8 yr old and severe hand washing

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My 8 yr old son was diagnosed w/ OCD about a year ago. He is being treated

off and on by a psychologist who is familiar w/ cog. behavior therapy and

EXP. He has had different types, but they have all but faded away. But,

recently he started washing his hands after playing legos, cause he thought

they were " dirty. " It has increased dramatically in the last week to the

point where he is pretty much staying in my bedroom washing his hands often

and watching tv. Last week he came home from his classes at a learning

co-op, took off his clothes and went straight away to the shower. Then

wouldn't come out of his room to play w/ a friend who was here. I have an

appointment at the end of next week, and we have talked about bossing back,

and he has been able to wait for 5-10 min before giving in to the hand

washing. But tonight his hands are incredibly raw, and cut, and seem to

have a rash. He is in extreme pain! We have tried different lotions, but

they burn. I was able to put polysporin lotion on it tonight. He is

sobbing because he doesn't think he will be able to take his karate class

tomorrow cause he can's close his fist. He also is worried that he will not

be able to play in his basketball game on sat. or attend a nerf-party bd

party which he has really been looking forward to. Does anyone have any

advice on something to put on his hands to give relief? Im the meantime I

thought we could buy wipes to use on his hands and limit the number that he

can use daily. At this point I don't think he could put his hands in the

water cause of the pain it would cause.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Kathy

Congratulate your son for being able to fight back the OCD even if only for

5 or 10 minutes at a time. Good job!! My daughter was diagnosed at

about 13 yrs - same issue, germs. Excessive hand washing, excessive showering,

etc. In an effort to ease the dryness and chapping, I filled every hand

soap pump bottle in my house with & 's baby soap. It did

help... but I don't think you'll see any results within a couple days. You

might have some luck with Shea Butter (not the lotion with shea butter in

it... but pure shea butter - maybe try an organic/health food store). If you

think he could sleep with thin gloves on... try Neosporin. The cream type

might be more comfortable, but the ointment (personal opinion here...)

might do better. Slather on lots of it, cover with gloves and let him sleep

with them on - or even spend a couple hours during the day with them on. I

don't think the Neosporin will sting.

Good luck

LT

In a message dated 2/10/2011 11:08:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ruehlman@... writes:

Hi,

My 8 yr old son was diagnosed w/ OCD about a year ago. He is being treated

off and on by a psychologist who is familiar w/ cog. behavior therapy and

EXP. He has had different types, but they have all but faded away. But,

recently he started washing his hands after playing legos, cause he thought

they were " dirty. " It has increased dramatically in the last week to the

point where he is pretty much staying in my bedroom washing his hands often

and watching tv. Last week he came home from his classes at a learning

co-op, took off his clothes and went straight away to the shower. Then

wouldn't come out of his room to play w/ a friend who was here. I have an

appointment at the end of next week, and we have talked about bossing back,

and he has been able to wait for 5-10 min before giving in to the hand

washing. But tonight his hands are incredibly raw, and cut, and seem to

have a rash. He is in extreme pain! We have tried different lotions, but

they burn. I was able to put polysporin lotion on it tonight. He is

sobbing because he doesn't think he will be able to take his karate class

tomorrow cause he can's close his fist. He also is worried that he will

not

be able to play in his basketball game on sat. or attend a nerf-party bd

party which he has really been looking forward to. Does anyone have any

advice on something to put on his hands to give relief? Im the meantime I

thought we could buy wipes to use on his hands and limit the number that he

can use daily. At this point I don't think he could put his hands in the

water cause of the pain it would cause.

Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Hi , I know that burn/hurt from dry hands. My hands, on their own, seem to

just dry & crack as soon as the heat goes on each year. You're right, just

getting them in water hurts. The best lotion I found was St. Ives for Extra Dry

Skin. Doesn't hurt so much and also seems to heal/help fast. A couple others

for extra dry, think maybe the Vaseline brand...were pretty good, but I've used

St. Ives since it's my fav.

Sorry this new OCD popped up but happy to hear he's managed to conquer those

past behaviors!

