Wondering if my DD's OCD episode is ending..

[Guest guest]

Ok so this is really interesting. My 4 year old DD's 2nd OCD episode appeared

out of the blue April 1st of this year.

Now for the last two weeks I noticed her rituals/reassurance asking and

occupation with her fears lessening and lessening. I then realized she hadn't

asked for reassurance about her fingers and toes for what seemed like a long

time.

I decided to test the waters so to speak, and take her to the pool (she thinks

water will take her skin off-- she can't take baths-- she gets a quick shower at

home which is always a screaming fest).

She got in the water fine yesterday and actually had a blast. I actually

started crying because for once I felt like we were doing something a normal

family would-- a trip to the pool!

Now this morning I got her in the bath and she was HAPPY!!!!

Please lord is this the end of this episode? I am trying not to get my hopes up.

But here is the kicker... my mother told me something I hadn't even realized.

Her stutter is gone.

April 1st her OCD and stutter came back overnight and now her stutter is 100%

gone.

So as we stand right now it seems like she is on the mend. I have caught her

doing a little " checking " but she is not in distress or in panic about it.

This is how it ended last year.. it just slowly got better and better until it

was gone.

So I am wondering if we are nearing the end.. I don't want to get my hopes up

though!

But now the question is.. When is it going to come back full force?

[Guest guest]

It sounds like pandas, please check her strep

Antibody levels. OCD comes on suddenly when

There antibodies r fighting a strep infection and then

Gradually lessen usually with help from antibiotics.

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On May 19, 2012, at 4:47 PM, " jennifercurnow@... "

wrote:

> Ok so this is really interesting. My 4 year old DD's 2nd OCD episode appeared

out of the blue April 1st of this year.

> Now for the last two weeks I noticed her rituals/reassurance asking and

occupation with her fears lessening and lessening. I then realized she hadn't

asked for reassurance about her fingers and toes for what seemed like a long

time.

> I decided to test the waters so to speak, and take her to the pool (she thinks

water will take her skin off-- she can't take baths-- she gets a quick shower at

home which is always a screaming fest).

> She got in the water fine yesterday and actually had a blast. I actually

started crying because for once I felt like we were doing something a normal

family would-- a trip to the pool!

>

> Now this morning I got her in the bath and she was HAPPY!!!!

>

> Please lord is this the end of this episode? I am trying not to get my hopes

up.

>

> But here is the kicker... my mother told me something I hadn't even realized.

Her stutter is gone.

> April 1st her OCD and stutter came back overnight and now her stutter is 100%

gone.

>

> So as we stand right now it seems like she is on the mend. I have caught her

doing a little " checking " but she is not in distress or in panic about it.

> This is how it ended last year.. it just slowly got better and better until it

was gone.

>

> So I am wondering if we are nearing the end.. I don't want to get my hopes up

though!

>

> But now the question is.. When is it going to come back full force?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, PANDAS, PANS is a good thought, but also OCD waxes and wanes (often

explosively) and personally I have always found it waxes and wanes with illness.

We have never had strep antibodies checked, but he has never had strep throat.

The one time he did have strep it was " strep butt " ( my own invention of a name,

but that is what it was) and he was fine at the time. PANS is harder because

there are no antibiotics to use for it if it is for viral so unlessyou are going

to commit to IVIG I dont think there is much to do for it is there?