Re: new to this group/Strep

[Guest guest]

Hi Colleen/Cameron

Colleen, was this the case for your child? If so is the OCD less

still? Our son's onset was sudden as well, but they ruled out

strep. They seemed to indicate that the relationship was not

conclusive. That there was a correlation, but not nec causal

relationship, ie strep can be a trigger but not the cause. Does your

son take antibiotics ongoing, or periodically?

Cameron, you say you use antibiotics prophylactically with your son.

Could you explain? Does he take them on an ongoing basis, or at the

start of a flare up of strep/OCD? I have wondered how this is

handled.

I have just read in Psychology Today that Lyme disease can create OCD

symptoms, never heard of this. We were on holiday and in wooded area

when our son's OCD came on overnight. So I am going to request a

blood test to rule this out. Never heard of it until this article.

I imagine there could be many possible causes, and or triggers for

this disorder. Hopefully further research will make this clearer.

Barb

[Guest guest]

My son's latest antibiotic treatment has been a little over a month, I

think. Then we will see how his body does. If we continue to observe

recurrent strep infections that are concurrent with anxiety spikes, we

may have to look at more aggressive options.

Let me be clear on one point, however. I do feel that my son had a

predisposition to this disease. I don't really think that if he had

not been predisposed, that strep would have cased him to develop OCD.

However, I do believe that the strep was a trigger. Something else

may have triggered it later in life.

Cameron

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> Hi Colleen/Cameron

>

> Colleen, was this the case for your child? If so is the OCD less

> still? Our son's onset was sudden as well, but they ruled out

> strep. They seemed to indicate that the relationship was not

> conclusive. That there was a correlation, but not nec causal

> relationship, ie strep can be a trigger but not the cause. Does your

> son take antibiotics ongoing, or periodically?

>

> Cameron, you say you use antibiotics prophylactically with your son.

> Could you explain? Does he take them on an ongoing basis, or at the

> start of a flare up of strep/OCD? I have wondered how this is

> handled.

>

> I have just read in Psychology Today that Lyme disease can create OCD

> symptoms, never heard of this. We were on holiday and in wooded area

> when our son's OCD came on overnight. So I am going to request a

> blood test to rule this out. Never heard of it until this article.

>

> I imagine there could be many possible causes, and or triggers for

> this disorder. Hopefully further research will make this clearer.

>

> Barb

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for explaining Cameron. I hope the antibiotics have the desired

effect.

Barb

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> My son's latest antibiotic treatment has been a little over a month, I

> think. Then we will see how his body does. If we continue to observe

> recurrent strep infections that are concurrent with anxiety spikes, we

> may have to look at more aggressive options.

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