Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Wow, that is quite a story about your son and what you both have been through!! You both are real troopers, that is for sure! It sounds like your son had a pretty good insight into what was going on with his OCD as he got older, which I'm sure was helpful to him and to you. What you said about having the son with the " weird OCD " that really hit home with me! After being on this list and reading the wide variety of issues this kids deal with, I don't think there is any such thing now as " weird OCD. " It really does encompass such a broad spectrum of symptoms, behaviors, rituals, obsessions, etc. And on that note, a little bit of encouraging news with my son. His psychiatrist said he's just now beginning to open up more to him about his OCD. And although he doesn't really understand it himself and can't really articulate too much at this point, at least he's giving them something they can start working with. > Hi Rhonda, gee, how to keep this short! so much to cover. > > OK - in 6th grade, age 11.5 or so, OCD just seemed to come on overnight. > He'd been in school just 2 or 3 weeks, was fine. I noticed him erasing a lot one night during homework and writing/paper looked odd. He would erase and not rewrite, or if a letter didn't look " right " he had to draw a line from the letter to the top of the page. His writing, which used to be a bit large (motor skill) was much smaller and what I called " chicken scratch " it was just illegible. He started crying and said he had to draw the lines, etc., or something bad would happen to him. OCD immediately popped into my head. > > From that moment on, it was like a floodgate opened. 24/7 OCD, all these new rituals/compulsions. His was a lot of touching. He may touch an item/thing for minutes or hours, couldn't stop til it felt " right. " A pencil. If he touched a wall or a bag, would be feeling of it for a while. Even if his elbow hit the wall. His foot and the floor? yes, in certain spots of the house. Got so I had to shove him thru the bathroom door (stuck in a doorway, he needed a push). Reading - had to repeat some things in his head until it sounded " right. " Or would get " stuck " on a page. Would want to get on my bed (extra TV in my room that kids watched) and might get up/down for a few minutes or 2 hours because he couldn't get on it " right " . Same with his bed at bedtime. He avoided some things (like a certain chair) or avoided because he was afraid he would get " stuck " if he didn't. Had a " thing " about looking at clocks, never did get the " why " of that. Kept him away from switches/on/off as he had to repeat. List goes on! > > I was the mom who had the son with the " weird " OCD, lol, couldn't find anything in any book about his behaviors. And I began to feel like he was like " super glue " on his skin, I didn't want him touching stuff some days! > > I was hesitant of prescription meds too, googled crazily. Found out about inositol powder and decided to try it. Found this group!!! > > Inositol eventually began to work (tho at first thought it might have made him worse, but hung in there). And he got better and better over months. OCD lessened up. Eventually, long months later, was doing real well. This was all during the 3 middle school years. > > When we worked on things -- No therapist around here, and I worked at our local mental health. Sort of rural county where we live. So with the research reading and this group, I would pick 1 or 2 things to work on with , suggest them to him, he would okay, and we just took baby steps. One time he was turning bathroom faucet..or light switch, one of them he had turned on, I went to the doorway and told him to just try turning off once. He was like, I don't have to do it more than once (yeah, uh-huh) so he did it just once to prove it to me. Tho he wanted to do it again, on/off. Anyway, that one went easy, lol, he didn't repeat in the bathroom any more. > > He couldn't use the TV remote to change channels, would holler at one of us to come change the channel. Yes, in the midst of chaos I just changed it for him and told him I shouldn't! But often I would suggest to him that he try, he would get that anxious look and not, so I would go ahead. Over time, much time, he would hold it a minute but not be able to. Finally one day I suggested he just push a channel number (not the up/down buttons), and he actually managed that. So from that day he used the channel/number buttons, ignored the up/down ones. > > Just a couple examples. He stayed on inositol thru middle school, we had even lowered the dose to just once a day by 8th grade. Then OCD seemed to spike back up. I'd always wondered if prescription meds would really get rid of OCD. ( said that it was always there, even when I saw no sign of it and asked him did he still have OCD) So he was willing to try Celexa in 9th grade. Started it, did great on it. Stayed on it 9th and 10th grades. Then he wanted to quit it, felt he could handle OCD on his own. > > He will now say that neither the inositol nor the Celexa helped, that OCD just got better on its own. Talk about perspective! > > So he quit Celexa at end of 10th grade, we weaned him off. I was concerned about OCD returning but months went by. It was...the middle of 11th grade, surprise, came back whole new way! Scrupulosity. He had made all these promises to God not to eat this/that, whew, a nightmare. Was down to a baked potato, and not sure what liquid... Took him a few times to a minister who answered 's Bible