new member with 6 yr old daughter

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Hi, I'm a new member. I will try to briefly introduce myself and our

situation. at 3 yrs old our daughter had a severe alergic reaction

which we believe triggered her " issues " . after months of allergy

testing found out she's allergic to all soaps, detergents etc and 2

chemicals that are in leather, glues, markers inks etc. not long

after this she developed a heightened sensitivity to everything. to

make a long story short she was diagnosed with Sensory Processing

Disorder at 4 yrs old with OCD tendencies. her therapist at the time

said most likely she will not develop ocd - it was just her way of

coping with the sensory issuses.. well here we are at the age of 6

and she is seeing a therapist who specializes in OCD and cbt and now

has the official diagnosis of OCD - I have to say that I am still in

the shock and sadness phase - she's been seeing this specialist for 6

mos' and we've seen some progress but I think I was looking for a

miracle. for years we thought it was her sensory issues that made

her " afraid " to get dressed. well now we've learned that now its

pretty much 90% anxiety/OCD and 10% sensory issues. she is better

with her cloths and now that we've got that a little under control we

are seeing so many other behaviors that were shadowed by

her " sensory " issues.. I will admitt up until recently I was ignorant

when it came to what OCD really ment. I thought it was just people

who were afraid of germs and people who turned lights on and off -

with our daughter its mainly worrying that she said something she

shouldn't have and repeating herself over and over - or asking the

same question as if she never asked it - very controling as well -

I've gone on too long - I am so very thankful to be a part of this

group. I have found the sensory group very helpful. thanks for

taking the time to read this.

Terri