Guest guest Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Continuing to get worse and unable to even attempt therapy, relaxation, bossing or any of it, DS seems to be drifting into paranoia, i.e. won't sit near a window, wants all the blinds closed...he's absolutely convinced that a mysterious " someone " is either going to break into our house and murder him or shoot him through one of the windows. We do NOT live in a violent area. Is this the OCD or is he drifting into real paranoia and something else? Side note: We're beginning to lose faith in his current therapist. Its been 3 months and all we've done is lose ground. His fears and anxiety are greater now than ever. DW spent 10-15 min. yesterday explaining how and why it was impossible for a shark to be in the bath water he drew for himself and was sitting in. We live in SW PA...hardly shark encounter territory. Current daily meds: 40mg Lexapro (started @ 10mg back in Nov., been on 40 for a week) 75mg Seroquel (just started this two days ago to help get him to sleep) Yesterday he had a crisis feeling like he needed to rip his skin off, repeated saying he was going crazy and he didn't know if he was doing all this on purpose, twisting his head from side to side...horrible scary stuff. Called the therapist that we just saw yesterday morning and she seemed annoyed that I was calling. She commented yesterday about how busy she is and made a sort of off-hand remark about how much I call which is usually when he's in that sate of mind and we don't know what to do with him or how to help him. I HATE THIS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Hi, sounds like you're right about the therapist, I'd begin looking! Do you think the meds might need changed? Or perhaps just one of them. They affect each person so differently. Like Seroquel might be a lifesaver for one but drive another up the wall (making that up, just an example). If there was a " point " in the dosages where he was doing better and you've just increased, perhaps an adjustment down might be needed. Just some thoughts as we're on our first medication also but luckily things are going well. What you describe does sound like paranoia but doesn't mean it " is. " Also another thought that it could be a reaction to medication. The bit about feeling he needed to rip his skin off just sounds familiar to me for some reason and makes me think " medication. " Sorry, no help here, just some thoughts. I know Melinda H. in this group recently had a time with her son on medication and he did better as they backed off, I believe. You might look back at her posts and see if anything seems similar. Keep us updated, I know this is sooooo tough to deal with 24/7 and then with new behaviors too!! > Continuing to get worse and unable to even attempt therapy, > relaxation, bossing or any of it, DS seems to be drifting into > paranoia, i.e. won't sit near a window, wants all the blinds > closed...he's absolutely convinced that a mysterious " someone " is > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 on 1/22/04 11:21 AM, chambybf@... at chambybf@... wrote: > Continuing to get worse and unable to even attempt therapy, > relaxation, bossing or any of it, DS seems to be drifting into > paranoia, i.e. won't sit near a window, wants all the blinds > closed...he's absolutely convinced that a mysterious " someone " is > either going to break into our house and murder him or shoot him > through one of the windows. We do NOT live in a violent area. > > Is this the OCD or is he drifting into real paranoia and something > else? We went through several months of " bad guys are going to break in and kill me...you...etc " before our daughter was fully treated wth therapy and meds. If your child is getting worse and the therapist acts like you are an inconveience it might be worth looking for a new one. Kathy -- Kathy Mac LICSW kathymac45@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 HI: Hugs to you!! Ds' worry about violence sounds like an all-too-typical OCD obsession to me. OUr son would worry that he would kill us or other people and the fear of harm is a very common variety of OCD torture. From what you have written it sounds like it is high time for you to hit the trail to find a new therapist. Someone who makes you feel at fault for being upset about a waxing of symptoms in your son sounds like they just don't understand how OCD works. And if you have been seeing them for months without improvement, you can follow Dr. Fred Penzel's advice to seek a new therapist if you have had five sessions without improvement. I wish I had gotten that advice from him much earlier in our struggles with OCD but he did save us a lot of money after we learned this valuable lesson. GOod luck, it will improve, take care, aloha, kathy (h) kathy.hi@... > Continuing to get worse and unable to even attempt therapy, > relaxation, bossing or any of it, DS seems to be drifting into > paranoia, i.e. won't sit near a window, wants all the blinds > closed...he's absolutely convinced that a mysterious " someone " is > either going to break into our house and murder him or shoot him > through one of the windows. We do NOT live in a violent area. > > Is this the OCD or is he drifting into real paranoia and something > else? > > Side note: We're beginning to lose faith in his current therapist. > Its been 3 months and all we've done is lose ground. His fears and > anxiety are greater now than ever. DW spent 10-15 min. yesterday > explaining how and why it was impossible for a shark to be in the > bath water he drew for himself and was sitting in. We live in SW > PA...hardly shark encounter territory. > > Current daily meds: > > 40mg Lexapro (started @ 10mg back in Nov., been on 40 for a week) > 75mg Seroquel (just started this two days ago to help get him to > sleep) > > Yesterday he had a crisis feeling like he needed to rip his skin off, > repeated saying he was going crazy and he didn't know if he was doing > all this on purpose, twisting his head from side to side...horrible > scary stuff. > > Called the therapist that we just saw yesterday morning and she > seemed annoyed that I was calling. She commented yesterday about how > busy she is and made a sort of off-hand remark about how much I call > which is usually when he's in that sate of mind and we don't know > what to do with him or how to help him. > > I HATE THIS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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