Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 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? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 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 To: Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:21 PM Subject: Re: Is this an OCD symptom?  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? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 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 Sent from my iPhone > 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? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 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. Sent from my iPad > 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 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > 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? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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