questions (promises to God, having mean thoughts about classmates, what he could/couldn't eat (had to do with meat/blood), and other stuff; I waited outside but sometimes could hear when really quiet in the lobby there at the church. > > He refused meds, we did try supplements, nothing helped. He eventually pushed himself (cuz he knew he had to) back to eating but a lot of it is till around. It may have eased up too. He went to community college, had a great experience, transferred to UNC-Chapel Hill, graduated from it last August with a BS in Biology. His OCD does bother him but he goes on with his day/life. I can hear him in the shwower though, where he'll pray/vent sometimes. > > And this is the SHORT version! > > > > > > > > - > > > > If you ever have time, can you tell the story of your son again? I've got it in bits and pieces but it would be great to hear all the way through. Did he ever take medication? What recovery path did he follow? How did you do it without a therapist? > > > > thanks bunches > > Rhonda > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 , that's wonderful that he is starting to talk about it a little!! He's on his way to getting better! With , it was easy for him to see those physical rituals/routines and having to do things over as OCD. But the thoughts I guess are so " invisible " and he said once he had some when younger to, guess it just wasn't to a bad degree. So for him that is personality/person related, not OCD. Sigh! Hopefully your son will see some of those physical things/reactions/routines...as OCD as therapy moves along. I wonder if he has any " bad thoughts. " With 's earlier OCD, he said something bad would happen to him if he didn't do them AND he had to get a " just right " feeling. I used to wonder if he was having " thoughts " before doing any but he told me no. So happy your son is opening up, must be feeling better and more comfortable there, which says a lot about ! > > Wow, that is quite a story about your son and what you both have been through!! You both are real troopers, that is for sure! It sounds like your son had a pretty good insight into what was going on with his OCD as he got older, which I'm sure was helpful to him and to you. > > What you said about having the son with the " weird OCD " that really hit home with me! After being on this list and reading the wide variety of issues this kids deal with, I don't think there is any such thing now as " weird OCD. " It really does encompass such a broad spectrum of symptoms, behaviors, rituals, obsessions, etc. > > And on that note, a little bit of encouraging news with my son. His psychiatrist said he's just now beginning to open up more to him about his OCD. And although he doesn't really understand it himself and can't really articulate too much at this point, at least he's giving them something they can start working with. > > > > > Hi Rhonda, gee, how to keep this short! so much to cover. > > > > OK - in 6th grade, age 11.5 or so, OCD just seemed to come on overnight. > > He'd been in school just 2 or 3 weeks, was fine. I noticed him erasing a lot one night during homework and writing/paper looked odd. He would erase and not rewrite, or if a letter didn't look " right " he had to draw a line from the letter to the top of the page. His writing, which used to be a bit large (motor skill) was much smaller and what I called " chicken scratch " it was just illegible. He started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hi Chris Thanks so much for taking time to write that out - it really helps me to see it over the span of years and how you managed it day to day. In some ways it feels like learning a foreign language - so puzzling, so incomprehensible, yet it's the language that all of a sudden my son is speaking and I have to try to learn it overnight, without a dictionary. And then the language itself can change overnight. Hearing how you coped with it, and your son is now thriving, is so encouraging! Rhonda Rhonda - re my son Hi Rhonda, gee, how to keep this short! so much to cover. OK - in 6th grade, age 11.5 or so, OCD just seemed to come on overnight. He'd been in school just 2 or 3 weeks, was fine. I noticed him erasing a lot one night during homework and writing/paper looked odd. He would erase and not rewrite, or if a letter didn't look " right " he had to draw a line from the letter to the top of the page. His writing, which used to be a bit large (motor skill) was much smaller and what I called " chicken scratch " it was just illegible. He started crying and said he had to draw the lines, etc., or something bad would happen to him. OCD immediately popped into my head. From that moment on, it was like a floodgate opened. 