VERY new to OCD, is this normal?

May 14, 2012

My son was diagnosed with OCD. I am not 100% convinced that that is what is

going on. However, yesterday morning at church he was outside playing and

started collecting rolly-polly bugs in a paper cup. I made him leave them

outside during church and he went to check on them several times during the

service. Got to my moms after church and he spent the ENTIRE TIME we were there

collecting more. (minus a very short break to eat). Then we stopped at the store

for a bug house thinking this was just a fun hobby for him. He is now obsessing

over them. He got out of bed twice last night (which he very rarely does) to

check on them and ask about the extra dirt I had for his bug house. Woke up

early this morning and talked non stop about them. d them everywhere he

went this morning. Lost one of them outside before school and left for school

VERY upset by this.

Is this just a kid being a kid? (he's 6) None of my other 3 kids have been THIS

obsessed over something but I know all kids are different. Or does this seem

related to OCD?

Also how do I determine for sure that this is OCD? He has tourette's and I am

afraid the other problems he is having are being called OCD because it so often

goes along with tourette's and so they are making assumptions. We see a play

therapist in a few weeks. Hoping she can shed some light on this.

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