Re: Son diagnosed with OCD. Not sure if diagnoses is correct... I am new here.

[Guest guest]

Hi, my daughter is 9 and was diagnosed with OCD at 6 or 7. I can relate to the

wrinkled paper distress. It used to drive me nuts, especially because it is

such a waste. She also wouldn't use a sheet of paper if something was on the

other side. In first grade she went through a spell where she was very upset if

she didn't write things neat enough. She'd repeatedly start over. The

interesting thing about OCD is that the symptoms can morph into new ones without

any warning.

My dd has the reassurance and confessing type mostly at this stage. She has

also struggled with clothing as have many of the kids written about on this

site. My dd would complain about her cloths not being tight enough (although

most kids are very sensitive to tags and textures and thus like their clothes

loose). My dd had issues with sicks not being tight enough, shoes not feeling

right, not liking underwear. At one point I even considered trying to sew

clothes for her (and I don't really sew). It just got that frustrating. I had

used every tick in the book, comforting, rationslizing, bribing, threatening

consequences, etc.

As far as the cereal bowl it could be fear of germs. There are many symptoms of

OCD which are less talked about and are harder to find info about. Have you

looked st the International OCD Foundation's website? There is also a good site

called Kids Health. They have a good section about OCD.

Well, I hope I haven't rambled on too long. Please email if you have any

questions.

P.s. have you heard about sensory processing disorder. Some clothing things can

be related to that, although my daughter's therapist says it is really hard to

separate them out from OCD.

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> Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

>

> My son has always been pretty emotionally well balanced. Of my 4 kids he is by

far the most compliant. He has always been very easy going and go with the flow.

>

> Now here are some of the things he does in the last few months. He may be

coloring a picture and get out of the lines and have a melt down over it.

Similarly if a paper he wanted to color is wrinkled it is like the end of the

world. He will not color it and instead will cry and cry over it. The other day

he had gotten a balloon after getting a hair cut. We got home and he lost his

grip and the balloon flew away. He cried off and on for hours. We went somewhere

else later that day and he got distracted. Then when we got back in the car that

evening he remembered the balloon and started bawling again. A few days ago he

was showing me a book he had made at school. He had colored a picture to

represent himself in each month. For April (the month of the balloon incident)

he had colored himself holding the balloon. When I asked about it he got very

sad and explained it was from the balloon he got after his hair cut. He was

still obsessing over it 2 weeks later. Enough to draw a picture about it. He

just cannot seem to handle disappointment. And again this is not some kid

throwing a tantrum because he doesn't get his way. I would not put that past a

few of my other kids on occasion but that is just NOT his normal personality. I

find myself wondering if I have the right shirt clean, the bowl he is going to

want for breakfast... etc. It is exhausting. He is emotional about EVERYTHING.

It also seems to wax and wane like the Tourettes. When he is having a " good

bout " with his tourettes these other symptoms seem to be under control. But when

the tourettes flares up so does the other. He is such a precious little boy. I

want so desperately to help him but it would be easier to do if I knew what I

was dealing with. So does this sound like OCD or something else?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, my daughter is 9 and was diagnosed with OCD at 6 or 7. I can relate to the

wrinkled paper distress. It used to drive me nuts, especially because it is

such a waste. She also wouldn't use a sheet of paper if something was on the

other side. In first grade she went through a spell where she was very upset if

she didn't write things neat enough. She'd repeatedly start over. The

interesting thing about OCD is that the symptoms can morph into new ones without

any warning.

My dd has the reassurance and confessing type mostly at this stage. She has

also struggled with clothing as have many of the kids written about on this

site. My dd would complain about her cloths not being tight enough (although

most kids are very sensitive to tags and textures and thus like their clothes

loose). My dd had issues with sicks not being tight enough, shoes not feeling

right, not liking underwear. At one point I even considered trying to sew

clothes for her (and I don't really sew). It just got that frustrating. I had

used every tick in the book, comforting, rationslizing, bribing, threatening

consequences, etc.

As far as the cereal bowl it could be fear of germs. There are many symptoms of

OCD which are less talked about and are harder to find info about. Have you

looked st the International OCD Foundation's website? There is also a good site

called Kids Health. They have a good section about OCD.

Well, I hope I haven't rambled on too long. Please email if you have any

questions.

