Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 My son's OCD has been the absolute worst the past two winters, which I think is brought on by the mess and dirt of winter--the dripping mess of water, salt, pebbles, sand that comes off of boots and ends up on the floor of school, houses, doctor's offices, etc. Where we live now, everyone is required to take off boots/shoes when they enter most schools, doctor's offices, labs, etc. Even if you carry a pair of shoes, slippers, etc., just getting off your boots in the messy area, your socks get a bit wet and dirty. I find it digusting, too, but of course it doesn't send me into a meltdown! And, it's interesting that my son had very severe allergies (diagnosed at age 2) and asthma (diagnosed as an infant), and he had up to 7 medications per day for awhile for allergy and asthma, plus 4 allergy shots per week. Of course, I often did notice when his OCD got bad that shortly thereafter I would see the asthma act up. Fortunately his allergies and asthma are better now, but we're dealing with awful OCD. Janie G. Re: Exercise and tics ----- Original Message ----- > Kathy, > I went to a local meeting of the TS Assoc. last spring and heard a lot > about exercise and tic reduction. Apparently lots of people with TS like long > distance running because it makes them feel less ticcy. So it's not your > imagination! > According to S. Swedo, OCD often peaks in the spring due to seasonal > allergies. So maybe Kel is more normal than you thought! *****I wish some of these recommendations and observations were written up somewhere, they ought to be in those " Your Child and OCD " -type pamphlets the doctors hand out with the diagnosis. That way we wouldn't all have to figure things out on our own, trial and error. Swedo actually says OCD peaks due to seasonal allergies?? I am *way* behind on my reading, see what happens when I stop being obsessive about reading about OCD??!! :-) > But what's up with Annie > then? *****She's special :-) Thanks, Kathy R. in Indiana Our list archives, bookmarks, files, and chat feature may be accessed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group// . Our list advisors are Gail B. , Ed.D., Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D., and Dan Geller, M.D. Our list moderators are Birkhan, Castle, Fowler, Kathy Hammes, Joye, Kathy Mac, Gail Pesses, Kathy , Vivian Stembridge, and Jackie Stout. Subscription issues or suggestions may be addressed to Louis Harkins, list owner, at louisharkins@... , louisharkins@... , louisharkins@... .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Janie, Kaitlin did all the inhailed steriods oral steriods etc for years, that summer she had been on alot of oral steriods and after 2 ER visits in one day they gave her the IV it took care of the asthma, but 48 hr latter she had a severe and sudden onset of ocd. our psychiatrist said it was a direct result of the iv steriods. When in last results we have used oral steriods her ocd is worse. Any way that was just our experience. probably would make good research Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Interesting about the steroids! Matt was on tons of steroids. In addition to inhaled daily steroids, and the nasal spray steroids (which were supposedly benign), he also was often on steroid pills. And in addition to being on steroid pills for the asthma at times, whenever he got poison ivy, he had to go on steroid pills, too. But fortunately he never had IV steroids. Janie Re: Peak time for OCD Janie & , Very interesting re asthma conection to ocd. My daughter with ocd has had severe asthma since an infant. she developed ocd at age 13 after a severe asthma flare where we had to resort to IV steriods. I wonder how many other ocd kids have asthma Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 The doctor who told us that asthmatics are more at risk for developing anxiety disorders commented that there was a higher incidence in people who had not been treated for their asthma. I was not treated until I was eighteen and have had OCD my whole life. My daughter, Hannah, has been treated for her asthma her whole life and developed OCD at ten. Go figure. Kelley in NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Sue, My daughter has been on Inhalers and Nebulizer Tx for years, I see no specific ocd worsening with this treatment. Steriods yes , albuterol no. Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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