13-yr old acting like a child

[Guest guest]

Hi, (((hugs))) and hang in there!

I'm sorry your daughter is still having it so rough. But I'm also

glad that you are getting something of a break from dealing directly

with her/OCD for a bit, especially with the mono and the twin

depressed (is that due to sis being in hospital or does twin just

suffer from depression or is it the " age " ?). You've got a lot on

your plate right now!

I imagine that your daughter is just going through soooo much right

now that she's just clinging to you for that safe/secure feeling, and

maybe wanting some attention (or extra attention) when she's home

since she is away some, etc. Although - could OCD be playing any

part in her clinginess? Some OCD anxiety/fear maybe?

Now I did have one son (15 now) who went thru some bad separation

anxiety way back around 5th grade & 6th. VERY clingy, called him my

shadow, thought I would go nuts! He had this huge fear that I was

going to just leave - without the kids. No reason for the fear, no

logic, he knew that but he just could not help himself. I was soooo

glad when that went away! I felt bad telling him sometimes that he

was " crowding me " or to just " go away! " as he had to know where I was

at all times.

Well, no answers for you but lots of empathy!!

, 15, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers

> My 13-yr old girl has been hospitalized since April and has severe

OCD. We have tried Zoloft, Risperdal, Neurontin, Zyprexa, Lithium,

Effexor(which worked the best for two months), and now trying Paxil

with Zyprexa. She has gained about 30 pounds in the last three to

four months because of Zyprexa. We had started bringing her home

every night and was coming home the weekend since the beginning.

However, the psychiatrist feels that she does not talk to her or the

staff and tells me everything and calls me everytime she has a

meltdown and cries saying she wants to die. She requested last week

that we stop bringing her home for a week or two to see how she does.

[Guest guest]

Hi, (((hugs))) and hang in there!

I'm sorry your daughter is still having it so rough. But I'm also

glad that you are getting something of a break from dealing directly

with her/OCD for a bit, especially with the mono and the twin

depressed (is that due to sis being in hospital or does twin just

suffer from depression or is it the " age " ?). You've got a lot on

your plate right now!

I imagine that your daughter is just going through soooo much right

now that she's just clinging to you for that safe/secure feeling, and

maybe wanting some attention (or extra attention) when she's home

since she is away some, etc. Although - could OCD be playing any

part in her clinginess? Some OCD anxiety/fear maybe?

Now I did have one son (15 now) who went thru some bad separation

anxiety way back around 5th grade & 6th. VERY clingy, called him my

shadow, thought I would go nuts! He had this huge fear that I was

going to just leave - without the kids. No reason for the fear, no

logic, he knew that but he just could not help himself. I was soooo

glad when that went away! I felt bad telling him sometimes that he

was " crowding me " or to just " go away! " as he had to know where I was

at all times.

Well, no answers for you but lots of empathy!!

, 15, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers

> My 13-yr old girl has been hospitalized since April and has severe

OCD. We have tried Zoloft, Risperdal, Neurontin, Zyprexa, Lithium,

Effexor(which worked the best for two months), and now trying Paxil

with Zyprexa. She has gained about 30 pounds in the last three to

four months because of Zyprexa. We had started bringing her home

every night and was coming home the weekend since the beginning.

However, the psychiatrist feels that she does not talk to her or the

staff and tells me everything and calls me everytime she has a

meltdown and cries saying she wants to die. She requested last week

that we stop bringing her home for a week or two to see how she does.

[Guest guest]

Hi, (((hugs))) and hang in there!

I'm sorry your daughter is still having it so rough. But I'm also

glad that you are getting something of a break from dealing directly

with her/OCD for a bit, especially with the mono and the twin

depressed (is that due to sis being in hospital or does twin just

suffer from depression or is it the " age " ?). You've got a lot on

your plate right now!

I imagine that your daughter is just going through soooo much right

now that she's just clinging to you for that safe/secure feeling, and

maybe wanting some attention (or extra attention) when she's home

since she is away some, etc. Although - could OCD be playing any

part in her clinginess? Some OCD anxiety/fear maybe?

Now I did have one son (15 now) who went thru some bad separation

anxiety way back around 5th grade & 6th. VERY clingy, called him my

shadow, thought I would go nuts! He had this huge fear that I was

going to just leave - without the kids. No reason for the fear, no

logic, he knew that but he just could not help himself. I was soooo

glad when that went away! I felt bad telling him sometimes that he

was " crowding me " or to just " go away! " as he had to know where I was

at all times.

Well, no answers for you but lots of empathy!!

, 15, with OCD, dysgraphia and Aspergers

> My 13-yr old girl has been hospitalized since April and has severe

OCD. We have tried Zoloft, Risperdal, Neurontin, Zyprexa, Lithium,

Effexor(which worked the best for two months), and now trying Paxil

with Zyprexa. She has gained about 30 pounds in the last three to

four months because of Zyprexa. We had started bringing her home

every night and was coming home the weekend since the beginning.

However, the psychiatrist feels that she does not talk to her or the

staff and tells me everything and calls me everytime she has a

meltdown and cries saying she wants to die. She requested last week

that we stop bringing her home for a week or two to see how she does.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Sorry to hear about your difficult time you are going through. I can

tell you from my experience that we have also gone through horrible

times when I didn't know if/when it would get better. Once we found

the right med, it improved and then we could work on the issues.

We are lucky to have some good professionals involved in our lives.

One psychologist told us that she (OCD/ADD) would give us a run for

our money. However, that at around age 17 or 18,it would start to

get better. Whenever I am down, I try to remember that. Another

pediatric psychiatrist told us that the teenage years can often make

the OCD go wild. The hormones, etc.. And if your daughter is right

before the menstrating begins, it can be even worse. After the

hormones settle in, even the typical child's mood settles down. What

I am trying to say is that I am sure it will get better and hopefully

really soon!!! We have to weather the storms and pray that with

maturity our children will learn to deal with their anxieties in a

more productive way. I believe that because I remember having a lot

of anxieties as a child, but I had no idea what it was or that I

could do anything about it. These children are just very sensitive.

Good luck to you and your daughters.