Re: Obsessive touching/retouching

[Guest guest]

>> If he walks too close to a door frame, person, object, and

> accidentally brushes his arm, hand, finger, foot, body part on it,

> he goes back and reinacts the touch two or three times and then

goes

> on about his business.

This sounds alot like Obsessive Compulsive behavior. According to

my son's neurologist, OCD and ADD/ADHD are both part of the autistic

spectrum, they're just on opposite ends. OCD (my son, husband and I

are all a bit this way) is a seratonin-seeking behavior, whereas ADD

is a dopamine-seeking behavior.

Hope this helps,

Paris

[Guest guest]

Actually, my daughter does that every so often too...especially when its the

full moon...its like a ritualistic behavior....and then it'll disappear.

Obsessive touching/retouching

> My son has this weird thing that pops up every now and then, and I

> can't seem to put a finger on where it's coming from . . .

>

> If he walks too close to a door frame, person, object, and

> accidentally brushes his arm, hand, finger, foot, body part on it,

> he goes back and reinacts the touch two or three times and then goes

> on about his business. Same if he happens to stub a toe. I caught

> him going back and stepping off a curb three times yesterday and

> this morning he had to cross a threshold twice.

>

> We've been gfcf for 4 years and he's on enzymes and a Cal/Mag supp

> and that's it at the moment.

>

> What is this and why can I not figure out where it's coming

> from!!!??? And better yet, how do I fix it? Boy, do we get weird

> looks from people!!

>

> Anything from anybody???

>

> Kris

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[Guest guest]

My daughter picks up on odd behaviors (I call them OCD tendancies)

once in a while as well. Right now it is touching each person on

each page in every book we read. I usually ignore it because it goes

away on its own in her. She's picked up a lot of different ones the

last couple days and I'm sure it's something to do with not having

her enzymes. I'm sure there's something underlying it all.

Best wishes

Becky

> My son has this weird thing that pops up every now and then, and I

> can't seem to put a finger on where it's coming from . . .

>

> If he walks too close to a door frame, person, object, and

> accidentally brushes his arm, hand, finger, foot, body part on it,

> he goes back and reinacts the touch two or three times and then

goes

> on about his business. Same if he happens to stub a toe. I caught

> him going back and stepping off a curb three times yesterday and

> this morning he had to cross a threshold twice.

>

> We've been gfcf for 4 years and he's on enzymes and a Cal/Mag supp

> and that's it at the moment.

>

> What is this and why can I not figure out where it's coming

> from!!!??? And better yet, how do I fix it? Boy, do we get weird

> looks from people!!

>

> Anything from anybody???

>

> Kris

[Guest guest]

> If he walks too close to a door frame, person, object, and

> accidentally brushes his arm, hand, finger, foot, body part on it,

> he goes back and reinacts the touch two or three times and then goes

> on about his business. Same if he happens to stub a toe. I caught

> him going back and stepping off a curb three times yesterday and

> this morning he had to cross a threshold twice.

This can be OCD behavior, which is commonly associated with viral issues.

Dana