Guest guest Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Ok...this is really really strange...we are reading a book in English....Kissing Doorknobs...it is about a girl with OCD. And, the kids are doing their senior term papers on OCD, panic attacks, anxiety, or alcoholism.... I will admit ...to all...I have OCD...but can live with it. I am more of a perfectionist...I do take zoloft ...and was told a smaller dosage works better than a larger one. I think OCD will always be with me...but I have learned to deal with it and control it. And, since my life is so chaotic....that I get lost in it and don't have time to obsess. I think the anxiety....overwhelms us and in order to deal with it...we form obsessions....By dealing with the obsessions we don't have to think about what we are anxious about..... In the book we are reading...the girl starts obsessing about being good and praying for everyone who cureses and such.... Witht the right therapy and medicine...I think the obsession can be pushed back...where they won't affect their lives...but I do beleive it will take a lot of hard work but it can be done. Jan Janice Rushen "I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope" From: <@ hotmail.com>Subject: Re: ( ) Mild Aspergers? - Robin Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:20 PM Robin, 's OCD began at start of 6th grade. He's 20 yrs now. He was on Celexa for a while, did well on it. The only side effect that he had was some tiredness. Began taking naps! But we could deal with that. For , it was about the...12th or 16th week after starting Celexa that it seemed to kick in really well and things got better faster. Some improvement before then but much more at about the 12 or 16 week. Back then he had a lot of rituals, compulsions type stuff. Things he had to do or something bad would happen to him and he had to get a "just right" feeling too. Presently he suffers from "bad thought" OCD, his is the scrupulosity type (religion, God, being good, etc.). That began later in high school (several months after stopping Celexa!) and he has refused meds for it. He did try supplements but nothing helped. (previously before Celexa, we did use an "alternative" that helped)He just doesn't think these "thoughts" are because of OCD, thinks OCD makes them more frequent but is not the cause. He manages somehow and is doing well, at Chapel Hill university and loving it, but he does suffer with the thoughts, he rates in the severe range as it's just so "constant" during the day. Does OCD ever go away? For some it gets much better and maybe even won't need meds. But I think that still leaves a chance for it to return a bit too. A good therapist experienced with OCD can really help, help them learn to "boss back" OCD which actually helps them improve. saw a therapist for a while but he just couldn't get to work on things since didn't see his thoughts as OCD. When he had the more physical type compulsions and rituals, he easily saw those as OCD; these thoughts he just can't grasp as OCD.Hope this helps, be glad to share more!>> Hi > I need to ask you about your son and his OCD. > My son is 13 and he has OCD pretty darned bad. Started, honestly, about 2 months ago?> His doc put him on Celexa for the anxiety..... ....we talk about it, over and over and over....and we think it's getting better....a bit.> Ugh.> Does your son still deal with it? Does it ever go away? What was his OCD about?> > Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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