Christie/Jayne/Closets

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<<For any that may have their child on meds for OCD would you mind sharing

what med and how its going. This is a big issue for us at the moment.>>

Hi, Everyone....Christie.....I reply by highlighting, copying, and velcroing

onto a new letter. That way I can respond to many posts at once and not

each one individually. I'm lazy, like that!!! Anyway....Gareth

has been taking SSRI's for his OCD. He's pretty bad when not on meds, too.

The best for him is Luvox....50 mg each am and pm. When it stops working, we

switch him to Lexapro or Prozac. Prozac is the least effective. The problem

with Gareth is that the SSRI's stop working after a period of time and we

can't ever raise the dosage because then it's too much and the negative

behaviors come back, hence the switching of meds every 9, 12 or 18 months.

Many of

us have found that our kids are very sensitive to drugs, so we all recommend

that you 'start low and go slow' on dosages, etc.

Jayne....you're posts sound sooooooooooo happy and upbeat !!!! So glad for

you but don't envy the move at all.

Memories.......When Gareth was in the school district from h#** (grades 1-3)

they made over a very, small hall closet to be used for 'time out' for

Gareth in 1st grade. Supposable, his aide (from h#**, too) was with him the

whole

time. The S*@## hit the fan when I wrote a letter to the editor of the

paper and the superintendent and school board members read it!!! The school's

justification was that he had to stay in there till he calmed down and complied

to educational requests. The room made him into a raging animal instead and

they would call me to come and get him. Your lucky your child can tell you

about it. I found out by accident when Gareth got suspended for slugging the

Principal in the face while 4 of them were carrying him downstairs to the

'Time out' room. I 'high 5' Gareth for hitting the Principal that

day........oh, well!!! It was YEARS before we could use the words 'time out'

without him

freaking out!!! Now we will say 'you have to take five' to get him to sit

and calm down. Take care, Everyone.

Margaret