Re: Re: OCD and Puberty--Response to Cathy

[Guest guest]

Hi and All,

 

I appreciated your words of advice, , and heard almost the same thing from

my dd9 therapist this morning: just as any other child with a physical illness,

a mental illness sometimes need meds. We are holding our breath until our first

psychiatrist appointment next Friday. Things have gotten so bad with our dd9

that I pray meds will help her GAD so we can do ERP for her OCD (that almost

sounds like a funny haiku, lol).

> From: jenlich <jenlichhotmail (DOT) com>

> Subject: Re: OCD and Puberty

> To: @ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:49 AM

> I never thought about having her

> hormones tested. I set up a doctor's appt for Tuesday and

> have requested that they run a full blood and urine

> screening. I will add that to the list.

>

> My daugher's anxiety level is through the roof. We are up

> all night w/her and I'm starting to lose my mind. It's

> getting hard to be understanding w/lack of sleep...

>

> Hopefully there will be some kind of " find " from their

> tests, but I am resorting to putting her on Prozak. I will

> be meeting w/her Psychiatrist Friday to talk about this

> possibility. Her seperation anxiety has become debilitating

> as well as her obsessions. At 9, you'd like your child to be

> having fun w/o a care in the world, but w/all of this mental

> illness, she is miserable. It just isn't fair is it?

>

> Thank you for your insight and suggestion.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

,

Best wishes on your daughter's psychiatrist appointment. When the meds work, it

really makes a difference. Remember, too, if the first one doesn't work or has

too many side effects, there are many potential choices out there. It often

takes a little while to see the major improvements, but you may see some

improvement quite quickly (at least that was our experience). Here's hoping

that all goes smoothly for you. Keep us posted.

>

> > From: jenlich <jenlichhotmail (DOT) com>

> > Subject: Re: OCD and Puberty

> > To: @ yahoogroups. com

> > Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:49 AM

> > I never thought about having her

> > hormones tested. I set up a doctor's appt for Tuesday

> and

> > have requested that they run a full blood and urine

> > screening. I will add that to the list.

> >

> > My daugher's anxiety level is through the roof. We are

> up

> > all night w/her and I'm starting to lose my mind.

> It's

> > getting hard to be understanding w/lack of sleep...

> >

> > Hopefully there will be some kind of " find " from

> their

> > tests, but I am resorting to putting her on Prozak. I

> will

> > be meeting w/her Psychiatrist Friday to talk about

> this

> > possibility. Her seperation anxiety has become

> debilitating

> > as well as her obsessions. At 9, you'd like your child

> to be

> > having fun w/o a care in the world, but w/all of this

> mental

> > illness, she is miserable. It just isn't fair is it?

> >

> > Thank you for your insight and suggestion.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ------------ --------- --------- ------

> >

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> / links

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> > Our list advisors are Gail B. , Ed.D.(http://www.ocdaware ness.com ),

Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.(

> http://www.worrywis ekids.org ), and Dan Geller, M.D.

> > (http://www2.

> massgeneral. org/pediatricpsy ch/staff/ geller.html

> > ). You may ask a question of any of these mental

> health

> > professionals by inserting the words " Ask Dr.(insert

> name) "

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tion.info/ treatment- providers-

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> > NLM-NIH Drug Information Portal may be viewed at

> > http://druginfo. nlm.nih.gov/ drugportal/ drugportal.

> jsp?APPLICATION_ NAME=drugportal

> > .  OCF recommended reading list may be viewed at http://www.ocfounda

tion.org/ ocd-oc-spectrum-

> disorders- book-list. html

> > .

> >