Re: new to group-14 yr son ocd

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue, welcome! I'm already happy for your son, that's he's made progress with

his new therapist!! Hoping that is helping motivate him and helps him to feel

less helpless with OCD still controlling a lot of things. Plus, getting that

understanding of what OCD is.

I agree, love the internet! Has been my best friend regarding OCD, led me to

this group years ago.

My son is now 22, his OCD hit him in 6th grade. At least " hit " to where the

rest of us were all aware of it, he had his quirks before that. But the 24/7

consuming OCD that began in 6th grade, wow! Really affects everything and

everyone! Yes, have to keep in mind how much they are suffering with this

illness too, even though at times with us it seemed it was the rest of us more

than him when he would just do whatever OCD said. But, little steps, can only

work on a bit at a time!

Was there anything in particular he did to help to where he is now able to not

wash after touching things, any exposure exercises?

Glad you found our group,

single mom, 3 sons

, 22, with OCD, dysgraphia, Aspergers

attending UNC-Chapel Hill

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> I am new to this group. My 14 yr old son has OCD. I am still trying to

accept it, and get through the daily challenges. He has contamination issues.

Washes hands, changes clothes, will only sit in certain spots at home or in our

cars, and showers. He can have a meltdown over certain things. All of this

puts alot of strain on the whole family.

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Sue. If it is early in his treatment and he has already made that

progress than that sounds great. It takes time to get through everything but

seeing progress makes it so much easier to deal with. I hope you will continue

to see more and more progress. Stormy

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Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 2:39:34 PM

Subject: new to group-14 yr son ocd

I am new to this group. My 14 yr old son has OCD. I am still trying to accept

it, and get through the daily challenges. He has contamination issues. Washes

hands, changes clothes, will only sit in certain spots at home or in our cars,

and showers. He can have a meltdown over certain things. All of this puts alot

of strain on the whole family.

Our pediatrian recommeded a dtr that we went to for 4 weeks, then I realized he

had no clue how to treat OCD. Thank goodness for the internet, I was able to

find an " expert " in OCD. My son started ERP therapy, and can now touch things

in the house without washing his hands. We are still early in his treatment,

but I have some hope now.

Some days are hard, I try to have the patience, understanding, and compassion.

I can't even imagine how difficult it is for him. I am glad to have found this

group. Hope everyone has a good day.

Sue

[Guest guest]

He has been doing exposure exercises with items in the house that bother him.

Holding them and not washing hands, while rating the anxiety level. Each week

dtr gives him homework, a few different things to work on. We are still at the

" lower anxiety " items, not sure how things will go when he has to try the more

difficult ones. It seems to be such a day to day process.

Sue

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> Was there anything in particular he did to help to where he is now able to not

wash after touching things, any exposure exercises?

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> Glad you found our group,

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> single mom, 3 sons

> , 22, with OCD, dysgraphia, Aspergers

> attending UNC-Chapel Hill

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[Guest guest]

Sue, hopefully the success with the lower anxiety ones will make the higher ones

easier or maybe some of them just disappear on their own. I'm glad he's

willingly doing the exposures, I think getting them to do the homework can be

the most difficult problem sometimes. It is a day to day process, but at least

progress helps him to know that he can win against this illness, things can

change.

Keep us updated!

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> He has been doing exposure exercises with items in the house that bother him.

Holding them and not washing hands, while rating the anxiety level. Each week

dtr gives him homework, a few different things to work on. We are still at the

" lower anxiety " items, not sure how things will go when he has to try the more

difficult ones. It seems to be such a day to day process.

> Sue

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group, Sue.

Wow! How great that you found a therapist who truly understands how to treat

OCD. They can be hard to find.

Sounds like your son is on the way to improvement. )

For some, depending on if the anxiety is too much for them to deal with while

doing the therapy, medication can be brought in, temporarily to help them by

lowering the anxiety. Hopefully, you can get through the CBT/ERP without

though.

Glad you found our group.

BJ

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> I am new to this group. My 14 yr old son has OCD. I am still trying to

accept it, and get through the daily challenges. He has contamination issues.

Washes hands, changes clothes, will only sit in certain spots at home or in our

cars, and showers. He can have a meltdown over certain things. All of this

puts alot of strain on the whole family.

> Our pediatrian recommeded a dtr that we went to for 4 weeks, then I realized

he had no clue how to treat OCD. Thank goodness for the internet, I was able to

find an " expert " in OCD. My son started ERP therapy, and can now touch things

in the house without washing his hands. We are still early in his treatment,

but I have some hope now.

> Some days are hard, I try to have the patience, understanding, and

compassion. I can't even imagine how difficult it is for him. I am glad to

have found this group. Hope everyone has a good day.

> Sue

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