24/7 OCD, all these new rituals/compulsions. His was a lot of touching. He may touch an item/thing for minutes or hours, couldn't stop til it felt " right. " A pencil. If he touched a wall or a bag, would be feeling of it for a while. Even if his elbow hit the wall. His foot and the floor? yes, in certain spots of the house. Got so I had to shove him thru the bathroom door (stuck in a doorway, he needed a push). Reading - had to repeat some things in his head until it sounded " right. " Or would get " stuck " on a page. Would want to get on my bed (extra TV in my room that kids watched) and might get up/down for a few minutes or 2 hours because he couldn't get on it " right " . Same with his bed at bedtime. He avoided some things (like a certain chair) or avoided because he was afraid he would get " stuck " if he didn't. Had a " thing " about looking at clocks, never did get the " why " of that. Kept him away from switches/on/off as he had to repeat. List goes on! I was the mom who had the son with the " weird " OCD, lol, couldn't find anything in any book about his behaviors. And I began to feel like he was like " super glue " on his skin, I didn't want him touching stuff some days! I was hesitant of prescription meds too, googled crazily. Found out about inositol powder and decided to try it. Found this group!!! Inositol eventually began to work (tho at first thought it might have made him worse, but hung in there). And he got better and better over months. OCD lessened up. Eventually, long months later, was doing real well. This was all during the 3 middle school years. When we worked on things -- No therapist around here, and I worked at our local mental health. Sort of rural county where we live. So with the research reading and this group, I would pick 1 or 2 things to work on with , suggest them to him, he would okay, and we just took baby steps. One time he was turning bathroom faucet..or light switch, one of them he had turned on, I went to the doorway and told him to just try turning off once. He was like, I don't have to do it more than once (yeah, uh-huh) so he did it just once to prove it to me. Tho he wanted to do it again, on/off. Anyway, that one went easy, lol, he didn't repeat in the bathroom any more. He couldn't use the TV remote to change channels, would holler at one of us to come change the channel. Yes, in the midst of chaos I just changed it for him and told him I shouldn't! But often I would suggest to him that he try, he would get that anxious look and not, so I would go ahead. Over time, much time, he would hold it a minute but not be able to. Finally one day I suggested he just push a channel number (not the up/down buttons), and he actually managed that. So from that day he used the channel/number buttons, ignored the up/down ones. Just a couple examples. He stayed on inositol thru middle school, we had even lowered the dose to just once a day by 8th grade. Then OCD seemed to spike back up. I'd always wondered if prescription meds would really get rid of OCD. ( said that it was always there, even when I saw no sign of it and asked him did he still have OCD) So he was willing to try Celexa in 9th grade. Started it, did great on it. Stayed on it 9th and 10th grades. Then he wanted to quit it, felt he could handle OCD on his own. He will now say that neither the inositol nor the Celexa helped, that OCD just got better on its own. Talk about perspective! So he quit Celexa at end of 10th grade, we weaned him off. I was concerned about OCD returning but months went by. It was...the middle of 11th grade, surprise, came back whole new way! Scrupulosity. He had made all these promises to God not to eat this/that, whew, a nightmare. Was down to a baked potato, and not sure what liquid... Took him a few times to a minister who answered 's Bible questions (promises to God, having mean thoughts about classmates, what he could/couldn't eat (had to do with meat/blood), and other stuff; I waited outside but sometimes could hear when really quiet in the lobby there at the church. He refused meds, we did try supplements, nothing helped. He eventually pushed himself (cuz he knew he had to) back to eating but a lot of it is till around. It may have eased up too. He went to community college, had a great experience, transferred to UNC-Chapel Hill, graduated from it last August with a BS in Biology. His OCD does bother him but he goes on with his day/life. I can hear him in the shwower though, where he'll pray/vent sometimes. And this is the SHORT version! > > - > > If you ever have time, can you tell the story of your son again? I've got it in bits and pieces but it would be great to hear all the way through. Did he ever take medication? What recovery path did he follow? How did you do it without a therapist? > > thanks bunches > Rhonda > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Oh, just had to add - in community college, and probably at university, he couldn't do any work on a Sunday. Even around here. But could go do volunteer work with his church group. But re school, he would have assignments due, stop at midnight on Saturday (which was then Sunday a.m.). And could not start back til midnight Sunday (which is then Monday a.m.). So he would be up all " Sunday " night to finish assignments, as he is one to wait til last minute to do things, and have a morning class Monday. (meaning he'd know a project was due for a month, but work on it the last week, etc) I know he was that way at Chapel Hill/university. But by his last year, I also know he actually did study some on Sundays so I saw that as progress. Guess risk of failing pushed him! So, yeah, he still deals with his OCD daily. He's got a JOB interview, first one, yay! this Wednesday, so cross fingers he likes what they say and they like him! The Aspergers part just concerns me re job prospects.... Gee, more than the OCD, so OCD has taken a backseat for me regarding jobs. I think wanting to keep a job would push him past any difficulties at work.... > > > > - > > > > If you ever have time, can you tell the story of your son again? I've got it in bits and pieces but it would be great to hear all the way through. Did he ever take medication? What recovery path did he follow? How did you do it without a therapist? > > > > thanks bunches > > Rhonda > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Thanks, Chris! They