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Hi,

This is the first time to post on here so please uderstand if it is

long. I have a 17 yr old son who has OCD. He was give this label at

the age of 10. We was give the label ADHD at the age of 4. He has

alway be very active and smart. He was reading by the time he was

31/2 and when he went to grade k they took him out and sent him to

1st grade for half the day. He has been going to the local colleage

since he was 14. We started homeschooling him in second grade because

of him being ahead of the other children and getting in trouble at

school.Not staying in his seat and if the teacher was teaching and

she said something wrong he would correct the teacher. Not to many

adults like to be corrected by a child. When my son was ten he would

wash his hands none stop then if he saw anything on his hands he

would pick at them until his hands would bleed. I took him in because

he had so many open sore on his hands from him picking them. They did

all kinds of test. His IQ at the age of 10 was 167 and he had the

long term memory of a 32 yr old. They came back with the label as OCD,

ADHD,and mild depression. My son also has some medical problems

Asthma, low blood sugar and JRA.They put him on medication to help

with his problems but at the age of 16 he would long take them. He

said he didn't like how they made him feel? Our doctor said if he

isn't going to take them then he won't give them to him.At the age of

15 my son asked his girl friend to marry him. They planned to get

married in July 2005 . He will be 18 ys old and she will be 19 yrs

old. She is very understand about my son's behavior and medical needs

but i still worry. Now to some of the problems I worry about.

1) My son washes his hair at least 2-5 times in the day. Even when he

is out in the public. He'll wash it in the sink.

2) He doesn't like his hands to get dirty. This keeps him from

working out in the yard. He won't wash dishes because that means he

has to touch the dirty dishes. He won't pick up his clothes he has

worn because they are dirty.

3)He also brushes his teeth every 4 hours.

4) He also has his radio set on 6 and don't no one touch even if he

isn't there to turn it off or if he is asleep.

5) The bigest problem is that he has to correct everyone if he feels

they are wrong. He'll even go to the computer to pull up the right

answer to prove it to you. If doesn't see you for a week he will mail

it to you or show you the correct answer next time he sees you.

I know alot of this is his OCD. I how do I get him to see that his

medication will make him not act this way. He is studying land

scaping. He wants to draw the landscapes not to get his hands dirty.

Also He buit a computer from a empty tower. He did it by his self and

got a tropy from our state congressman at the time. He was 11. Also

How can i get him to sleep. He sleep 2-3 hours the most.

thanks so much