Looking for advice - Intro

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Hello all,

My daughter was born in November 2004 and from day one has refused to

sleep. We fought and fought with her until she turned 3 1/2 when we

finally started to see a child psychologist and heard the diagnosis that she has

OCD behaviour and high anxiety. When we realized that it wasn't us and we

weren't doing anything wrong in trying to get her to sleep, it was like a weight

lifted. But that diagnosis also brought with it a lot of questions and fear. For

over 3 years we would spend hours listening to her scream not wanting to go to

sleep or be alone in a room in her own house. To this day she still refuses to

be alone in a room. She won't go into her room to play or stay in the family

room if I need to go and change my son's diaper.

Well since we moved (it's been a month) things have really gone down hill. We

had about a year of her being able to go to bed with a very specific routine,

and sleeping through the night. It has now become a dialy battle of not only

getting her to sleep, but getting her to go to bed at her bedtime and not ours.

We are tired of the struggle and just want it to end.

I guess I'm trying to find other parents who have techniques or an understanding

of what I'm going through, and any advice on how to help a 5 year old through

anxiety and her OCD.

Thank you

rakhi