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My daughter ended up with severe anxiety issues along wtih her OCD. I finally

(after 3 years) have her under control - but she takes a small dosage of

medication to treat her severe anxiety. Just keep trying things. All I can say

is there is life once this disorder and the other disorders it causes are under

control. My daughter's life has finally almost normalized. Still a few issues,

but I am at least able to take care of me again instead of having to always be

worried about her. Good luck to all.

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> Teen son was diagnosed 2 years ago for OCD and separation disorder. He is on

medication prozac. Unwanted thoughts seem to be better but he is a CONSTANT

worrier. If he gets thru an event that he is worried about, he will move on to

be worried about the next thing. So worried that we have melt downs. We have

really noticed an increase in his anxiety level. He calls or wants to talk to

me (his mom) all the time. Says that helps with feeling better. Could this be

a compulsion? Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Diane, can you tell me what medication doctors have your daughter on for

anxiety?  How often is it taken?  Thank you so much for replying.  It's nice

to know we are not alone.

Christie

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My daughter ended up with severe anxiety issues along wtih her OCD. I finally

(after 3 years) have her under control - but she takes a small dosage of

medication to treat her severe anxiety. Just keep trying things. All I can say

is there is life once this disorder and the other disorders it causes are under

control. My daughter's life has finally almost normalized. Still a few issues,

but I am at least able to take care of me again instead of having to always be

worried about her. Good luck to all.

>

> Teen son was diagnosed 2 years ago for OCD and separation disorder. He is on

medication prozac. Unwanted thoughts seem to be better but he is a CONSTANT

worrier. If he gets thru an event that he is worried about, he will move on to

be worried about the next thing. So worried that we have melt downs. We have

really noticed an increase in his anxiety level. He calls or wants to talk to me

(his mom) all the time. Says that helps with feeling better. Could this be a

compulsion? Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Yes, it probably is a compulsion, since it makes him feel better. My son is 12,

and used to have to call me from school several times a day, because he was

worried about something -- usually worried that something happened to me. He's

much better now. He's taking inositol, which has helped to lessen his anxiety a

lot. He also saw a wonderful therapist who did ERP with him, and it helped him

to get past a lot of his worries about many different things. The therapist

used loop tapes that he listened to over and over, until his anxiety dropped.

It's amazing how it works!

I hope this helps.

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My son has both, as well as social anxiety. He is on Lexapro and is doing

better, but like your son he still has that worrying that is a worry that lasts

until it is relinquished and a new worry takes its place. He, too, seeks

reassurance from me and feels the need to tell me things to let him know that he

is okay. I have battled OCD all my life and so does my son's twin sister. They

are 12, by the way. What I can tell you is that the reassurance seeking that he

does when he calls or needs to confess to you about things that are nothing to

worry about are compulsions, and you will help him most if you work on

minimizing it. I identify for my son that he is seeking reassurance and then

ask him to tell me what my answer will be. I hope that this shows him that he

can think for himself and doesn't need to rely on me, and I also hope to

extinguish this reassurance seeking by not participating in it to the best that

I can.

Is this an OCD symptom?

Teen son was diagnosed 2 years ago for OCD and separation disorder. He is on

medication prozac. Unwanted thoughts seem to be better but he is a CONSTANT

worrier. If he gets thru an event that he is worried about, he will move on to

be worried about the next thing. So worried that we have melt downs. We have

really noticed an increase in his anxiety level. He calls or wants to talk to

me (his mom) all the time. Says that helps with feeling better. Could this be

a compulsion? Does anyone have any suggestions?

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My 12 year old son who has had OCD for 4 years now, also confesses to me a lot!

He used to call me from school 3 or 4 times a day to confess to me because it

made him feel better. It releases his anxiety when he hears my calm voice.

Unfortunately it was very disruptive to all his classes so his therapist

suggested we set up time limits for him to call me from school, before or after

school or during lunch and I also had to let all his teachers know not to let

him go to nurses office during class. It was hard at first but he has really

done well sticking to it. Lately during his mid-terms which has been stressful

for him, he has been calling me on his phone from the bathroom. We are now

working on that. I think setting limits or time windows has really helped a lot

with the confessions for my son. I hope this information helps you.

--Dawn

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> Teen son was diagnosed 2 years ago for OCD and separation disorder. He is on

medication prozac. Unwanted thoughts seem to be better but he is a CONSTANT

worrier. If he gets thru an event that he is worried about, he will move on to

be worried about the next thing. So worried that we have melt downs. We have

really noticed an increase in his anxiety level. He calls or wants to talk to me

(his mom) all the time. Says that helps with feeling better. Could this be a

compulsion? Does anyone have any suggestions?

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I don't have anything to really add but didn't even realize that would be

considered a compulsion. My 6 yr old who began having morbid intrusive thoughts

started confessing to me every little detail of his daily " wrongs " , he had tv

taken as a punishment and had to tell me that when he entered his sisters room,

he looked at her tv. Wanted to know if he had to go in to time out. Just a quick

example, but he constantly looks to me for reassurance. Every thought he has, he

needs to tell me. My son just got diagnosed about 2 month ago, still trying to

figure this disease out.

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> My 12 year old son who has had OCD for 4 years now, also confesses to me a

lot! He used to call me from school 3 or 4 times a day to confess to me because

it made him feel better. It releases his anxiety when he hears my calm voice.

Unfortunately it was very disruptive to all his classes so his therapist

suggested we set up time limits for him to call me from school, before or after

school or during lunch and I also had to let all his teachers know not to let

him go to nurses office during class. It was hard at first but he has really

done well sticking to it. Lately during his mid-terms which has been stressful

for him, he has been calling me on his phone from the bathroom. We are now

working on that. I think setting limits or time windows has really helped a lot

with the confessions for my son. I hope this information helps you.

> --Dawn

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> > Teen son was diagnosed 2 years ago for OCD and separation disorder. He is on

medication prozac. Unwanted thoughts seem to be better but he is a CONSTANT

worrier. If he gets thru an event that he is worried about, he will move on to

be worried about the next thing. So worried that we have melt downs. We have

really noticed an increase in his anxiety level. He calls or wants to talk to me

(his mom) all the time. Says that helps with feeling better. Could this be a

compulsion? Does anyone have any suggestions?

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