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I have a 7 year old son with Adhd and Ocd. He was diagnosed with ocd in the

1st grade and struggled only mildly with it until now. He has been taking

Zoloft (75 Mg's) and just this morning we started him on Prozac instead (20

Mg's). In November I had my second child and afterwards his ocd and adhd

became worse but in the past week, really the past few days,his ocd is the

worst I ever seen. I was hoping I could get some advice on how to deal

with/stop these obsessions. I have another appointment with his psychologist

on Monday but would prefer some help before then.

His obsessions are verbal repetitions. Most of the time, until now, it is

the tendency to say " ok " after you say something to him which he will

sometimes repeat many times and also asking " What did you say " even when he

heard you.

The past few days it has gotten so much worse as he is trying to remember

everything someone said and acts like a recorder saying exactlty what you

said

ie: I'll say to my husband " do you want a cup of coffee " and you'll hear my

son in the next room say " Do you want a cup of coffee, Is that what you

said, ok ok ok " He also has started something new which is as follows:

Ill ask him to pass me that pencil and then ill say oh never mind I ll get

it andhe breaks down saying he should have gotten the pencil for me.

If he does not hear something I said he will say What did you say and if I

cannot remember he completely melts down crying

these crying spells have become more frequent and he has not had a problem

with crying until recently- he is usually very happy, loves life, laughs a

lot and isnt depressed.

The way my husband and I have handled his obsessions the past few days is

sayng we cant remember everything we say all the time and just try to calm

him when he cries. Up until now a positive reinforcement seemed to work ok

but not get rid of it, now nothing works and it is out of control.

Are we handling this right? do we ignore it and let him cry? do we give in

and repeat what we just said? Any advice would be great.