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I guess I should have put more about us than I did. My son started

showing signs of OCD when he was 3. He would not play with his

toys. They stayed lined up all around his room in perfect order and

he would know if anything had been moved. Every morning he would

watch me make his bed and he would let me know what was not perfect

on it and we would have to remake it until it was right. He

constantly would ask if his mouth was clean. He eats with a napkin

and a baby wipe next to him and wipes his mouth after every bite.

Then he just started to scrub his mouth after eating, so hard that

his face is extremely chafed. He will ask repeatedly if his mouth

is clean after wiping for several minutes then he will lock himself

in the bathroom and sit on the sink and check his face in the mirror

for several minutes.

Getting dressed in the morning is a nightmare. His socks don't

feel right,(too tight, seam bothers him,). His underpants have to be

perfectly lined up evenly with his belly button and sit just so on

his hips. Then we go through the repeated questioning of are his

underpants right. Sometimes 10 times is enough to answer sometimes

50. Then we go through it all over again with his pants. He

doesn't like to use the restroom because he has to start all over

again. He constantly wants to know if his " pee " will go away all by

itself if he doesn't go. He can't play outside because it makes him

itch everywhere. He checks his underpants every time he passes gas

because he is afraid he has had an accident in them. He'll make my

husband and I check also. We have to reassure him constantly that

there is nothing in his underpants. He doesn't like to be barefoot

outside. He won't walk in the grass at all barefoot and if we are

swimming he tiptoes everywhere. He just started pre-school and he

will not use their restroom because it is dirty. Every question he

has, has to be asked and answered several times until he is okay with

it. I don't know anyone with OCD and am finding people don't

understand what we are going through. He is supposed to be starting

therapy with his O.T. for his Sensory, but we are still waiting for

my insurance to approve it. Thank you for listening, Jenni