Re:Question on Zoloft

[Guest guest]

My daughter has " just right " OCD, and we also have her on Zoloft.  Our therapist

had us start with our pediatrician since we had such a long wait to see a pdoc,

and we started her with 25 mg. for a week, then tapered up from there.  We

finally got into the pdoc, who now has her at 150 mg/day, and we are hoping that

we can manage the OCD symptoms at that level.  We were a bit worried about the

high dose, with the warnings we had to sign regarding thoughts of suicide, but

both our pdoc, therapist, and pediatrician said that therapeutic levels of

Zoloft are often that high.  Our daughter is 13, I am not sure how old yours

is.  We saw immediate changes in attitude and behavior also, and now she is

finally having better luck managing the OCD when it pops up -- she still counts,

repeats, taps, checks, etc,  but she is able to limit the time spent in these

activities.  As you know, it is a day by day battle, and there are good days and

bad days, but for

now we seem to be on the right track.  Good luck to you and your daughter - I

hope that you find out some good news at your appointment.

 

Theresa in Colorado

[Guest guest]

Is your daughter having some CBT along with the medication?  The Zoloft will

work better if she is forced to challenge herself not to do her compulsions.

 If she is highly motivated, she could try this by herself, but most likely she

would do better doing it in partnership with you and a behavior therapist.

Re:Question on Zoloft

My daughter has " just right " OCD, and we also have her on Zoloft.  Our

therapist had us start with our pediatrician since we had such a long wait to

see a pdoc, and we started her with 25 mg. for a week, then tapered up from

there.  We finally got into the pdoc, who now has her at 150 mg/day, and we are

hoping that we can manage the OCD symptoms at that level.  We were a bit

worried about the high dose, with the warnings we had to sign regarding thoughts

of suicide, but both our pdoc, therapist, and pediatrician said that therapeutic

levels of Zoloft are often that high.  Our daughter is 13, I am not sure how

old yours is.  We saw immediate changes in attitude and behavior also, and now

she is finally having better luck managing the OCD when it pops up -- she still

counts, repeats, taps, checks, etc,  but she is able to limit the time spent in

these activities. 

As you know, it is a day by day battle, and there are good days and bad days,

but for

now we seem to be on the right track.  Good luck to you and your daughter - I

hope that you find out some good news at your appointment.

 

Theresa in Colorado

[Guest guest]

We see therapist once a week, and our pdoc every three weeks. The

problem we are having is that the therapist has a hard time with

ERP/CBT since it is difficult to expose our daughter to

a " feeling " . She has no germ issues, doesn't do handwashing, stuff

like that. It is more she repeats things until they " feel right " to

her. Our therpaist is trying to talk with other therapists, and

also to get some information from the OCFoundation since she isn't

able to attend the conference in Boston this coming week, but said

that there is a good presentation on " Just Right " OCD she is hoping

to get information from.

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> Is your daughter having some CBT along with the medication?  The

Zoloft will work better if she is forced to challenge herself not to

do her compulsions.  If she is highly motivated, she could try this

by herself, but most likely she would do better doing it in

partnership with you and a behavior therapist.

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[Guest guest]

With the " just right " feeling, you can have her try to delay

repeating things, trying to get through the anxiety/need she is

feeling to repeat it. Like when would sit down and it didn't

feel " right " and he would want to get back up to sit again, I would

tell him to try to stay seated for a few moments. Or when he would

want to repeat turning something on or off, to try to delay or NOT

touch the switch again.

If it's something like putting items/objects in their place or it

doesn't feel " right " , they can try to place items in another spot and

refrain from returning them; they will end up returning them, but

just trying NOT to and delaying it is making an effort to " boss back "

OCD.

Quick thoughts, phone call, gotta go!

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> We see therapist once a week, and our pdoc every three weeks. The

> problem we are having is that the therapist has a hard time with

> ERP/CBT since it is difficult to expose our daughter to

> a " feeling " . She has no germ issues, doesn't do handwashing, stuff

> like that. It is more she repeats things until they " feel right "

to

[Guest guest]

The important thing is to have her do things, but stop before they feel just

right and go on to other things.

Re:Question on Zoloft

We see therapist once a week, and our pdoc every three weeks. The

problem we are having is that the therapist has a hard time with

ERP/CBT since it is difficult to expose our daughter to

a " feeling " . She has no germ issues, doesn't do handwashing, stuff

like that. It is more she repeats things until they " feel right " to

her. Our therpaist is trying to talk with other therapists, and

also to get some information from the OCFoundation since she isn't

able to attend the conference in Boston this coming week, but said

that there is a good presentation on " Just Right " OCD she is hoping

to get information from.

>

> Is your daughter having some CBT along with the medication?  The

Zoloft will work better if she is forced to challenge herself not to

do her compulsions.  If she is highly motivated, she could try this

by herself, but most likely she would do better doing it in

partnership with you and a behavior therapist.

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