Re: any suggestions for dealing with OCD daughter?

August 6, 2012

Are you sure she is on the therapeutic dose for OCD for Zoloft? The dose is

different than what it is for depression, from what I understand. Being on the

right dose of the right med for a person makes a HUGE difference, and one of the

OCD meds may be a better match for a particular person than another of the meds.

Another suggestion is to sit down and tell her that you love her too much to

allow her to lose her quality of life to OCD, so you are going to work with her

to fight it harder. I think for many kids it is beneficial to set up a reward

for this. As Dr. Phil asks, " What's her currency? " , i.e. what is something that

would mean a lot to her? Fighting OCD requires so much fortitude that having an

extra motivating factor may be just the thing that gives her the added strength

she needs.

any suggestions for dealing with OCD daughter?

Hi all, I am looking for suggestions in how to talk to my 15 y/o daughter and/or

what to say to her...also how to respond to her. She is on meds (zoloft and

klonopin) and sees a therapist. She has however not seen her therapist for a #

of weeks lately. She has an appt coming up at the end of this month. Anyway, I

have read Brain Lock and have tried to use some suggestions out of it with her

but she keeps blocking them. When she is in the middle of one of her rituals, I

have gently tried to get her to use the 4 R's, just beginning with the first one

of relabeling. My roadblock is that she just does not want to do this. She

complains about how OCD has ruined her life, etc but when it comes to fighting

back against the OCD she does not want to do it. She always says it is too hard!

do we just let her suffer through this and eventually she will have to learn to

fight back or do we continue to pressure her? Does anyone have any experience

either way and suggestions?? I am not looking forward to another year of HS as

her OCD seemed much worse during the school year and it really consumed all of

our lives to the point where we were all stressed out!!

Thanks for any advice, big or small!!

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