P.s. have you heard about sensory processing disorder. Some clothing things can

be related to that, although my daughter's therapist says it is really hard to

separate them out from OCD.

>

> Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

>

> My son has always been pretty emotionally well balanced. Of my 4 kids he is by

far the most compliant. He has always been very easy going and go with the flow.

>

> Now here are some of the things he does in the last few months. He may be

coloring a picture and get out of the lines and have a melt down over it.

Similarly if a paper he wanted to color is wrinkled it is like the end of the

world. He will not color it and instead will cry and cry over it. The other day

he had gotten a balloon after getting a hair cut. We got home and he lost his

grip and the balloon flew away. He cried off and on for hours. We went somewhere

else later that day and he got distracted. Then when we got back in the car that

evening he remembered the balloon and started bawling again. A few days ago he

was showing me a book he had made at school. He had colored a picture to

represent himself in each month. For April (the month of the balloon incident)

he had colored himself holding the balloon. When I asked about it he got very

sad and explained it was from the balloon he got after his hair cut. He was

still obsessing over it 2 weeks later. Enough to draw a picture about it. He

just cannot seem to handle disappointment. And again this is not some kid

throwing a tantrum because he doesn't get his way. I would not put that past a

few of my other kids on occasion but that is just NOT his normal personality. I

find myself wondering if I have the right shirt clean, the bowl he is going to

want for breakfast... etc. It is exhausting. He is emotional about EVERYTHING.

It also seems to wax and wane like the Tourettes. When he is having a " good

bout " with his tourettes these other symptoms seem to be under control. But when

the tourettes flares up so does the other. He is such a precious little boy. I

want so desperately to help him but it would be easier to do if I knew what I

was dealing with. So does this sound like OCD or something else?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, I have to go with OCD. The " right " shirt, the " right " bowl, coloring in the

lines, wrinkled paper...all OCD. Tourettes and OCD often seem to " go together. "

My OCD son (now 23) has also been my easygoing, compliant, no temper or bad

behavior son (of 3 sons). He also has Aspergers (on autism spectrum). He has

shown temper when it comes to OCD, and also feeling down/depressed due to it at

times. His OCD began in 6th grade, tho he had his quirks before that.

Want to mention PANDAS (or PANS) OCD to you, are you familiar with it, where

with PANDAS the OCD and/or tics can start due to strep; and with PANS it can

start due to other illness. Whatever the cause, the therapy for OCD is still

the same - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention

(CBT with ERP). But the " medication " part for treatment would start differently

than with " typical " OCD. At his age, so much strep goes around schools, just

thought I'd mention it if he's been sick prior to the onset.

Just some thoughts. I vote it's OCD.

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> Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

>

[Guest guest]

Anyone have experience with complex rituals like counting or wanting things in

threes? That is what the dr said about my daughter

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> Hi, I have to go with OCD. The " right " shirt, the " right " bowl, coloring in

the lines, wrinkled paper...all OCD. Tourettes and OCD often seem to " go

together. "

>

> My OCD son (now 23) has also been my easygoing, compliant, no temper or bad

behavior son (of 3 sons). He also has Aspergers (on autism spectrum). He has

shown temper when it comes to OCD, and also feeling down/depressed due to it at

times. His OCD began in 6th grade, tho he had his quirks before that.

>

> Want to mention PANDAS (or PANS) OCD to you, are you familiar with it, where

with PANDAS the OCD and/or tics can start due to strep; and with PANS it can

start due to other illness. Whatever the cause, the therapy for OCD is still the

same - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT

with ERP). But the " medication " part for treatment would start differently than

with " typical " OCD. At his age, so much strep goes around schools, just thought

I'd mention it if he's been sick prior to the onset.

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> Just some thoughts. I vote it's OCD.

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> > Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

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[Guest guest]

I think these are pretty common rituals. When my OCD was bad, three was a

biggie for me. I used to have to say certain things three times in my head or

else in a multiple of three, had to wash body parts three times when I was in

the shower, etc.

Re: Re: Son diagnosed with OCD. Not sure if diagnoses

is correct... I am new here.

