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Barb was posting at the same time I was and wrote a much better answer.

(As usual!) :-) She sums up my feelings about meds very well.

Dina

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Dorelle, like you, I thought of my kids' meds as temporary and at times wondered

why on Earth they were still taking them. I asked our doctor about taking them

off of their meds and she asked me why I would want to stop the meds when they

were working...My kids receive ERP therapy and have for years but without the

meds do not do well at all. I equate their OCD to any other chronic health

condition that needs medicating. I am very happy for people who are able to

stop the meds after a time but accept the fact that we are not those people!

Kelley in NV

Re: HOw many of your kids have been helped with meds

-help?

Hi ,

I'm going to guess that none of us wanted to put our kids on meds. However, as I

tried many, many supplements, alternative therapies and " expert advice " while my

DD continued to " suffer " I began to see the necessity. For the first three

years, I saw the meds as " temporary "

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i suffered with severe ocd myself for years, meds didnt touch it for me. im not

saying they cant and dont help many people. just from my own personal experience

i wouldnt wish that on my daughter.

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-help?

Hi, . I, like most parents, didn't want to put my child on meds, but my

12-year-old son's OCD was crushing his soul, so our therapist recommended an

initially aggressive regime, which he promised would alleviate my son's symptoms

within 4 days. 4 days? I was extremely skeptical, but our therapist was right.

His symptoms in the day all but disappeared, and his daily dose of Prozac has

maintained this.

It was a hard decision to put my son on meds, but his quality of life has

improved so much that it definitely was the right decision for us. He is still

learning how to control his OCD with CBT, but the meds helped give him the

confidence to do the work. Before the meds, he was emotionally paralyzed, and

no matter how much everyone told him to talk back to his OCD, he just couldn't

do it.

Try to look at it this way: If your child had diabetes, would you withhold

insulin? Or if she suffered from seizures, would you not give her the

medication? OCD isn't a behavioral flaw, it's a physiological glitch. Meds can

help, so try not to feel guilty if you have to go this route.

Hang in there!

Cheri

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> please tell me if meds HAVE helped you kids. I am extrememly wary of putting

my 11 1/2 of meds because I had tried many ssris and anafranil for MY ocd and it

was a horrible experience. the only thing that helped MY life long terrible ocd

was strenuous workouts and a combination of SAM-e supplement and high dose fish

oil. I dont; want to put my daughter through trying and stopping these strong

meds. She has severe hoarding/ ocd and odd.

> Thank you!

> lisa

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i suffered with severe ocd myself for years, meds didnt touch it for me. im not

saying they cant and dont help many people. just from my own personal experience

i wouldnt wish that on my daughter.

- Re: HOw many of your kids have been helped with meds

-help?

Hi, . I, like most parents, didn't want to put my child on meds, but my

12-year-old son's OCD was crushing his soul, so our therapist recommended an

initially aggressive regime, which he promised would alleviate my son's symptoms

within 4 days. 4 days? I was extremely skeptical, but our therapist was right.

His symptoms in the day all but disappeared, and his daily dose of Prozac has

maintained this.

It was a hard decision to put my son on meds, but his quality of life has

improved so much that it definitely was the right decision for us. He is still

learning how to control his OCD with CBT, but the meds helped give him the

confidence to do the work. Before the meds, he was emotionally paralyzed, and

no matter how much everyone told him to talk back to his OCD, he just couldn't

do it.

Try to look at it this way: If your child had diabetes, would you withhold

insulin? Or if she suffered from seizures, would you not give her the

medication? OCD isn't a behavioral flaw, it's a physiological glitch. Meds can

help, so try not to feel guilty if you have to go this route.

Hang in there!

Cheri

>

> please tell me if meds HAVE helped you kids. I am extrememly wary of putting

my 11 1/2 of meds because I had tried many ssris and anafranil for MY ocd and it

was a horrible experience. the only thing that helped MY life long terrible ocd

was strenuous workouts and a combination of SAM-e supplement and high dose fish

oil. I dont; want to put my daughter through trying and stopping these strong

meds. She has severe hoarding/ ocd and odd.

> Thank you!

> lisa

>

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> i suffered with severe ocd myself for years, meds didnt touch it for

> me. im not saying they cant and dont help many people. just from my

> own personal experience i wouldnt wish that on my daughter.

>

This isn't clear to me. You wouldn't wish what on your daughter? The

severe OCD, or the meds?

Dina

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tje meds. she has sever ocd as i did, but no longer do. myself.

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meds -help?

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> i suffered with severe ocd myself for years, meds didnt touch it for

> me. im not saying they cant and dont help many people. just from my

> own personal experience i wouldnt wish that on my daughter.

>

This isn't clear to me. You wouldn't wish what on your daughter? The

severe OCD, or the meds?

Dina

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> tje meds. she has sever ocd as i did, but no longer do. myself.

>

How did you overcome your OCD? ERP? Hopefully your child can travel

the same path you did and have good results soon.

Dina

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in my first post I said that I overcame it by workinh out. along with fish oil

and sam e. cbt could not work for me, if youre in a state of anxiety talking

oneswlf out of it and saying a billion positive things didnt work. only relaxing

through exercise did it for me. my daughter refuses to do exercise.

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> tje meds. she has sever ocd as i did, but no longer do. myself.

>

How did you overcome your OCD? ERP? Hopefully your child can travel

the same path you did and have good results soon.

Dina

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-- Sent from my Palm Pre

in my first post I said that I overcame it by workinh out. along with fish oil

and sam e. cbt could not work for me, if youre in a state of anxiety talking

oneswlf out of it and saying a billion positive things didnt work. only relaxing

through exercise did it for me. my daughter refuses to do exercise.

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meds -help?

& gt;

& gt; tje meds. she has sever ocd as i did, but no longer do. myself.

& gt;

How did you overcome your OCD? ERP? Hopefully your child can travel

the same path you did and have good results soon.

Dina

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> in my first post I said that I overcame it by workinh out. along with

> fish oil and sam e. cbt could not work for me, if youre in a state of

> anxiety talking oneswlf out of it and saying a billion positive things

> didnt work. only relaxing through exercise did it for me. my daughter

> refuses to do exercise.

>

Oh, sorry, I do remember you saying that now. ERP (Exposure and

Response Prevention) is the recommended therapy for OCD. I am running

out the door, but maybe Barb, BJ or Stormy could provide a link

that explains it.

Dina