Update on my 4-year-old

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After three extremely bad days in a row, I am finally getting to the

point with where she will talk about how things are making her

feel.

UNfortunately, some of her OCD symptoms are now manifesting outside

of the home.

She went to see her psychologist yesterday and we together met with

him first and I explained how at school that morning she did not want

to separate and kept wispering in my ear and covering her mouth as

she did asking me repeated questions about whether I was going to

die.

The psychologist asked her about why she felt she had to cover her

mouth and wisper and she told him that she did not want the other

kids to hear because she would be embarassed.

THANK GOD!!! Finally, she is talking about this! She also expressed

to me this morning that she was " scared " that she might do something

that would " make me die " referring to herself. We talked for a few

minutes about her fear and I tried to reassure her but within a few

minutes, she lost interest in talking to me and ran to watch Scooby

Doo.

Unfortunately, her psychologist cannot yet do much as far as

treatment because her symptoms have not manifested themselves in his

office. He said it is very hard to treat kiddos this little because

they are very good at hiding it and do not understand their feelings

as well as the older kids.

We still have a med evaluation scheduled for the end of March and

although I still have my apprehensions about medicating , I am

trying to keep an open mind especially in light of her symptoms now

showing up outside the home on occasion.

Poor thing, I tried to get her to play Littlest Pet Shop this morning

which was her favorite toy for Christmas but she said she did not

want to play with her toys any more because she might get germs on

them. She has hardly touched any of her toys in the past two weeks.

R

P.S. The psychologist says he is more leaning toward the OCD

diagnosis rather than the anxiety disorder but he says OCD itself is

a form of an anxiety disorder.