Guest guest Posted April 24, 1999 Report Share Posted April 24, 1999 Hi Sheree, and others... Ups and Downs: I agree with your feelings. One good day, one not so good day! Around here they also alternate - I never know whose turn it is next!! Actually, that is how we had our daughters were diagnosed. Once Tom was being treated, the girls began to show ocd symptoms. First the little one was checking and worrying, then the her sister started worrying and washing... You never know what the dawn will bring - but it promises to be interesting! Colorado: My 13 year old handled the attack intellectually. She listened to every report, watched tv journals, and read the paper. She wanted to know details, how did people react? what repercussions were there? what future does that school have?? what actions would be taken if it was here?? She was not worried, more curious. On the spouse topic: When we get the chance - we send everyone away and have a night at home just the two of us!! I'm a big advocate of separate vocations so my break is to visit friends out of town - ALONE!! wendy in canada Dont forget to prioritize yourself sometimes .... a little goes a long way!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 1999 Report Share Posted April 24, 1999 Hi all, day by day, week by week, I'm finding it's impossible to say if my daughter is getting better, getting worse or treading water. I noticed that when I'm on the phone with my sister, say, and tell her Kel seems to be doing better--it's been easier to get out the door to go to school, for example--that afternoon all hell breaks loose and every ocd problem we have comes back with a vengence. Like Sherree, I've thought of posting to the list that we're having better days (since early on I posted so often of the bad ones) but before I get the job done ocd turns our family on its head again. I guess I'm just ranting, but in my few months of dealing with ocd it seems nothing works well, nothing works reliably, and nearly daily I have to reinvent ways of coping and handling our situation. It's just hard, and sometimes I am weary of every day being hard in one way or the other thanks to ocd. Before ocd things just weren't this hard, and I'm weary too when I think of years to come dealing with this. I think too of my daughter. She's only five. She's had the hard lesson recently of realizing that Mom and Dad can't fix everything. Every child learns this at some point I know, but she seems so little, and she's scared of the obsessions that keep coming into her mind. If *I* am so tired of dealing with ocd, she must be doubly so. Sigh. Kathy R. in Indiana, at the end of (another) not-so-good day good & not so good days > From: " W. Birk " <wb4@...> > > Hi Sheree, and others... > > Ups and Downs: I agree with your feelings. One good day, one not so > good day! Around here they also alternate - I never know whose turn > it is next!! Actually, that is how we had our daughters were > diagnosed. Once Tom was being treated, the girls began to show ocd > symptoms. First the little one was checking and worrying, then the > her sister started worrying and washing... > You never know what the dawn will bring - but it promises to be > interesting! > > Colorado: My 13 year old handled the attack intellectually. She > listened to every report, watched tv journals, and read the paper. > She wanted to know details, how did people react? what repercussions > were there? what future does that school have?? what actions would be > taken if it was here?? She was not worried, more curious. > > On the spouse topic: When we get the chance - we send everyone away > and have a night at home just the two of us!! I'm a big advocate of > separate vocations so my break is to visit friends out of town - > ALONE!! > > wendy in canada > > Dont forget to prioritize yourself sometimes .... a little goes a > long way!! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > iVillage.com: The #1 Women's Network has the answers you need > /ad/iVillage0. We've got experts and over a > million members to help you with stuff from daycare to dieting. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The is sponsored by the OCSDA. You may visit their web site at http://www.ocdhelp.org/ and view schedules for chatroom support at http://www.ocdhelp.org/chat.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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