Guest guest Posted November 3, 1999 Report Share Posted November 3, 1999 Hi Patti -- yiup, we sure do know each other...LMHO...I'm glad to hear Mat's tics are under control (Ben's are better but not greatly controlled at this point--the worst ones are though!) I hope you find Mat a really good psychologist to help him with the OCD--I think that will make a huge difference in how he is able to better manage his disorder--though I wonder (out loud here) if he's old enough to better control his OCD? Hmmm, any thoughts? What I find, in myself, is that like the tics in TS, OCD waxes and wanes depending on a lot of things, including stress and anxiety, of course, and other times, there appears to be no reason for the waxing and waning..It just happens because it does!!!! In my own humble opinion, I think better management, coping is the key to OCD--not a cure cos we know there ain't one (unfortunatey!) Good luck and keep us posted, Take good care In Southern Ontario, Canada In a message dated 11/3/1999 12:44:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, PMbeers9@... writes: << Hello and , We know each other from the Tourette's lists. I'm glad to see both of you here now. Right now with Mat tics are not the problem. His anxiety and obsessions are so severe that he is missing a great deal of school. Yesterday the vice principal talked to me about the idea of homeschool. I think homeschool would be best for Mat right now. And when he starts getting SSI I will seriously consider homeschooling or half days at school. I have an appointment on Friday with the Social Security folks. I am dreading it so much because I will have to sit there and tell them how awful my sweet son is. His rages have been under control since an increase in his Risperdal on Friday. He is up to 3 1/2 mg Risperdal per day and 200 mg Luvox per day. On Friday Mat's dad called and dumped Mat's psychologist. The doc agreed that it was a good idea to stop now and offered to help with school problems if we ever needed him. So now we will be looking for a new therapist. I am reading a bunch of books on OCD and TS right now. One of the books talked about putting off obsessions, saving them for later. This worked really well when Mat was doing his schoolwork yesterday afternoon. He started obsessing over something and I told him to save all his obsessions until after his homework was done and then he could obsess for a half an hour. He did the work and then forgot to obsess later! LOL! My mother has been telling me for years that she has OCD. I never took her seriously until I saw that 20/20 segment on Hoarding and OCD. Now I realize that she does have OCD and Mat does the same kind of hoarding! Mat's granny subbed to the Hoarding/Clutter OCD list. I am told that Mat's paternal grandmother was also a packrat and I really wonder if it crossed over to the severity of OCD like my mother. Well its good to see you and , Patti in Southern California >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 1999 Report Share Posted November 4, 1999 , Yes, I think that with a good therapist Mat could learn to have some better control of his thoughts. The doc we dumped was OK, but he didn't teach us anything that I hadn't already been doing with Mat already. With my background in psych, we were already using charts and points and behavior mod and proactive preventative safe nurturing environment with a lot of talking things out. Mat's dad is willing to travel an hour's distance to get the right kind of doc. We may be looking into UCLA to see if we can find an awesome doc there. I got a long list of doctors and therapist's from the OCD Spectrum Association. Mat is still ticcing a lot, but it doesn't bother him. Patti << Hi Patti -- yiup, we sure do know each other...LMHO...I'm glad to hear Mat's tics are under control (Ben's are better but not greatly controlled at this point--the worst ones are though!) I hope you find Mat a really good psychologist to help him with the OCD--I think that will make a huge difference in how he is able to better manage his disorder--though I wonder (out loud here) if he's old enough to better control his OCD? Hmmm, any thoughts? What I find, in myself, is that like the tics in TS, OCD waxes and wanes depending on a lot of things, including stress and anxiety, of course, and other times, there appears to be no reason for the waxing and waning..It just happens because it does!!!! In my own humble opinion, I think better management, coping is the key to OCD--not a cure cos we know there ain't one (unfortunatey!) Good luck and keep us posted, Take good care In Southern Ontario, Canada >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 1999 Report Share Posted November 4, 1999 Hi Patti - I sure hope you find Mat the right therapist--it will make a huge difference for him--and you! Glad to hear the tics are not causing him any grief. Take good care, In a message dated 11/4/1999 5:01:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, PMbeers9@... writes: << , Yes, I think that with a good therapist Mat could learn to have some better control of his thoughts. The doc we dumped was OK, but he didn't teach us anything that I hadn't already been doing with Mat already. With my background in psych, we were already using charts and points and behavior mod and proactive preventative safe nurturing environment with a lot of talking things out. Mat's dad is willing to travel an hour's distance to get the right kind of doc. We may be looking into UCLA to see if we can find an awesome doc there. I got a long list of doctors and therapist's from the OCD Spectrum Association. Mat is still ticcing a lot, but it doesn't bother him. Patti >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Welcome to the group! I am sure you will find alot of support here. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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