>

> Hi,

>

>

> My 8 yr old son was diagnosed w/ OCD about a year ago. He is being treated

> off and on by a psychologist who is familiar w/ cog. behavior therapy and

[Guest guest]

P.S. Just check that lotion bottle. It's St. Ives Advanced Therapy lotion. (I

said extra dry skin)

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> >

> > My 8 yr old son was diagnosed w/ OCD about a year ago. He is being treated

> > off and on by a psychologist who is familiar w/ cog. behavior therapy and

>

[Guest guest]

,

I am newer to this group but my daughter who we are just discovering having OCD

has always had eczema since she was born practically and we use Aquaphor and

with rash Cortaid.  The Aquaphor is great because it is fragrance free and dye

free for sensitive skin.  It is made by Eucerin and is an ointment.  Now that

she is becoming very obsessive about had washing and her hands look sun burnt

all the time we are using both of these when she will let us.

My daughter also loves to get showered and then barricade herself in her room at

night but she has got better at doing that latter in the evening. She doesn't

play with most of her toys anymore which makes me sad and she won't get rid of

any so I am beginning to think she has a hoarding issue too..or she gets that

from me because I save everything.

We are currently looking for a new therapist because we were going to play

therapy which wasn't helping at all. 

 

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Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 8:08:39 PM

Subject: 8 yr old and severe hand washing

 

Hi,

My 8 yr old son was diagnosed w/ OCD about a year ago. He is being treated

off and on by a psychologist who is familiar w/ cog. behavior therapy and

EXP. He has had different types, but they have all but faded away. But,

recently he started washing his hands after playing legos, cause he thought

they were " dirty. " It has increased dramatically in the last week to the

point where he is pretty much staying in my bedroom washing his hands often

and watching tv. Last week he came home from his classes at a learning

co-op, took off his clothes and went straight away to the shower. Then

wouldn't come out of his room to play w/ a friend who was here. I have an

appointment at the end of next week, and we have talked about bossing back,

and he has been able to wait for 5-10 min before giving in to the hand

washing. But tonight his hands are incredibly raw, and cut, and seem to

have a rash. He is in extreme pain! We have tried different lotions, but

they burn. I was able to put polysporin lotion on it tonight. He is

sobbing because he doesn't think he will be able to take his karate class

tomorrow cause he can's close his fist. He also is worried that he will not

be able to play in his basketball game on sat. or attend a nerf-party bd

party which he has really been looking forward to. Does anyone have any

advice on something to put on his hands to give relief? Im the meantime I

thought we could buy wipes to use on his hands and limit the number that he

can use daily. At this point I don't think he could put his hands in the

water cause of the pain it would cause.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi, . Our son, who is 18, (just lowered meds) has been going through

another hand washing phase, after years of it not being a problem, so this is

recent for us too.

We've used Neosporin on the cracks. And prescription cortisone when it was

really bad, but not long term since it can thin the skin.

We found that Eucerin makes a calming cream that helped him when nothing else

would. It works immediately to take the sting out. He's also been sleeping

with socks over his hands, at night, after slathering on cream.

We tried shea butter, and he reacted to it with a rash, so went back to Eucerin

cream in a little tub, but sure either would work, as long as your son doesn't

react.

I saw recently, on a commercial that a hand cream company made a hand washing

soap and cream combined. I can't remember which company it was though. We

thought of trying that, but will have to try to remember it first. lol Sorry,

I know that's not very helpful.

Glad he is back to using ERP. I hope he is able to make some progress soon.

BJ

>

> Hi,

>

>

> My 8 yr old son was diagnosed w/ OCD about a year ago. He is being treated

> off and on by a psychologist who is familiar w/ cog. behavior therapy and

> EXP. He has had different types, but they have all but faded away. But,

> recently he started washing his hands after playing legos, cause he thought

> they were " dirty. " It has increased dramatically in the last week to the

> point where he is pretty much staying in my bedroom washing his hands often

> and watching tv. Last week he came home from his classes at a learning

> co-op, took off his clothes and went straight away to the shower. Then

> wouldn't come out of his room to play w/ a friend who was here. I have an

> appointment at the end of next week, and we have talked about bossing back,

> and he has been able to wait for 5-10 min before giving in to the hand

> washing. But tonight his hands are incredibly raw, and cut, and seem to

> have a rash. He is in extreme pain! We have tried different lotions, but

> they burn. I was able to put polysporin lotion on it tonight. He is

> sobbing because he doesn't think he will be able to take his karate class

> tomorrow cause he can's close his fist. He also is worried that he will not

> be able to play in his basketball game on sat. or attend a nerf-party bd

> party which he has really been looking forward to. Does anyone have any

> advice on something to put on his hands to give relief? Im the meantime I

> thought we could buy wipes to use on his hands and limit the number that he

> can use daily. At this point I don't think he could put his hands in the

> water cause of the pain it would cause.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>