clearly are working really hard to deal with my son's situation and I so greatly appreciate all of their efforts. I have asked my son in the past if him having to get " just the right sound out " with his tics was a physical feeling of relief, psychological, or both? He said he felt it was mostly a physical feeling of relief. But who knows what is attached to all of the other stuff like the bathroom issues, spelling his words, not wanting to hear so many different words, etc. I do think that some of the word thing has to do with sensory overload because he's told me he can't hear certain words that are " too exciting " for him because it causes him to have tics. For example, it go to where we couldn't say " Whole Foods Market " or " Trader Joe's " and he couldn't go into either market because it was " too exciting " and caused him to have major tics. > , that's wonderful that he is starting to talk about it a little!! He's on his way to getting better! > > With , it was easy for him to see those physical rituals/routines and having to do things over as OCD. But the thoughts I guess are so " invisible " and he said once he had some when younger to, guess it just wasn't to a bad degree. So for him that is personality/person related, not OCD. Sigh! Hopefully your son will see some of those physical things/reactions/routines...as OCD as therapy moves along. I wonder if he has any " bad thoughts. " With 's earlier OCD, he said something bad would happen to him if he didn't do them AND he had to get a " just right " feeling. I used to wonder if he was having " thoughts " before doing any but he told me no. > > So happy your son is opening up, must be feeling better and more comfortable there, which says a lot about ! > > > > > > > > Wow, that is quite a story about your son and what you both have been through!! You both are real troopers, that is for sure! It sounds like your son had a pretty good insight into what was going on with his OCD as he got older, which I'm sure was helpful to him and to you. > > > > What you said about having the son with the " weird OCD " that really hit home with me! After being on this list and reading the wide variety of issues this kids deal with, I don't think there is any such thing now as " weird OCD. " It really does encompass such a broad spectrum of symptoms, behaviors, rituals, obsessions, etc. > > > > And on that note, a little bit of encouraging news with my son. His psychiatrist said he's just now beginning to open up more to him about his OCD. And although he doesn't really understand it himself and can't really articulate too much at this point, at least he's giving them something they can start working with. > > > > > > > > > Hi Rhonda, gee, how to keep this short! so much to cover. > > > > > > OK - in 6th grade, age 11.5 or so, OCD just seemed to come on overnight. > > > He'd been in school just 2 or 3 weeks, was fine. I noticed him erasing a lot one night during homework and writing/paper looked odd. He would erase and not rewrite, or if a letter didn't look " right " he had to draw a line from the letter to the top of the page. His writing, which used to be a bit large (motor skill) was much smaller and what I called " chicken scratch " it was just illegible. He started > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Saying prayers for you and your son that the job works out! That's great that he has an interview and hopefully it will go great. I'm curious why the Aspergers concerns you more than the OCD with jobs, is it because he can manage his OCD better? > Oh, just had to add - in community college, and probably at university, he couldn't do any work on a Sunday. Even around here. But could go do volunteer work with his church group. > > But re school, he would have assignments due, stop at midnight on Saturday (which was then Sunday a.m.). And could not start back til midnight Sunday (which is then Monday a.m.). So he would be up all " Sunday " night to finish assignments, as he is one to wait til last minute to do things, and have a morning class Monday. (meaning he'd know a project was due for a month, but work on it the last week, etc) I know he was that way at Chapel Hill/university. But by his last year, I also know he actually did study some on Sundays so I saw that as progress. Guess risk of failing pushed him! > > So, yeah, he still deals with his OCD daily. He's got a JOB interview, first one, yay! this Wednesday, so cross fingers he likes what they say and they like him! The Aspergers part just concerns me re job prospects.... Gee, more than the OCD, so OCD has taken a backseat for me regarding jobs. I think wanting to keep a job would push him past any difficulties at work.... > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > If you ever have time, can you tell the story of your son again? I've got it in bits and pieces but it would be great to hear all the way through. Did he ever take medication? What recovery path did he follow? How did you do it without a therapist? > > > > > > thanks bunches > > > Rhonda > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Rhonda, it was rough and days I thought I wouldn't survive (literally, felt if I relaxed I'd collapse and be in hospital with exhaustion!). But this group was good to read at, to vent to, knew I wasn't alone in dealing with OCD in my/family life. So I learned to take time for me each day, just minutes here and there. Keep a fav romance novel in the bathroom, make several trips a day to bathroom, lol. My own chocolate (not to be shared