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My ten year old son was medicated for A.D.H.D when he was 6 but just recently he has developed Obsessage Compulsive Disorder , and with it he does not sleep he has panic attacks and also worrys about everything any one out there with the same probblems and advice. ↓
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| Name: gumball | Date: Mar 8th, 2008 12:55 AM |
| hi sasha! i totaly understand your situation because my son has the same thing,....he is allready diagnosed adhd and is now on the waiting list to get analised for ocd. Its typical that if u have 1 disorder your liable to have another one right behind it "comorbid disorders" they co exist and r assosiated. My son is 11 and has always had the mild symtoms of ocd,...but not that noticeable,....now the last few months its blown out of perportion with constant hand washing,...axtiety about everything,..changing of clothes 5-6 times a day,....washing and rinsing his mouth out and anything that pops in his mind becomes his worst nightmare,........so while waiting for the psychologists to handel his case i simply find easy methods he could use to overcome the urges of his "ocd" reasurance! reasure him tha all lights r switched off and tripple checked,..reasure him the handwashing is normal to a point,....we cant wash away good germs,...reasure him that the thoughts he is having are ok but he has to take controll over his thoughts and NOT the thoughts over him because deep down inside i think your boy knows whats really a danger and whats not a danger so by explaining and reasuring him about the dangers ease those thoughts in some way,...as the saying goes,..."we fear what we dont know" but by looking at my son i tend to think of the saying a bit diff. "what we fear the most is what we create ourselves". my son couldnt sleep for 2 weeks when this disorder was at its worst,...and it always started at bedtime because there was nothing else distracting him from "thinking" so i found methods for my son to try to use,..like reading and so on,...and alot of reasurance and patience from mom,........its heart breaking seeing our children suffer from those "thoughts" that totally take controll,...so i can relate with you and your son,.....i know there wasnt much advice in this reply,...just alot of understanding,.....i hope things work out for u and your son eventually and that he will also find his own methods of distracting and overpowering the "thoughts" so good luck and god bless you. and just jot me a line or 2 if you want,.....to me its reasuring that im not the only parent with a child with a disorder. ive allready written a topic today called "to med. or not to med." i hope you find it interesting if u read what i had to say...................bye for now......... ↑ |
| Name: aldam2 | Date: Mar 10th, 2008 3:35 PM |
| Hi sasha, my daughter suffers from panic attacks, worries about everything and when she is very anxious she has ocd episodes. she hasnt got adhd though she has been diagnoised with aspergers syndrome (mild autism). She is highly intellegent but there is no reasoning with her when she is having one of her meltdown episodes. She will wash her hands etc excessivly and no amount of reasurance will make her stop until shes good and ready and the anxiety has subsided. adhd is very common in children with autism as well so you might want to get that checked out just in case. ↑ |
| Name: katie | Date: Mar 12th, 2008 4:21 PM |
| Yep my son will have to check on his sisters all the time expectially if he hears anything... expectially at night he is almost 12 and he worries all the time, but mind you my son doesnt worry about what others think or if he is in a dangerous situation. he just worries about noises in the house or what his sisters our doing at all times. drives them and me crazy. ↑ |
| Name: sasha_e100 | Date: Mar 18th, 2008 10:19 PM |
| Thank you for your feedback even when we feel alone it is nice to know that someone understands. ↑ |
| Name: gumball | Date: Mar 22nd, 2008 11:10 AM |
| hei sasha,....gumball here,....my son finally got into the spychologists and is now receiveing cognetive therapy to overpower his ocd notions,....one step at a time.....i told the spychologist that its more or less ocd at our first meeting and that i find its more benefitual for him to receive therapy instead of meds. medication does not take it away,...it just prolongs the notions,....learning to overpower the notions on your own will teach you to overpower the next "tidelwave" (a new ocd ritual) well its worth a try anyway,.....i know what hes is going thru,....for i tend to to the same,...not that it overpowers my ability to function thru the everyday,....but the night times are worse,...like i said,...theres nothing to distract us from thinking of the rituals,....the more we think,...the more we CAN think,....our minds have a mind of their own,.....i cick myself in the arse when i tend to get out of bed 10 times in i row to check the bolts on the doors and electisity outlets,.....lol but yes! it is terrifying for a child wich aknowleges their thoughts at a tipical age of 9-10 -0r 11 because there aware and understand thoughts and the thinking prosess at that age,.....not when their younger because thoughts race thru their minds and they automaticly let it go,....now that their aware of their thoughts,....their gonna hang on to it and let them terrorize themselves with it,.....so i tell my son how proud i am of him by the way he can overpower his rituals when he is at his worst,....it helps with a little self esteem boost...... ca u get back to me if u get the chance?,....id like to know a bit more about your sons condition,............. gumball ↑ |
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