Guest guest Posted August 19, 1999 Report Share Posted August 19, 1999 asked: >I'm just curious, you said that you and your child both take Effexor. Is >this for the OCD? Do you have it, too? Does anyone know if OCD is >genetic?? The reason I ask is because I was an anxious child and I even had >nervous tics once in awhile. You know what? I don't tell this to many >people but I still get those tics once in awhile when I'm under stress. I'm >wondering if this has anything to do with Keenan's OCD behaviour. Do you >guys have really argumentative kids, too?? Please forgive me! This is all >so new to me. The predisposition to OCD and tic disorders is definitely hereditary -- which doesn't mean you're at fault, or that all of your children will have OCD, or that everyone who has OCD carries the " OCD genes " because there *might* be some other way for it to start. Just to give you an example, my father has obsessive-compulsive behaviors and anxiety attacks, I have OCD, both of my children have OCD. But we are all soooo different in what we obsess about, worry about, compulsions we do etc. I found out last year that my mom's nickname in school was " Twitchy Ritchie " - hmm, wonder what THAT was about <grin>? Although she doesn't have any tics now, I have some tic-like things I do, my daughter has had the occasional tic, and my son has full-blown Tourette's syndrome. Anyway, the genes involved (it is probably more than one) haven't been identified yet or anything, although the geneticists have narrowing things down to a few possible chromosomes. It looks like they may be in the same area as the genes that code for the immune system, which would make sense because of the autoimmune reaction to strep and some other infectious agents that some people with OCD and/or Tourette's have. Oh, argumentative - YES! My daughter is just plain irritable and, as my husband says when he's being polite, witchy a lot of the time. Ian is also stubborn as a mule and can be pretty scrappy to get what he wants, even up to being downright sneaky (which allegedly autistic-spectrum kids can't be...the researchers who made this claim should meet mine, LOL.) I think it's this determination and stubbornness that helps them get through it all though...although it may drive ME crazy! Mitzi Waltz * Author and Editor * http://www.teleport.com/~infobahn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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