Re: Introducing myself

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In a message dated 10/19/2000 7:10:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

jlbaldini@... writes:

<< I've been doing Tae Bo for about 3 months now. I initially started doing

it

right before my boyfriend and I broke up. Things were really tense and up

in the air between us and I started the exercise to help relieve the

tension. Good thing, because less than 2 weeks later he broke up with me.

I am so glad I found Tae Bo because after 6 1/2 years with that man, I could

have easily became an emotional wreck after our break up. But, Tae Bo has

helped see me through the worst of the angst. After the break up, I

continued with Tae Bo to help me feel better about myself - I didn't realize

how much my self esteem had suffered in that relationship until I got out.

All I can say is WOW!! Tae Bo works!!! I feel stronger and more confident

and as a bonus, I've lost weight all which works to help me continue getting

stronger, happier and become an all-around better person! >>

you are definitely a Tae-Bo hero in the making, not just another fan(atic)

When you make an emotional connection with Tae-Bo, it sticks.

Barb

who made that emotional connection from the beginning

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Welcome Jen, Glad to see there are a whole bunch of us " Addicts " here in the

world.

D

(ilvamzn)

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In a message dated 10/19/2000 9:18:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

slowens@... writes:

<< - In tae-bo_onegroups, " Baldini " <jlbaldini@h...>

wrote:

> In fact, I'm so addicted that I had to join this

> list because the message boards just weren't enough for me anymore!

LOL

> With the lags in between postings and the no new posting weekends,

I just

> wasn't getting enough of my Tae Bo family.

>>

Welcome, Jen! You will love it here. A lot of joined egroups for the same

reason - for more updated posting and because we're taebo addicts. It sounds

like you are doing taebo for all of the right reasons.

Elena

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Welcome

I'm sure you'll enjoy being with us all from you post, looking

forward to hearing more from you

Jill

who's not sure if we've got another on the list, I know there's

Jenn and Jenni

> hello everybody -

>

> I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. My name is ,

but you

> can call me Jen, or hey you. I answer to just about

anything. :-)

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Welcome to the group, .

Our son often used " games " to distract himself from the onslaught of OCD

thoughts. He was able to immerse himself in them to the point that he could

shut the OCD out, to some degree. Do you think that might be part of it for

your son? Of course, there is always the " just loving games " thing too. And

for boys, especially, it is a real social thing. The better you are at them,

the more respect you seem to get.

Hard combination to treat BP/OCD. You said he is being treated. With meds?

CBT/ERP (cognitive behavioral therapy/exposure and response prevention) therapy?

How are those working for him? So many in here have had a rough time with the

balance needed, individually, concerning medication treatment with those two

things.

If you are disjointed, you will fit right in. lol

Oh boy, know about the whole their reaction/your reaction thing. One thing that

helped us quite a bit with that, was learning to see that it was OCD, then

blaming it instead of our son. That put us all on the same side against the

OCD, rather than him feeling we were blaming him. It can be awfully convoluted

at times. And our son is a teen now, so you throw that into the mix and it gets

even more confusing, as you are probably experiencing since he is 14. But, we

all just do our best.

We are homeschoolers too (10 years of homeschooling). One rule we had to

implement was, no games of any sort, until all the schoolwork is done!

Otherwise, he would never get to the schoolwork. It's easy for them to put it

off when they only have to answer to mom and dad. lol Boy, you throw those

teenage years in and they lose motivation too.

Glad you found us. )

BJ

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Welcome to the group, ! You're in good company here . . . you aren't the

only mother in the group whose child has multiple disorders and has lived to

tell about it.

So far we are fortunate in that my daughter is 9 and has only mild OCD. She

occasionally has episodes that interfere with her school work but has not

required any special accomodations. When her OCD is flaring she will sometimes

beg to be homeschooled but we've never needed to take that step.

I hope you're able to get some good help here and find some things that help

your son manage and become a super chef!

