Re: Can anybody offer support and advice?

[Guest guest]

Hi a and welcome. Yes this is a support group for parents of

children with OCD. Some of our kids are just beginning the recovery

process, others have been in treatment for a period of time and are doing

really well, and many are somewhere in the middle. My OCDer is 7, she had

an abrupt onset a little over two years ago and has taken an SSRI for most

of that time. She also does E & RP therapy and I am happy to say she has had

considerable success with these combined therapies.

I'm glad you found this group. Please write again and tell us about your

daughter and yourself. I'm sorry to read that you are going through hell

with the OCD at the moment, but please know that OCD is very treatable and

your daughter can improve with effective treatment.

I was in " OCD hell " for quite awhile myself, and know that while there, it

can be difficult to believe in brighter days coming.

I encourage you (and all newcomers) to read through the files and bookmarks

available at the OCD and Parenting site. You might also want to cruise

through some of the archived messages--though there are so many trying to

read them all would be very daunting! Fortunately the messages are

searchable.

Take care,

Kathy R. in Indiana USA

----- Original Message -----

From: <michaelar5@...>

> My name is a and i presume that this group is for talking

> about ideas and giving support? if it isn't then someone please tell

> me, but if it is then i have a 10yrs old daughter with OCD and would

> appreciate some help and guidance in her behaviour and would love to

> hear from anyone who has been and maybe still going through

> the " hell " that i am feeling at the moment!