New here and wanted to say hello;)

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My name is . I just found out 2 1/2 weeks ago that my 15 yr.old daughter

has OCD. We have been through about a month of stress,exhaustion and heartbreak.

She saw a psychiatrist and was put on 50 mg of Zoloft. Same medicine I started

on as well when I was 17. Her OCD came out of no where. I could identify with it

because I have had all the same symptoms since I was a kid. I was diagnosed with

GAD though. I think I have OCD as well-and I had a misdiagnoses 21 years ago. My

daughter has to confess everything going through her head even things that

aren't bad-it's normal kids stuff but to her it is huge right now. Then she was

trying to hurt herself to make the thoughts go away. I know the medicine takes

10 weeks to fully take effect and we have found a psychologist that we meet with

Tuesday so that she can begin CBT.I will be so happy when her thoughts aren't

consuming her-I know this feeling and how scary it can be when the intrusive

thoughts take over and you are basically overwhelmed. She won't leave our

side.I'm educating myself as much as I can as well as my husband. Oh...she was

also diagnosed with PTSD and myself too a few years ago. The counseling we

received for PTSD was terrible. I have great hopes that the Psychologist can

help her with this as well. She just started school last week and the stress

caused a lot of " meltdowns " . I'm staying strong for her but inside I just want

to cry and make this all go away for her. Thank You for this wonderful support

group.

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