Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 The 50mg tablet is very small. I broke it in two and then again. She can swallow pills and prefers this but zoloft and prozac does come in liquid forms too. Pam > > > > > > My 8 year old son was always a bit OCD but it's gotten much worse. He has to wash his hands, and if someone else touches his clothes, he wants to wash off his clothes. For example, we were sitting on a bench and an elderly man was sitting with his wife on the bench also. The man's hat was on the bench next to him and my son's leg brushed against it--we had to find a bathroom to wash off my son's pants. > > > He woke up in the night last night wanting to wash again and was up for hours. I don't want to use medication. Have any of you dealt with this before and how did you handle it. Our psychologist gave us a book about OCD and I'm going to read it today--hopefully it has some ideas. Thank you for any help. > > > > > > maureen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 So sorry to hear this. Sometimes this is all we can do. Get some rest. I really keep my schedule as routine and simple as I can but the cost is that we don't socialize much and I am not working. We keep to a routine where I feel I am not rushed and I have down time too. I don't get my dishes down most nights and have to do it while I am making dinner the next night. This seems to work so I can get my daughter focused after dinner on what she has too do (shower, teeth). We get ready for bed right after dinner and relax from 7pm to bedtime at 9pm. I fold some laudry while she getting ready for bed. I have an accomodation for no homework otherwise it would be a mess. My idea of christmas events is reading a christmas book at bedtime. I have really scaled down our activities too. take care this holiday season. Less is more. Pam > > > > My 8 year old son was always a bit OCD but it's gotten much worse. He has to wash his hands, and if someone else touches his clothes, he wants to wash off his clothes. For example, we were sitting on a bench and an elderly man was sitting with his wife on the bench also. The man's hat was on the bench next to him and my son's leg brushed against it--we had to find a bathroom to wash off my son's pants. > > He woke up in the night last night wanting to wash again and was up for hours. I don't want to use medication. Have any of you dealt with this before and how did you handle it. Our psychologist gave us a book about OCD and I'm going to read it today--hopefully it has some ideas. Thank you for any help. > > > > maureen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Yes! My son's OCD came on in the 6th grade also. I think there may a congenital predisposition to it, and it is triggered by puberty. That is why so many kids develop it at ages 11 and up, (or why so many kids get worse at this age.) My son WAS hospitalized because he could not function at all, he went on Prozac, and has gone on to lead a happy completely " normal " (whatever that is) life! Lindsey sen http://5kidswdisabilities.wordpress.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Hang in there Debra. I'm having a hard time keeping it going too. On the good side, I've seen some major improvements for my almost 21 yo with HFA. I never would have bet money he'd be doing this well. Remember, he is the one who had to leave school in high school. I thought it was the end of any hope for a future for him. But it all ended up being the start of something new. He seems to have gotten a big " growth spurt " in the last 2 to 3 years as well. Or somehow, things have been coming together for him. I don't know if this is a promise for you and yours. But I have looked at the future with fear and yet, things worked out somehow...well, are working out so far. Knock on wood and hope the autism gods don't hear me...lol. So be wary. But don't despair. Roxanna " The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. " E. Burke Re: ( ) Re: OCD Hi guys. I am having a down day. It is one of those days that you don't just look one hour ahead but you look five years down the road and are horrified and can't face that much of it all at once. I think I am going to go to bed after dinner, let the kids go nuts in the house and not worry about the mess, and get up in the morning hoping I feel better. I have told them I am grumpy, can't be nice, and I am going in my room to hide. Hopefully nothing will burn down while I am in here. Some days are just like this. It is all way, way, way too much to do..... ( ) Re: OCD  My AS daughter also has OCD traits. At age 7 she too had issues with germs, handwashing, wanting to take showers, fear she touched something. Because of the AS she does not respond or cooperate with therapy that tries to explain to her that the OCD is making her want to wash. She does respond to a type of Exposure Response Prevention that is part facts and part behavioral. She responds to some social stories like the schools overstate the handwashing because some kids don't wash at all. You only have to wash after the bathroom and before you eat. That is it. I had her go to the bathroom in the nurses office in first grade so she could make sure she was not overwashing. She also responds to rules the rule is you can take a shower once in the evening and that is it. It can only last 30 min or less. I told her the germs at home we are use too. She doesn't seem to worry too much about contamination at home. But she is worried that I don't wash soap bubbles off things enough. I did start her on Zoloft this summer 50 mg at age 11. I was surprised it stopped the sensitivity to socks and clothes and that her panic reaction to loud noises was helped. Her obsessiveness was reduced but not eliminated. She thought the medicine was poison too. I had to start her on a crumb of zoloft and stay at that until she was comfortable. It took over 2 months to get to 50mg but she had no adverse reactions at all. I am sorry we didn't try this sooner. If you trial prozac or zoloft (both prescribed for OCD) slowly very slowly and very gradual increases you can advert any adverse reaactions. If you see an increase in agitation you just stop the medication. That is it. The trial is over, it didn't work. My daughter's anxiety got so bad in 5th grade she stopped going to school. The combination of OCD and AS is tough to treat with just therapy. Pam sI ca the gernssjat eBpye t > > My 8 year old son was always a bit OCD but it's gotten much worse. He has to wash his hands, and if someone else touches his clothes, he wants to wash off his clothes. For example, we were sitting on a bench and an elderly man was sitting with his wife on the bench also. The man's hat was on the bench next to him and my son's leg brushed against it--we had to find a bathroom to wash off my son's pants. > He woke up in the night last night wanting to wash again and was up for hours. I don't want to use medication. Have any of you dealt with this before and how did you handle it. Our psychologist gave us a book about OCD and I'm going to read it today--hopefully it has some ideas. Thank you for any help. > > maureen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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