What a difference a week makes

December 18, 2008

Hi all,

A week ago I posted about my 9 yr old son, who was having extreme

difficulty with crying in school. He had started throwing up in the

morning before school, and I found out he was leaving the classroom

10-12 times a day to go to the nurse, bathroom or guidance

counselor. His anxiety level was so high. I felt he had reached the

point of needing meds, and scheduled a psych evaluation for after

Christmas. Well, he's done a complete turnaround in a week!

I wish I knew why! He's been taking Native Remedy products for

almost 5 weeks now - supposedly results are seen in 3-5 weeks. Is

that it? He seemed to finally start to come to terms with his

grandpa's recent death - talking about it, writing about it, making

posters about him. Is that it? He met with his therapist again

earlier this week, and he came out seeming so energized. She showed

him pictures in a textbook of a brainscan done on a person with OCD

before therapy and after learning CBT/ERP - the " after " picture was

considered " normal. " Is that it? Or is he just waning?

I told him that he couldn't be leaving the classroom so many times a

day, and that the teacher was going to limit him to 4 passes a day,

or else he'd have to make up the missed time after school. He said

she had never told him that he couldn't go whenever he wanted, and he

was just leaving so much because he gets so bored. So now he's only

leaving 1-3 times a day.

He certainly isn't " fine, " and he still is having thoughts about me

and my husband dying. He says that it's because Grandpa just died,

and it made him realize that we could die at any time also. He knows

grandpa died because he was very old, but he's just thinking about it

more now.

Someone here (Barb?) mentioned the Waldorf Nine Year Change. I think

that's part of what's going on with him. Whatever it is, I'm just

grateful for the break right now. I asked his therapist if she

thought he should still get the psych evaluation, and she thought we

should cancel and wait and see how he is. She doesn't feel he's bad

enough for meds yet. Of course I realize this could all change in

the blink of an eye, but for now, we'll hold off.

Just had to share my bit of good news with all of you. I love this

group so much, you have no idea.

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