDE, that's how I feel about getting to bed at night!

That's his hardest time with his OCD right now. He's not too bad in

the a.m., gets himself dressed except for his socks. I don't know

what it is about socks and why it takes soooo long, but when we're

running late/have to go, I just go ahead and put them on him.

We're trying to work on what I consider are the easier things, when

we're not coming or going, etc. Doorways, TV remote, having to stop

go back and start again maybe when walking down the hall or whatever,

things like that.

was pretty bad a couple years ago (seems to be going that way

again somewhat but it's really not near as bad). The last time I

found that when he FINALLY began conquering some of his OCD

compulsions, etc., that it seemed to be easier to get through the

others, even some of the harder ones, and mostly without my

prompts/nagging! Though now I'm at the nagging/prompting stage again

so far as " YOU change the channel " , etc. Something about the remote,

he avoids changing channels as he's afraid he'll have to push buttons

more than once or scan thru the channels more than once.... I notice

him repeating a few things around the house. A couple years ago we

NEVER let him turn on the computer, that was one area that I don't

call " enabling, " but call " saving the computer, " as he'd have to push

the switch multiple times!

With all your daughter has been going through, I guess the stress

must have got to her OCD? 's OCD was VERY mild a few months

ago, I didn't even think he " had " OCD at that point any longer (but

he did per him). He began complaining around Thanksgiving/Christmas

of feeling " stressed " and OCD began showing back up some. Then he

came down with a high fever a few weeks ago, turned out to be strep.

His OCD was just rampant during the high fever and he hasn't quieted

down much (OCD-wise) since.

>

> There have been a number of extenuating circumstances which

> triggered new symptoms in our daughter. Mainly, the sudden death of

> a family member, followed by a fatal illness in a beloved pet, then

> her dad lost his job. Having a depressed, middle-aged man moping

> about will drive anyone to distraction. Plus he is determined to

> move.

>

> I've talked my husband out of the move (for now), but the job

market

> in NYC is abysmal.

>

> Jude <stressed-out in PA>