Re: Re: Need advice please!!!

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Hi,

 CBT is Cognitive Behavioral therapy.

I understand how you feel! Just remember that this is NOT your fault.OCD can

cause your child and you so much turmoil. It can consume your entire day if you

let it. Try to explain to her that it is like when she has hiccups and she wants

to stop but can't. Let her know that her brain is " hiccupping " My son was

diagnosed at age 4 and my daughter at age 5, and it is very challenging because

they don't know what is going on.Try and ask her if she WANTS to do the ritual

she is doing.If she says , " NO " than try to label the OCD, like with my son we

just called it the " OCD monster " and tell her to boss him back away from her

brain. This takes a lot of time and patience.Your child's psychiatrist can

hopefully refer you to a good therapist that specializes in CBT. Medication can

help as an aid if you choose to go that route.

As you go , you'll learn not to give in to her rituals. Let her tantrum , the

more you do what she asks the more she will request of you, and this is not her

fault, but you'll be helping her in the long run.

Keep us posted!

Hugs

Judy 

Subject: Re: Need advice please!!!

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Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 6:42 PM

Thank you for your response Judy!

I have been going back and forth on it and one minute I feel like I

am a bad parent and not strict enough and that is why she is acting

this way and then other times I am convinced she really has no

control over it and I feel horrible that I have been too hard on

her. I am a single parent and find this really hard to deal with.

What is CBT?

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> From: breezy_bug <breezy_bug@ ...>

> Subject: Need advice please!!!

> To: @ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 5:24 PM

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> My 5 year old daughter has been having alot of problems lately and

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> am not sure if it is OCD or not. I am scheduled to meet with her

Dr

> next week. Just want your opinion or advice.

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> She has always been a child to want things done a certain way and

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> am some what " Type A " as well, so I dont think I really ever

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> how it all tied into her tantrums.

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> Here are ajust a few things that I am concerned about:

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> She has a certain routine she HAS to do when getting out of the

> bath, and if this is interupted she has a break down. She has a

> blanket that she has had since she was a baby with the fringes on

> the edges and she can only be covered a certain way everytime, she

> will also find one strand of this blanket and will not let go and

if

> she needs to put her blanket down we have to take the one piece

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> lay it seperatly so that she can have the same piece when she

picks

> it up again. When helping her put on her socks, which is rare any

> more, I would have to put one on and then take the other sock and

> put it partially on that same foot and then she would allow me to

> put it on the correct foot.

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> This is only a small portion of what our day is like but it is a

> constant fight with her. Like the other night she woke up at 2 AM

> after having an accident and was hysterical because she wouldn't

> wear anything but a certain pajama shirt ( that of course, at 2

AM )

> I couldn't find. I couldn't calm her down.

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> From what I have read OCD usually is signified by repeatative

> behavior and usually has alot to do with washing hands or germ

> phobias. But I am at my wits end right now. I up until this point

> thought that she was just trying to get her way and was using time

> out for her when she would have these tantrums but it only makes

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> Maybe it is just a behavioral issue but I would really appreciate

> your input.

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