Beth

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Hi ,

 I just wanted to say, " Welcome "

I have three kids, and my two youngest, ages 12 ,and, 7 ,have also been

diagnosed with OCD and Bipolar. They have ADHD also, but I was told this was a

part of the bipolar. Your description of your son sounds like my kids!This group

offers a lot of support !

Well, I have to run! Just wanted to give you a quick welcome!!!!

Hugs

Judy

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Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 1:03:37 AM

Subject: Introducing myself

Hi, everyone,

I'm and I just found this group today. DH and I are parents to one 14 year

old boy with Bipolar & OC Disorders, as well as ADD.

DS has been under treatment for BP and OCD for three years, and had had them for

at least a year before we first got treatment. He had a meltdown and started

talking about wanting to die (he was ten or eleven at the time). We took him to

the ER at a local hospital and they admitted him to a psych ward for about a

week. That's when we found out about the BP & OCD. He began treatment and

counseling and improved. Over the intervening time we've adjusted meds and tried

to work on coping skills. We home school. B/c of the disorders we are behind

three years in grade level. DS is a very smart kid, so the fact that we've lost

so much time due to the OCDs is extremely frustrating to us parents. DS doesn't

seem to care about school, whether he does it or not. He'd rather play online

games than work on his education. We're trying to get him to see that if he

wants to become a chef like he's said for several years, he NEEDs to focus on

the foundation of education.

Arg.

I'm sorry. This is really disjointed. I just kind of leapt in here and started

writing. :-)

I'll just say that I am really glad to have found this group and I hope that I

(and DH) can learn some things that will benefit our son and our family, and our

lives, which at present are under quite a bit of stress due to DS's OCDs and

reactions, and our reactions to that. Sometimes seems like a vicious circle.

Thanks for bearing with me, all. I will say that I have a habit of filling the

bill for " resident ditz " -so, heads up. I'm off to a running start with this

post, a 'run-on " narrative.

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Hi Sandy! My OCD son, , is also gifted with Aspergers; he's 20 yrs now.

I joined this group when his OCD began back in 6th grade. I have 2 other sons,

ages 20/twin and 24.

If I understand, her OCD began earlier but did get worse when her brother was

sick around Christmas? Wanted to say that 's OCD hasn't been - from what

I can figure out - the PANDAS type (and I did wonder and think about when it

started, etc.) but his OCD does get worse with fevers and worsened with strep,

etc. When his OCD began so long ago (after he began 6th grade), I just could

not recall his being sick or his brothers around that time. He had his OCD

tendencies at younger ages, before all the sudden compulsions, rituals seemed to

pop up overnight and be 24-hour/day in 6th grade. Certainly not ruling out

PANDAS/PITANDS in your daughter's case though. Just wanted to comment about

and the increases when sick.

's a patient type personality, so haven't had to deal with rages or

behavior (a bit of temper when OCD is bugging him - or me bugging him about OCD,

LOL).

Others parents here are also having to deal with contamination fears and

handwashing, etc. luckily didn't deal with that. Would be

willing to choose just 1 fear/issue to work on? Something that seems easiest to

try. It might be just trying to " hold out " longer before washing, when she

feels contaminated, just trying to hold out 10, 15, 20 seconds, a minute...see

if she can increase the time or something.

There are some non-SSRI meds that others may be able to tell you helped with

OCD. My mind is a bit " blank " right now...but why am I thinking Abilify...?

Anafranil also treats OCD and isn't an SSRI. I know there's others too.

Just some quick thoughts. I hate she's not able to get to school or work at

home right now! But, sigh, school will still be there! I really had to help

that first year, even did his writing for him for his work!

>

> Hi,

>

> I am mom to , 15, adopted from Korea at 5 months, gifted with aspergers

syndrome, sensory sensitivities and now pretty severe OCD. Her problems in

general started at 12 with stomach problems, then sensory problems. The OCD

developed about a year ago and then, right before Christmas became so severe

that she could not do her cyber school any more. She is now on a medical leave

from school. She does not appear to have obsessions so much as compulsions. All

centered around contamination. She cannot touch most things. And cannot stand