St. s Wort

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I was wondering if anybody has tried St. 's Wort as a treatment

for OCD for their child? I recently found out about this website.

I have a 15 year old son with OCD (pretty severe). He was diagnosed

at age 10 after we moved to a new town.

Anyway, he has been on Prozac for 5 years and I weaned him off VERY

slowly. I'm concerned about long term problems from it and also

that it may be stunting his growth. He is very small. He has been

off now for 2 months and the OCD is getting to the point where he

can't function, at home or in school. When he was on Prozac, he

barely had any OCD, I'd say 95% better. I read a study on the

internet that St. s Wort , although for depression, can also

help OCD. The psychiatrist said Prozac is safer. I don't

understand. The psychologist also said Prozac is better because it

is FDA regulated. I hate all prescribed drugs. He does need

something to take the edge off the constant thoughts and before I

put him back on Prozac, as a last resort, I thought I'd post this

and find out if anybody had any luck with St. 's Wort and if

there were any bad side effects.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Boy, this is so hard to live

with, to see your child suffer. It's nice that there are other

people in the same boat that can understand.