w/kids), take 10-15 minutes for a cup of coffee and chocolate (my fav combo) while I had music on or watched a bit of TV. I like outside yard work, so mowing lawn was a great day, lol. Go the long way around when coming home from work or store (alone) and listening to radio. Ice cream sundae 3 days in a row. Really helped. .....Notice a lot of mine revolve around food, lol! Because generally I would avoid those foods for months, so they were TREATS for me and I darn well deserved them! > > Hi Chris > > Thanks so much for taking time to write that out - it really helps me to see it over the span of years and how you managed it day to day. In some ways it feels like learning a foreign language - so puzzling, so incomprehensible, yet it's the language that all of a sudden my son is speaking and I have to try to learn it overnight, without a dictionary. And then the language itself can change overnight. Hearing how you coped with it, and your son is now thriving, is so encouraging! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Yeah, Aspergers causes social skill problems, the " not fitting in " and no friends type. 's the nicest person but just not " typical for age " . So people are nice to him, actually like him, but no one invites him out, he doesn't have friends to hang out with. He does have his church and he did join (thru a friend) some band that practices Tuesday nites; orchestra type I guess, he's playing his trombone from high school. But he can't do the chit-chat type of conversations well, so natural for a lot of us. He's made great progress growing up though. I think he now understands when others are using sarcasm, lol, he used to just know when it was me (I used it often and would say " you know I'm being sarcastic, right?). And then Aspie also plays into driving skills, so no interstates for him, has to take regular roads. A lot of other Aspie type difficulties for life skills that concern me. We'll see! And yes I think he can manage his OCD better. He'll still look odd as he covers his mouth and mumbles (if I can hear him, others will too!). And I'm not shy about telling him that. > > > > Saying prayers for you and your son that the job works out! That's great that he has an interview and hopefully it will go great. I'm curious why the Aspergers concerns you more than the OCD with jobs, is it because he can manage his OCD better? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 - I am totally thrilled to hear this news about your son as well!!! We are now waiting on Medicaid authorization to take son to ER before admitting to treatment center. I am already getting butterflies of all the unknowns. It's wonderful to see someone on ahead leaving footprints! Rhonda Re: Rhonda - re my son , that's wonderful that he is starting to talk about it a little!! He's on his way to getting better! With , it was easy for him to see those physical rituals/routines and having to do things over as OCD. But the thoughts I guess are so " invisible " and he said once he had some when younger to, guess it just wasn't to a bad degree. So for him that is personality/person related, not OCD. Sigh! Hopefully your son will see some of those physical things/reactions/routines...as OCD as therapy moves along. I wonder if he has any " bad thoughts. " With 's earlier OCD, he said something bad would happen to him if he didn't do them AND he had to get a " just right " feeling. I used to wonder if he was having " thoughts " before doing any but he told me no. So happy your son is opening up, must be feeling better and more comfortable there, which says a lot about ! > > Wow, that is quite a story about your son and what you both have been through!! You both are real troopers, that is for sure! It sounds like your son had a pretty good insight into what was going on with his OCD as he got older, which I'm sure was helpful to him and to you. > > What you said about having the son with the " weird OCD " that really hit home with me! After being on this list and reading the wide variety of issues this kids deal with, I don't think there is any such thing now as " weird OCD. " It really does encompass such a broad spectrum of symptoms, behaviors, rituals, obsessions, etc. > > And on that note, a little bit of encouraging news with my son. His psychiatrist said he's just now beginning to open up more to him about his OCD. And although he doesn't really understand it himself and can't really articulate too much at this point, at least he's giving them something they can start working with. > > > > > Hi Rhonda, gee, how to keep this short! so much to cover. > > > > OK - in 6th grade, age 11.5 or so, OCD just seemed to come on overnight. > > He'd been in school just 2 or 3 weeks, was fine. I noticed him erasing a lot one night during homework and writing/paper looked odd. He would erase and not rewrite, or if a letter didn't look " right " he had to draw a line from the letter to the top of the page. His writing, which used to be a bit large (motor skill) was much smaller and what I called " chicken scratch " it was just illegible. He started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I love this post! I was about to ask a couple days ago for ideas for getting a much -needed break! Can't really do a spa (lol) but I can do chocolate! It's kind of discouraging for me to have one of the " worser " cases of OCD on this list - to where my son can't go out or keep up a normal life any more. But my sister has a son with Down syndrome and he's always been severe - still doesn't talk