OCD support site and ICQ OCD chat room
Question:
scott…@hotmail.com wrote about >> dealing with a 10-year-old with OCD… who is very headstrong, refuses to admit that he has OCD,> Have you come across a video tape called (I think) Share the Hope, put out by (I think) Solvay Pharmaceuticals? It’s specifically geared toward kids/teens with OCD, and I think it does a great job illustrating and explaining OCD in a manner that kids seem to find enlightening. It’s available for free, and is about 20" long. Let me know if you want more specific info, and I’ll track it down. Bob Fowler, CSW
Response:
Hi, my name’s Emily and I’m 27, female, living in Sydney Australia. I’ve had severe OCD for over a year, although I’ve had it mildly for longer. I’ve started a support/chat site for OCDers and those who know of someone suffering from it. The url is http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/obsessivecompulsivedisorder if anyone is interested in joining. Also, I’ve started an ICQ OCD chat room called &ocdchat. If you have icq and add it to your contact list you can join the chat whenever I or any of the other operators are online.
Response:
I was glad to see that there is a newsgroup for OCD. I’m a soon-to-be step- father dealing with a 10-year-old with OCD. It’s been a tough time for all of us. This child, who is very headstrong, refuses to admit that he has OCD, despite diagnosis from three doctors. We’ve watched him perform various rituals for months now: the wetting of his hands (he does not use a towel to dry them off); only walking through a particular entrance into the kitchen (he avoids one entrance enitrely, and the entrance he uses is quite the obstacle, with a washing machine making passage difficult); touching certain areas in the house; always asking his mother for reassurance; refusing to tie his shoes; and others. He’s been on Paxil now for about two months, and is improving. What makes things worse is that his biological father, whom he sees frequently, does not "believe" his son has OCD. I’m sure he’s told him as much. When he visits his father, he ends up "forgetting" take his meds, and of course dad does not remind him to do so. School is a big problem. We’re working on getting an IEP started, but for the past several months, he has not turned in any homework. Once he does it, he just shoves it into his desk. It would appear that he cannot touch it after it’s finished. Nothing has worked in getting him to follow through on this. He’s prone to anxiety attacks at school, and is making himself a target of the ridicule of other kids by having crying fits and hiding under his desk. This probably all sounds very familiar to many of you. If there are any resources for support and information anyone can recommend, I’d appreciate hearing about them, either in this forum, or via e-mail. ———–== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==———- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
