OCD that touches Aspergers/Autism

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Darletta:

Your child's diagnosis sounds very much like my son's. After 2 years with

psychologists/psychiatrists (he's on Zoloft and Abilify) we are getting ideas

and help from the world of Autism. We think vaccinations is the cause of his

PDD NOS/Aspergers and are treating him for heavy metal toxicity. He is getting

well and the psychiatrists are reducing his meds. It's a challenging protocol,

but in my opinion the meds just are bandaids on their symptoms but the

biomedical protocol is healing these kids. The Autism often has symptoms that

look like OCD/anxiety/depression esp. high functioning kids. Your story is

just like ours. We hit an impasse with pdocs. Please research into how to get

your child well. Check the

Aspergers Syndrome and begin to learn about solutions others have

arrived at. From there I learned that many children had been helped with a

gluten free/casein free diet.

I ignored that for a long time and then, in desperation to get answers, we dove

in and tried it. So, I joined GFCFKids/ to help

me implement the diet. There, I learned a lot of these people were going to DAN

(Defeat Autism Now) doctors and many were getting a lot of help. So, we sought

out a doc who is in the top of that field and went to see her in Baton Rouge,

LA. So, now we are starting in on her protocol and have seen improvement

already. So, I joined a group of people doing that

protocol:chelatingkids2/

I'm thrilled about the progess our son has made in just 6 months and wish I had

known about this at the onset--we wasted 2 important years as this is

alternative medicine and the regular medical doctors know little about it. If

you can find a doctor with an autistic child (as I did) they likely will tell

you to dive in to the DAN! (Defeat Autism Now) medical protocol. If you will

google that, you can get much info and look at webcasts as they do have

conferences all over the country.

Hope this helps,

ago. Since then we've been in therapy and on

medication. Her psychiatrist has made multiple

medication changes, yet we have major struggles and

new behaviors popping up. I actually just posted a

list of the meds and combinations of meds we've tried.

We have been in therapy the entire time as well. Her

therapist uses exposure resistence therapy and

cognitive behavior therapy. We made great progress the

first few months, but since have had major set backs.

We also started OT in December to deal with sensory

issues.

She currently takes Zoloft 50 mg and now the

psychiatrist wants to add Geodon. It sounds so

dangerous. Is it widely used in kids? Is there one

antidepressent that seems to work better in treating

OCD than others?

My daughter has also been diagnosed with PDD/NOS (the

school said she had Aspergers). She also has a

diagnosis of ADD and sensory integration issues.

Is treatment different when there are comorbid

disorders?

I am very frustrated and discouraged after such a long

time in treatment and having such major issues still.

Her biggest issues now are fear of any crowds and

constant rubbing/wiping off on things.

Thanks for any advice you can offer.

Darletta