Obsessive thoughts

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Our son also has obsessive thoughts but will not admit what he is thinking.

This makes it especially difficult to do ERP with him at home. So far, since he

was diagnosed in February, he has been going weekly to a therapist who has had

other OCD patients and she just said yesterday that is not progressing

as well as he should be because he doesn't want to " feel the anxiety " when doing

ERP. Is this common? If so, what can we do to facilitate this process? His

meds have been stable for the past 1-2 months at 50 mg. Luvox daily and 15 mg.

Buspar (for anxiety). We just started him on Inositol and hope that it will

supplement the meds without having to put him on more meds - we're pretty

anti-medication in our house. What to do? I was reading Cristey's and 's

posts with interest. is still " stuck " a lot of the time and cannot

handle school work (I homeschool), chores, etc. Most of the time, he takes a

long time to transition. I used to do everything for him but realize that is

not healthy for any of us. But, I find there's a fine line between expecting

more from him and sending him into a meltdown. We live about 2-1/2 hours from

Dr. Hyman's OCD center in Ft. Lauderdale and will be attending his support group

for children and adolescents (and their parents) with OCD which is held the

second Wed. of each month. I'm hoping to learn a lot from this because I don't

process things as well from books that I read on what to do. I seem to need the

" people " support more. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. Thanks for

listening.