Guest guest Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 In a message dated 9/4/03 3:37:02 AM Central Daylight Time, kathy.hi@... writes: > Wow!! Keri is an incredibly perceptive person! Congrats to her for > having such good insight into her depression. That is no mean feat. Kathy, Thanks to you and to all who have answered my post Yep, Keri expresses herself very well, and thank God for that! I am still trying to discern what all this means, because Keri is very perceptive and she has the sensory issues so some fairly ordinary stuff can " loom large " even though it might be within the realm of normal (if that makes any sense). What she may be experiencing is the onset of puberty and the hormonal shifts that bring mood swings, but even so, I don't want to ignore it given her history (also, I have had depression and was anorexic as a teenager so I have had my own struggles and can't ignore the fact that the " apple doesn't fall far from the tree " !). Having just moved here makes it difficult because I am still looking for a pediatrician who would be the first line of defense in all this. We did have a psychiatrist in Houston who saw her a couple of times and dx the anxiety and possible OCD (we never did meds because we dealt with it from a sensory standpoint and she just kind of pulled out of the worst of it). So I have to " reinvent the wheel " here as far as finding help. I know I must sound ignorant, but refresh my memory -- what is a " p-doc " ? Is this a pediatrician or a psychiatrist? Judy also mentioned SAD ... and this is a possibility too. Of course we lived in Houston and are now in San Diego so its not like we live in a snowy climate or place where it rains all the time. But yep, Keri did say it had something to do with environment sometimes ... like the lighting can make a difference. I can't tell you how much help you all have been! Thanks, Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 In a message dated 9/4/03 3:37:02 AM Central Daylight Time, kathy.hi@... writes: > Wow!! Keri is an incredibly perceptive person! Congrats to her for > having such good insight into her depression. That is no mean feat. Kathy, Thanks to you and to all who have answered my post Yep, Keri expresses herself very well, and thank God for that! I am still trying to discern what all this means, because Keri is very perceptive and she has the sensory issues so some fairly ordinary stuff can " loom large " even though it might be within the realm of normal (if that makes any sense). What she may be experiencing is the onset of puberty and the hormonal shifts that bring mood swings, but even so, I don't want to ignore it given her history (also, I have had depression and was anorexic as a teenager so I have had my own struggles and can't ignore the fact that the " apple doesn't fall far from the tree " !). Having just moved here makes it difficult because I am still looking for a pediatrician who would be the first line of defense in all this. We did have a psychiatrist in Houston who saw her a couple of times and dx the anxiety and possible OCD (we never did meds because we dealt with it from a sensory standpoint and she just kind of pulled out of the worst of it). So I have to " reinvent the wheel " here as far as finding help. I know I must sound ignorant, but refresh my memory -- what is a " p-doc " ? Is this a pediatrician or a psychiatrist? Judy also mentioned SAD ... and this is a possibility too. Of course we lived in Houston and are now in San Diego so its not like we live in a snowy climate or place where it rains all the time. But yep, Keri did say it had something to do with environment sometimes ... like the lighting can make a difference. I can't tell you how much help you all have been! Thanks, Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 In a message dated 9/4/03 3:37:02 AM Central Daylight Time, kathy.hi@... writes: > Wow!! Keri is an incredibly perceptive person! Congrats to her for > having such good insight into her depression. That is no mean feat. Kathy, Thanks to you and to all who have answered my post Yep, Keri expresses herself very well, and thank God for that! I am still trying to discern what all this means, because Keri is very perceptive and she has the sensory issues so some fairly ordinary stuff can " loom large " even though it might be within the realm of normal (if that makes any sense). What she may be experiencing is the onset of puberty and the hormonal shifts that bring mood swings, but even so, I don't want to ignore it given her history (also, I have had depression and was anorexic as a teenager so I have had my own struggles and can't ignore the fact that the " apple doesn't fall far from the tree " !). Having just moved here makes it difficult because I am still looking for a pediatrician who would be the first line of defense in all this. We did have a psychiatrist in Houston who saw her a couple of times and dx the anxiety and possible OCD (we never did meds because we dealt with it from a sensory standpoint and she just kind of pulled out of the worst of it). So I have to " reinvent the wheel " here as far as finding help. I know I must sound ignorant, but refresh my memory -- what is a " p-doc " ? Is this a pediatrician or a psychiatrist? Judy also mentioned SAD ... and this is a possibility too. Of course we lived in Houston and are now in San Diego so its not like we live in a snowy climate or place where it rains all the time. But yep, Keri did say it had something to do with environment sometimes ... like the lighting can make a difference. I can't tell you how much help you all have been! Thanks, Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 HI Tina: P-doc is generally referring to a psychiatrist. Actually we found the most helpful kind of doc for OCD is a psychologist. Meds certainly helped our son, Steve, but it has been the E & RP which really managed to put OCD more into the background of his life. Unfortunately we found that his pediatrician, other than being gentle and kindly, was not very much help at all for OCD. IN fact I would recommend going directly to mental health professionals. I know that things are slowly changing with pediatricians becoming more knowledgeable about anxiety disorders and OCD, but I believe our experience is not atypical. After spending years and thousands of dollars on getting Steve treated with E & RP for his symptoms, many of which were classic contamination stuff, e.g. handwashing, his pediatrician keeps reminding him to wash his hands when he goes in for an ear ache, cold or flu. I have gently mentioned that he has a problem with that but I don't think it registers. Just our experience. People even have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) here in Hawai`i and to me it feels like summer almost all year around here. Some people are very sensitive to changes in the seasons. OCD tends to wax and wane so symptoms can become less apparent for no real reason. I hope you can find a good team of mental health professionals to give Keri the treatment she needs and seems very ready to try. Unfortunately when untreated OCD tends to get worse, and when treated about 80% of people show significant improvement. To get well from his OCD and MDD Steve had a child psychiatrist (actually quite a few), a psychologist (quite a few of these till finding the right one) and a E & RP behavior therapist. IT took all three of them working together for a long time to get our child back. Good luck, take care, aloha, Kathy (h) kathy.hi@... Re: depression? Thanks! In a message dated 9/4/03 3:37:02 AM Central Daylight Time, kathy.hi@... writes: > Wow!! Keri is an incredibly perceptive person! Congrats to her for > having such good insight into her depression. That is no mean feat. Kathy, Thanks to you and to all who have answered my post Yep, Keri expresses herself very well, and thank God for that! I am still trying to discern what all this means, because Keri is very perceptive and she has the sensory issues so some fairly ordinary stuff can " loom large " even though it might be within the realm of normal (if that makes any sense). What she may be experiencing is the onset of puberty and the hormonal shifts that bring mood swings, but even so, I don't want to ignore it given her history (also, I have had depression and was anorexic as a teenager so I have had my own struggles and can't ignore the fact that the " apple doesn't fall far from the tree " !). Having just moved here makes it difficult because I am still looking for a pediatrician who would be the first line of defense in all this. We did have a psychiatrist in Houston who saw her a couple of times and dx the anxiety and possible OCD (we never did meds because we dealt with it from a sensory standpoint and she just kind of pulled out of the worst of it). So I have to " reinvent the wheel " here as far as finding help. I know I must sound ignorant, but refresh my memory -- what is a " p-doc " ? Is this a pediatrician or a psychiatrist? Judy also mentioned SAD ... and this is a possibility too. Of course we lived in Houston and are now in San Diego so its not like we live in a snowy climate or place where it rains all the time. But yep, Keri did say it had something to do with environment sometimes ... like the lighting can make a difference. I can't tell you how much help you all have been! Thanks, Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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