Guest guest Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Hi. This is my first post here. My daughter is 6 and suddenly developed OCD May 26th. Behavior problems started 3 days later including defiance, temper tantrums and cognitive inflexibility. She was an obedient child prior to this who occasionally had inappropriate behavior when she was overly tired (like most children). We have met with a therapist once, who basically took her history and will see her again on Thursday. I am aware of PANDAS and threw a fit to get our pediatrician to test her. The whole family was swabbed for strep and the cultures were all negative. My daughter's strep titer was negative, too. As far as we know she has never had strep. We are waiting on one more lab. I don't remember the name of it or what it is looking for. The nurse didn't know what is was for, either. Her OCD and behavior issues come and go. Anyway, my husband and I are devastated and lost. Our family is disrupted and we don't know what to do. Dealing with her is exhausting and last night she developed insomnia due to her obsessive thoughts, making my husband and me even more exhausted. She just said to me moments ago, " I don't know why I've gotten to where I don't obey " out of the blue. I started crying. We are walking on eggshells around her to not set off behavior issues, but at the same time are trying to balance a healthy level of discipline. I feel like the stress of this is going to kill me. Can anyone offer me any support? Is this going to get better? Misty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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