Guest guest Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 My 7 year old son has OCD. He is very germaphobic and washes his hands and other body parts frequently. He cries for help and it breaks my heart. I've done a lot of reading on OCD and we even read a couple of the books together (Up and Down the Worry Hill and What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck). We've gone to several different people for CBT and ERT and they say they do it but then seem to just talk most of the time if not all the time. We just moved to SC and his OCD is worse when we're at home. I think it's the house although it could be DH or even me. Do we stress him out? The past couple days we have actually left the house! He's better when we're not home. My DH tries to convince him things are clean. I walk a fine line between trying not to enable him and trying not to make his anxiety worse. The social worker and psychologist are pushing meds. I'd be okay with that if I really felt CBT and ERT were given a real good try first. My son is very willing. His symptoms aren't too bad from what I've read. He has also been diagnosed with generalized anxiety and ADHD. They want to medicate him for that too. Since he started the new school he's been improving. This makes me question whether meds are really necessary. Please help! I think what we really need is a good therapist! I just can't find one and asking if they do CBT and ERT isn't enough. Anyone is SC? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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