Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Hi. I'm new to this as well. My son is about your daughter's age and was diagnosed with OCD this year. The Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (?) may be able to help you find appropriate resources in your area. I don't know the website offhand, but you should find it easily enough with a web search. Welcome to the group. I have found this board to be very helpful and supportive. Becky > I'm and we have a 8 (almost 9) year old who has never been > formally diagnosed with OCD, but we have been to a family therapist > who thought she may have it. She gave us a name of a local gal (not > sure what her title is if any) but there is nothing in our area that > I'm aware of where we can go for help. We were given the oportunity > to visit the Lutheran social services in a town an hour away by my > employer. We had 3 " free " visits and went to all three. At that > time, our daughter was suffering, but must have been going thru a > good spell. Now, since Feb. 1st (when we had a classmate of hers > spend a couple nights with us because her parents were out of town) > she has fallen back into her " stuff " (as she,and now we call it). > The majority of the behaviors I have noticed, or she has told me > about (she hasn't really opened up to her father yet, but she knows > he is well aware of them) happen at night. She touches things, > counts things, has to stop and look at things, and is miserable > inside. It's hard for me to fully know what all is the problem > because she has a hard time explaining what all is going on. I don't > know the right questions to ask, or how to phrase them. Then she > gets frustrated not knowing the words to use to explain what's going > on. > I'm looking for help on where to go in our general area. What does > the Twin cities/Minneapolis have to offer. We live 2 hours west and > south of there. We need help. > Thank you, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Thank you so much Becky for pointing me in the right direction. I appreciate your help. > > I'm and we have a 8 (almost 9) year old who has never been > > formally diagnosed with OCD, but we have been to a family > therapist > > who thought she may have it. She gave us a name of a local gal > (not > > sure what her title is if any) but there is nothing in our area > that > > I'm aware of where we can go for help. We were given the > oportunity > > to visit the Lutheran social services in a town an hour away by my > > employer. We had 3 " free " visits and went to all three. At that > > time, our daughter was suffering, but must have been going thru a > > good spell. Now, since Feb. 1st (when we had a classmate of hers > > spend a couple nights with us because her parents were out of > town) > > she has fallen back into her " stuff " (as she,and now we call it). > > The majority of the behaviors I have noticed, or she has told me > > about (she hasn't really opened up to her father yet, but she > knows > > he is well aware of them) happen at night. She touches things, > > counts things, has to stop and look at things, and is miserable > > inside. It's hard for me to fully know what all is the problem > > because she has a hard time explaining what all is going on. I > don't > > know the right questions to ask, or how to phrase them. Then she > > gets frustrated not knowing the words to use to explain what's > going > > on. > > I'm looking for help on where to go in our general area. What > does > > the Twin cities/Minneapolis have to offer. We live 2 hours west > and > > south of there. We need help. > > Thank you, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Hi , My son , 15, has always had a difficult time explaining to me some of his OCD behaviors/feelings. But for him it all boiled down to having to do something to " keep something bad from happening to him " and he had to get a " just right " feeling. His OCD seemed to pop up at the beginning of 6th grade; he's now in 9th. From the things you mentioned about your daughter, sounds like OCD to me, the counting and touching, etc. Being able to " see " 's compulsions and what he was doing was easier for me than the times he didn't seem to have any " physical " type behaviors but a lot more going on internally; or some compulsions that seemed to be delayed by some thoughts going thru his head or something. For instance with the touching or having to repeat something (until it felt " right " ), that was easier for me to understand. Now the times he would cry and maybe have a meltdown because he was " looking " at something or seemed to have something going on in his head and couldn't verbalize it to me, that was hard for me. I wanted to know just " what " was going thru his head. There are some great sites on the internet with information. The OCD Foundation website has a list of good books that you can read (or buy there or at a local bookstore or perhaps your library has them). The OCD Foundation site is I think at http://www.ocfoundation.org I believe someone already directed you there to ask about finding someone experienced with OCD in your area. Lighthouse Press also has a list of books at: http://www.lighthouse-press.com/ Look at the " free resources " page at Lighthouse, there are some articles you can read on OCD. One more good site is: http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/ocd.htm You'll read/learn a lot about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and also Exposure & Response Prevention. Also about medications that can be used to help if needed. (((hugs))) I know how tough it is to watch your child be miserable, but things WILL get better. I hope you can find an experienced therapist to help. We had no one near who was experienced, so I just read & read & read and asked lots of questions in this group (which has been my BEST support) and we SOMEhow managed on our own. Although I'm sure it would have been much better and faster if " mom " wasn't the therapist, plus I'm too much a pushover! At any rate, is doing really well now, thankfully. And your daughter will also reach that point, there IS a light ahead! Keep us updated! single mom, 3 sons > I'm and we have a 8 (almost 9) year old who has never been > formally diagnosed with OCD, but we have been to a family therapist > who thought she may have it. She gave us a name of a local gal (not > sure what her title is if any) but there is nothing in our area that > I'm aware of where we can go for help. We were given the oportunity > to visit the Lutheran social services in a town an hour away by my > employer. We had 3 " free " visits and went to all three. At that > time, our daughter was suffering, but must have been going thru a > good spell. Now, since Feb. 1st (when we had a classmate of hers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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