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Thanks for the info.  I am planning to buy a few books this week for our road

trip this weekend out of town.  More information = the better.

I have read a few titles on these posts and plan to start with them.   Looking

forward to my daugher (9 1/2) going to her appointment tomorrow.  It will be #2

on her own and the first one really gave her one good tool already....

Re: Please help - I'm so scared.

Many can do the therapy without meds. So, if your daughter can, that

is ideal. As they do the exposures, it can cause an increase in

anxiety though. If she is able to push through it, it gets better

each time they do the exercise, until the anxiety or uncomfortable

feeling disappears, or decreases so much they can tolerate it well.

Eventually, they should get to a point that they no longer feel the

urge to do that ritual. Or, it becomes so insignificant, that they

can ignore it, easily.

In our case, we are hoping to someday wean our son off of the meds.

But, if he can't do it without them, we are prepared to accept that he

might need them for life. You just never know with OCD. Even though

it is the same for many, it can also be very individual. Some need

meds, some don't. It really seems to depend upon the severity and how

it manifests itself within the individual.

Let us know how your appointment goes, . Hoping for good

results for you.

BJ

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> > > Hello:

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> > > I just signed up to this list serve yesterday. I'm very afraid my

> > 10 1/2 year old daughter has OCD. As a matter of fact I'm sure she

> > does. It all started (to my knowledge) about a month ago. She is

> > obssesed with making marks on things and is constantly checking to

> > she if she did or asking me if she did. It happens hundreds of times

> > a day.....She thinks her nails are marking things, toes are marking

> > things - almost any time she touches something on accident then she

> > thinks she made a mark.

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> > > She's also asked about if she touches her mouth with her fingers -

> > is that bad? She seems to be washing her hands more.

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> > > She's commented that she doesn't like it when the things on her

> > dresser are touching each other.

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> > > She's done some ritualistic things (i.e. making star patterns)

> > because she feels like if she doesn't something bad will happen.

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> > > I have a phone call into a counselor to try and set up an

> > appointment next week. She and her 7 year old brother left today to

> > go camping with my mom and dad, which is usually always a fun time

> > for them. My husband and I are going away with friends to a lodge

> > and rafting down a river ~ our time away from the kids this summer.

> > I didn't want to tell my mom about it b/c I didn't want her to

> > worry......well now I guess that was a bad decision b/c my daughter

> > just called home (she is 2 hours away) and she was crying and wanting

> > me to tell grandma about the 'marking' thing b/c it was really

> > getting annoying (as she puts it) So I told my mom what was going on

> > and I'm hoping that relieves some of her stress and makes her feel

> > better. I told her she could talk to grandma about it anytime.

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> > > She is a very very intelligent girl and is congizant that these are

> > irrational thoughts but she cannot stop them. She hates this and it

> > is driving her crazy.....and me.......I'm a crying wreck....... ..

> > > Please tell me how I can help her at this very early stage ~ should

> > I cancel our adult weekend and have my parents bring her back????

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> > > I'm so scared for her......I want to make this go

> > away........ ...please help us.........

> > > Beth

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