A little OT, need to vent, prob. with Tommy)long)

September 7, 2002

Well, once again we have stepped into the relatively unknown with my

son Tommy. Today I took him to see his ped. to get a referral to

Special Children's clinic and also to see why he was eating cardboard

and paper-I though maybe he had pica or some other nutritional

deficiency. His Dr. agreed with me that he needs PT again, because

his tort is regressing a bit and his R. side is less developed. That

was fine, I was expecting that. What I was not expecting was her

telling me that his eating cardboard (not just chewing, but actually

swallowing it like it was candy) was more in line with obsessive-

compulsive disorder. She asked me a few more questions about his

habits and it seems that a lot of the things he does which I thought

were merely " cute " are actually not normal toddler behavior. She

thinks he has Tourette's Syndrome and is getting Tommy a referral to

see a neurologist for an official diagnosis.

I don't know why I didn't see this coming-I was diagnosed with

Tourette's when I was 19 and my DH has ADD. Most of the people in my

family have some kind of Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (NEVER fold my

mother's sheets in her house, only she can do it right!) but I never

thought that either of my sons would have to deal with it.

I'm so depressed. I don't want my son to go through what I went

through. He's so bright and he's been through so much already.

I went websurfing but I can't find any useful information. It's

frustrating. Thanks for letting me vent.

Jill Ramos

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