Anyone have experience with complex rituals like counting or wanting things in

threes? That is what the dr said about my daughter

Sent from my iPhone

> Hi, I have to go with OCD. The " right " shirt, the " right " bowl, coloring in

the lines, wrinkled paper...all OCD. Tourettes and OCD often seem to " go

together. "

>

> My OCD son (now 23) has also been my easygoing, compliant, no temper or bad

behavior son (of 3 sons). He also has Aspergers (on autism spectrum). He has

shown temper when it comes to OCD, and also feeling down/depressed due to it at

times. His OCD began in 6th grade, tho he had his quirks before that.

>

> Want to mention PANDAS (or PANS) OCD to you, are you familiar with it, where

with PANDAS the OCD and/or tics can start due to strep; and with PANS it can

start due to other illness. Whatever the cause, the therapy for OCD is still the

same - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT

with ERP). But the " medication " part for treatment would start differently than

with " typical " OCD. At his age, so much strep goes around schools, just thought

I'd mention it if he's been sick prior to the onset.

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> Just some thoughts. I vote it's OCD.

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> > Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

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[Guest guest]

Common rituals you think? The dr thinks they are complex. When you say that

happened when your OCD was bad, what do you mean? She has been in therapy and

has made breakthroughs but I'm not sure why it would be bad. Why the number 3?

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> I think these are pretty common rituals. When my OCD was bad, three was a

biggie for me. I used to have to say certain things three times in my head or

else in a multiple of three, had to wash body parts three times when I was in

the shower, etc.

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> Re: Re: Son diagnosed with OCD. Not sure if

diagnoses is correct... I am new here.

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> Anyone have experience with complex rituals like counting or wanting things in

threes? That is what the dr said about my daughter

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> Sent from my iPhone

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> > Hi, I have to go with OCD. The " right " shirt, the " right " bowl, coloring in

the lines, wrinkled paper...all OCD. Tourettes and OCD often seem to " go

together. "

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> > My OCD son (now 23) has also been my easygoing, compliant, no temper or bad

behavior son (of 3 sons). He also has Aspergers (on autism spectrum). He has

shown temper when it comes to OCD, and also feeling down/depressed due to it at

times. His OCD began in 6th grade, tho he had his quirks before that.

> >

> > Want to mention PANDAS (or PANS) OCD to you, are you familiar with it, where

with PANDAS the OCD and/or tics can start due to strep; and with PANS it can

start due to other illness. Whatever the cause, the therapy for OCD is still the

same - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT

with ERP). But the " medication " part for treatment would start differently than

with " typical " OCD. At his age, so much strep goes around schools, just thought

I'd mention it if he's been sick prior to the onset.

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> > Just some thoughts. I vote it's OCD.

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> > > Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This

diagnoses is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other

" problems " that did not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it

is OCD. From what I have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor

but just not sure she has this one right. I wanted to check with others that

experience OCD everyday and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

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[Guest guest]

I want to tell you this sounds so much like my DS who is 9 now and has been

diagnosed over this past year:

OCD

SPD

dyspraxic

dyslexic

Asperger's

GAD

and as of yesterday, Tourette's

I don't really know what to believe anymore. I just know he needs help.

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> Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

>

> My son has always been pretty emotionally well balanced. Of my 4 kids he is by

far the most compliant. He has always been very easy going and go with the flow.

>

> Now here are some of the things he does in the last few months. He may be

coloring a picture and get out of the lines and have a melt down over it.

Similarly if a paper he wanted to color is wrinkled it is like the end of the

world. He will not color it and instead will cry and cry over it. The other day

he had gotten a balloon after getting a hair cut. We got home and he lost his

grip and the balloon flew away. He cried off and on for hours. We went somewhere

else later that day and he got distracted. Then when we got back in the car that

evening he remembered the balloon and started bawling again. A few days ago he

was showing me a book he had made at school. He had colored a picture to

represent himself in each month. For April (the month of the balloon incident)

he had colored himself holding the balloon. When I asked about it he got very

sad and explained it was from the balloon he got after his hair cut. He was

still obsessing over it 2 weeks later. Enough to draw a picture about it. He

just cannot seem to handle disappointment. And again this is not some kid

throwing a tantrum because he doesn't get his way. I would not put that past a

few of my other kids on occasion but that is just NOT his normal personality. I

find myself wondering if I have the right shirt clean, the bowl he is going to

want for breakfast... etc. It is exhausting. He is emotional about EVERYTHING.

