Re: question about avoidance

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your replies. We were out of town for Thanksgiving. The

break was great!

We brought the book to the therapist and she said it was something

else that was causing the anxiety. Which makes sense, school gives

him major anxiety. She suggested he start taking something for the

anxiety. He does just want to stay home and do nothing else. That

part seems to be getting worse. I feel like he misses out on so much!

Thanks again for your help.

[Guest guest]

My son was diagnosed with OCD about six months ago, although for the

past 4 years we thought it was just anxiety. His obsession is the

thought of vomiting at school which makes going to school very, very

difficult every morning. But we push him through all his tears and

tantrums. He also wants to stay home and do nothing, and misses out on

a lot of opportunties with friends. We did decide to put him on

medication and is taking Celexa, which was just increased to 50 mg per

day. He also started CBT, but is slow to start working but he is

starting to stop some of his smaller complusions. We are starting to

see slight improvements and he was able to go to the movies with friends

a week ago (as long as I went too and saw a differnt movie). School

mornings are still really tough. Anyhow, I share in your distress. We

had to talk to the school and when he is having difficulties during the

day, he has permission to step out of the classroom and either go to the

nurse or the guidance coucelor until his anxiety passes a bit. It is

hard to watch as a parent though.

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> Thanks for your replies. We were out of town for Thanksgiving. The

> break was great!

>

> We brought the book to the therapist and she said it was something

> else that was causing the anxiety. Which makes sense, school gives

> him major anxiety. She suggested he start taking something for the

> anxiety. He does just want to stay home and do nothing else. That

> part seems to be getting worse. I feel like he misses out on so much!

>

> Thanks again for your help.

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