Re: Re: OCD specialist/therapist in Minneapolis area

July 22, 2012

Sounds like you have some great leads, ! My son was not exactly Mr.

Enthusiastic. Whenever I called the inpatient unit, they would say, " Well, he

seems okay, he smiled some and looked around today during group. " He was pretty

moody on the unit -- I learned quite a bit from how the SWs and therapists would

not let him get away with the clamming up and disengagement. I hope you get some

good direction from the specialist.

Rhonda

OCD specialist/therapist in Minneapolis area

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> Anyone know of an OCD specialist/therapist in MInneapolis area. Roy has been

seeing the same psychologist for years. She works on ERP with him and he

understand what he needs to do. I am not sure if this is the best he can do or

if he could make progress. He says the OCD occupies his mind 70% of time. We

went up on the Lexapro to 60 mg. but it didn't really help and just knocked him

out. He is pretty internal and goes into shut down mode or depression,if really

bad. Not the kind of kid that expresses frustration outwardly. He told me the

other day he should try trans-cranial stimulation, which I researched and it

seems preliminary as far as efficacy. We have looked into neurofeedback and his

pdoc said there was not enough research to support that either. He does have

alot of stressors going on(brother going back to CA, looking into transitioning

out of HS to college, dad having continuous medical problems since

April).Anyway, any ideas out there? We could go down to Mayo clinic too.

> in WI

> Roy-17. OCD/Anxiety/Depression.ADD. Prozac 50 mg., Busbar 30 mg. Adderall 30

mg.

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July 24, 2012

I don't know why he would assume that they would change the med to Anafranil.

That may not be the case at alli On the other hand, since he isn't doing great

on Lexapro, it sounds like a change in med is a possible thing to try, and there

are other SSRI's which Lexapro is one of that category. Anafranil is also a med

for OCD, but an older one that came out before the SSRI's. For me it was the

best of all the meds I tried, and I have struggled with really severe OCD, so

that's saying a lot. Right now I am on Prozac, but it isn't helping me as much

as Anafranil did on the right dosage. That also may be because when I was on

Anafranil I was going through intensive ERP. At this point, I am focusing on

getting my kids to do well despite OCD, so I am not bothering with any

treatment, other than medication for myself.