at 13. So I have a great model there of accepting that there's a range of severity with this type of thing and just being able to love our kids no matter where they're at. She's great at that. Rhonda Re: Rhonda - re my son Rhonda, it was rough and days I thought I wouldn't survive (literally, felt if I relaxed I'd collapse and be in hospital with exhaustion!). But this group was good to read at, to vent to, knew I wasn't alone in dealing with OCD in my/family life. So I learned to take time for me each day, just minutes here and there. Keep a fav romance novel in the bathroom, make several trips a day to bathroom, lol. My own chocolate (not to be shared w/kids), take 10-15 minutes for a cup of coffee and chocolate (my fav combo) while I had music on or watched a bit of TV. I like outside yard work, so mowing lawn was a great day, lol. Go the long way around when coming home from work or store (alone) and listening to radio. Ice cream sundae 3 days in a row. Really helped. ....Notice a lot of mine revolve around food, lol! Because generally I would avoid those foods for months, so they were TREATS for me and I darn well deserved them! > > Hi Chris > > Thanks so much for taking time to write that out - it really helps me to see it over the span of years and how you managed it day to day. In some ways it feels like learning a foreign language - so puzzling, so incomprehensible, yet it's the language that all of a sudden my son is speaking and I have to try to learn it overnight, without a dictionary. And then the language itself can change overnight. Hearing how you coped with it, and your son is now thriving, is so encouraging! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Rhonda, Sending many good thoughts and prayers your way. I think it will be wonderful to get your son into a treatment center. How does he feel about going? > - I am totally thrilled to hear this news about your son as well!!! We are now waiting on Medicaid authorization to take son to ER before admitting to treatment center. I am already getting butterflies of all the unknowns. It's wonderful to see someone on ahead leaving footprints! > > Rhonda > > Re: Rhonda - re my son > > , that's wonderful that he is starting to talk about it a little!! He's on his way to getting better! > > With , it was easy for him to see those physical rituals/routines and having to do things over as OCD. But the thoughts I guess are so " invisible " and he said once he had some when younger to, guess it just wasn't to a bad degree. So for him that is personality/person related, not OCD. Sigh! Hopefully your son will see some of those physical things/reactions/routines...as OCD as therapy moves along. I wonder if he has any " bad thoughts. " With 's earlier OCD, he said something bad would happen to him if he didn't do them AND he had to get a " just right " feeling. I used to wonder if he was having " thoughts " before doing any but he told me no. > > So happy your son is opening up, must be feeling better and more comfortable there, which says a lot about ! > > > > > > > > Wow, that is quite a story about your son and what you both have been through!! You both are real troopers, that is for sure! It sounds like your son had a pretty good insight into what was going on with his OCD as he got older, which I'm sure was helpful to him and to you. > > > > What you said about having the son with the " weird OCD " that really hit home with me! After being on this list and reading the wide variety of issues this kids deal with, I don't think there is any such thing now as " weird OCD. " It really does encompass such a broad spectrum of symptoms, behaviors, rituals, obsessions, etc. > > > > And on that note, a little bit of encouraging news with my son. His psychiatrist said he's just now beginning to open up more to him about his OCD. And although he doesn't really understand it himself and can't really articulate too much at this point, at least he's giving them something they can start working with. > > > > > > > > > Hi Rhonda, gee, how to keep this short! so much to cover. > > > > > > OK - in 6th grade, age 11.5 or so, OCD just seemed to come on overnight. > > > He'd been in school just 2 or 3 weeks, was fine. I noticed him erasing a lot one night during homework and writing/paper looked odd. He would erase and not rewrite, or if a letter didn't look " right " he had to draw a line from the letter to the top of the page. His writing, which used to be a bit large (motor skill) was much smaller and what I called " chicken scratch " it was just illegible. He started > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 congratulations on your son's progress and his Job interview! That really gives me hope for my daughter, as I worry a lot about her future. And being that I live in NC too and know how hard it is to find a job here, even without any issues, I am even more excited for your son. I will keep my fingers crossed for him! > > > > > > - > > > > > > If you ever have time, can you tell the story of your son again? I've got it in bits and pieces but it would be great to hear all the way through. Did he ever take medication? What recovery path did he follow? How did you do it without a therapist? > > > > > > thanks bunches > > > Rhonda > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Thanks! I think this is the 3rd or 4th lab job he's applied for with that company. Maybe they'll hire him so he'll quit applying. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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