Re: update, homeophathic medicine, NIMH study

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Hi Rae Anne:

Wow, you really are facing some tricky decisions. It is so difficult to

make decisions when operating with imperfect information, but that is often

how it is with mental and physical disorders.

Since I do not know much about homeopathic treatments for OCD, I can only

support you in deciding to go with the CBT first without meds to treat the

OCD. This is the first line treatment developed by consensus of many

experts based on refereed scientific research and clinical experience.

It is wonderful that 's OCD symptoms are only moderate as CBT only

will likely produce excellent results for her. Wishing you good luck with

making difficult treatment decisions, aloha, Kathy (Ha)

kathyh@...

At 05:43 PM 8/1/99 EDT, you wrote:

>From: RaeSeay@...

>

>Hello everyone,

>

>I've just finished reading over 90 posts from the list, and am glad to be

>caught up. The list is truly a great support and source of information. A

>couple of the posts were about homeopathic medicine, and I really appreciate

>what shared. We had our first visit with a homeopathic doctor

>yesterday, and are trying to decide what to do.

>

>, now nine years and one week old, was diagnosed with OCD in June...

but

>the symptoms had begun in February. On a scale of 1 to 10 with " 1 " being

>barely clinically OCD.... she bounces between about a 4 and 6. We've

started

>CBT, and are making progress. Her psychiatrist has prescribed liquid

Prozac,

>which I'm not planning to fill anytime soon. She has also been invited to

>participate in the NIMH study on PANDAS OCD. I'm thankful for all the

>options, but am finding it difficult to make decisions. The psychiatrist at

>NIMH said that since 's symptoms are only moderate, it might not be

>worth putting her through the very aggressive study treatment. The

>homeopathic doctor thinks that the plasma exchange would be helpful since

>it'd " substantially empty her bucket " , but objected to the subsequent

ongoing

>antibiotics in favor of his alternative medical treatment.

>

>If we are going to do the NIMH study, we'll have to leave for DC a week from

>today... and give them an answer like tomorrow. Going strictly homeopathic

>would probably take a very long time, and would also be very very high

>maintenance for the whole family. However, there's the hope of improvement

>with her ADD, asthma, general health, etc. With the NIMH study, there's

also

>the issue of only having a 50-50 chance of getting the real treatment to

>begin with..... and quite a lot of school interruption. This is a big deal,

>as will be going to a traditional school this year after six years of

>Montessori.... and will have enough difficulty adjusting and performing (she

>has an auditory processing disorder, ADD Inattentive Type, and of course,

>OCD).

>

>What to do, what to do?

>

>Thanks for the sounding board,

>

>Rae Anne (Ohio)

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