It also seems to wax and wane like the Tourettes. When he is having a " good

bout " with his tourettes these other symptoms seem to be under control. But when

the tourettes flares up so does the other. He is such a precious little boy. I

want so desperately to help him but it would be easier to do if I knew what I

was dealing with. So does this sound like OCD or something else?

>

[Guest guest]

Please everyone look into the p.a.n.d.a.s

Diagnosis. My son was diagnosed with Pdd when

He was 2 1/2 along with severe anxiety disorder

And OCD. He is six now and his OCD symptoms

Went through the roof. Along with personality

Changes, very scarey! My son was diagnosed

With pandas from strep and we r also seeing

If he has a mycroplasma infection which cause

Pandas as well.

Check out pandas network!

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> I want to tell you this sounds so much like my DS who is 9 now and has been

diagnosed over this past year:

>

> OCD

> SPD

> dyspraxic

> dyslexic

> Asperger's

> GAD

> and as of yesterday, Tourette's

>

> I don't really know what to believe anymore. I just know he needs help.

>

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> > Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses

is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

> >

> > My son has always been pretty emotionally well balanced. Of my 4 kids he is

by far the most compliant. He has always been very easy going and go with the

flow.

> >

> > Now here are some of the things he does in the last few months. He may be

coloring a picture and get out of the lines and have a melt down over it.

Similarly if a paper he wanted to color is wrinkled it is like the end of the

world. He will not color it and instead will cry and cry over it. The other day

he had gotten a balloon after getting a hair cut. We got home and he lost his

grip and the balloon flew away. He cried off and on for hours. We went somewhere

else later that day and he got distracted. Then when we got back in the car that

evening he remembered the balloon and started bawling again. A few days ago he

was showing me a book he had made at school. He had colored a picture to

represent himself in each month. For April (the month of the balloon incident)

he had colored himself holding the balloon. When I asked about it he got very

sad and explained it was from the balloon he got after his hair cut. He was

still obsessing over it 2 weeks later. Enough to draw a picture about it. He

just cannot seem to handle disappointment. And again this is not some kid

throwing a tantrum because he doesn't get his way. I would not put that past a

few of my other kids on occasion but that is just NOT his normal personality. I

find myself wondering if I have the right shirt clean, the bowl he is going to

want for breakfast... etc. It is exhausting. He is emotional about EVERYTHING.

It also seems to wax and wane like the Tourettes. When he is having a " good

bout " with his tourettes these other symptoms seem to be under control. But when

the tourettes flares up so does the other. He is such a precious little boy. I

want so desperately to help him but it would be easier to do if I knew what I

was dealing with. So does this sound like OCD or something else?

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[Guest guest]

What I meant was that I had compulsions to do things in multiples of threes

before I got my OCD under control with medication. I also got intensive

behavior therapy, but the three thing dropped away by itself once I went on

medication and it has never come back whether I've been on medication or not. I

have no idea where I got the concept that doing things in three's would somehow

make things safe. I don't know what the dr. is referring to by the word

" complex " . They are two common rituals that I have heard about from people with

OCD.

Re: Re: Son diagnosed with OCD. Not sure if

diagnoses is correct... I am new here.

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> Anyone have experience with complex rituals like counting or wanting things in

threes? That is what the dr said about my daughter

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> Sent from my iPhone

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> > Hi, I have to go with OCD. The " right " shirt, the " right " bowl, coloring in

the lines, wrinkled paper...all OCD. Tourettes and OCD often seem to " go

together. "

> >

> > My OCD son (now 23) has also been my easygoing, compliant, no temper or bad

behavior son (of 3 sons). He also has Aspergers (on autism spectrum). He has

shown temper when it comes to OCD, and also feeling down/depressed due to it at

times. His OCD began in 6th grade, tho he had his quirks before that.

> >

> > Want to mention PANDAS (or PANS) OCD to you, are you familiar with it, where

with PANDAS the OCD and/or tics can start due to strep; and with PANS it can

start due to other illness. Whatever the cause, the therapy for OCD is still the

same - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT

with ERP). But the " medication " part for treatment would start differently than

with " typical " OCD. At his age, so much strep goes around schools, just thought

I'd mention it if he's been sick prior to the onset.

> >

> > Just some thoughts. I vote it's OCD.

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> > > Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This

diagnoses is definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other

" problems " that did not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it

is OCD. From what I have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor

but just not sure she has this one right. I wanted to check with others that

experience OCD everyday and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

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