Son diagnosed with OCD. Not sure if diagnoses is correct... I am new here.

May 10, 2012

Hi, my son is 6 and was diagnosed with Tourettes in December. This diagnoses is

definitely dead on. But when describing some of his other " problems " that did

not seem to fit with Tourettes our doctor feels confident it is OCD. From what I

have read I am not completely convinced. I LOVE our doctor but just not sure she

has this one right. I wanted to check with others that experience OCD everyday

and see if any of this sounds familiar to you.

My son has always been pretty emotionally well balanced. Of my 4 kids he is by

far the most compliant. He has always been very easy going and go with the flow.

Now here are some of the things he does in the last few months. He may be

coloring a picture and get out of the lines and have a melt down over it.

Similarly if a paper he wanted to color is wrinkled it is like the end of the

world. He will not color it and instead will cry and cry over it. The other day

he had gotten a balloon after getting a hair cut. We got home and he lost his

grip and the balloon flew away. He cried off and on for hours. We went somewhere

else later that day and he got distracted. Then when we got back in the car that

evening he remembered the balloon and started bawling again. A few days ago he

was showing me a book he had made at school. He had colored a picture to

represent himself in each month. For April (the month of the balloon incident)

he had colored himself holding the balloon. When I asked about it he got very

sad and explained it was from the balloon he got after his hair cut. He was

still obsessing over it 2 weeks later. Enough to draw a picture about it. He

just cannot seem to handle disappointment. And again this is not some kid

throwing a tantrum because he doesn't get his way. I would not put that past a

few of my other kids on occasion but that is just NOT his normal personality. I

find myself wondering if I have the right shirt clean, the bowl he is going to

want for breakfast... etc. It is exhausting. He is emotional about EVERYTHING.

It also seems to wax and wane like the Tourettes. When he is having a " good

bout " with his tourettes these other symptoms seem to be under control. But when

the tourettes flares up so does the other. He is such a precious little boy. I

want so desperately to help him but it would be easier to do if I knew what I

was dealing with. So does this sound like OCD or something else?

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