Alprazolam...please read

[kimhix]

thank you for replying to my post . Seems like you have been living with this for quite a while, as a child??? Anyway, if so please tell me what it was like. Your suggestions I appreciate but we already have been doing it all, been with the best child psychiatrist here in Greenville since he was 5, he even submitted my sons case to a board of specialist in California not too long ago becasue of all the complications and they had no new suggestions. He has been tried on every typical and anti typical med we can find for his bipolar, ocd, adhd,intermittant explosive disorder, tics and what SHOULD work does not. His ocd is the worse, and he gets very aggressive, combative, out of control when raging always induced by some type of frustration, "brain lock" due to the ocd. He has been with a therapist since 5, and in CBT for over a year now twice a month, all no help since he literally can not stop his brain once the frustration and brain lock sets in. Any other suggestions??? Thank you.

[Alprazolam]

Yes, I had a severe case of OCD as a kid, and never got any real professional help.

I always knew I was different, and often times wondered why I mentally tortured myself.

A few things that did however help when I was a child:

A. Try your best to not be a perfectionist to the child in any way. Make sure the child is not working on a daily basis with someone who demands perfection.

B. Try not to present the child with any unansweable questions, and try not to joke about anything personal with him/her...like "Dont be a nerd" This can spark alot of questions and OCDish thoughts.

and the one that helped me the most was:

C. If you have enough connection and/or trust with your child, routinely (maybe once a week or every other week) tell them to go into their room. Give him/her a piece of paper and tell him/her to write down ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that they think about that bothers them in ANY WAY, weather true or untrue, and make sure you make them understand that nothing is out of bounds and "strange" thoughts are OKAY. Go over this paper with him or her and help them understand and feel comforted that its ok, and that everyone has strange thoughts in there life.


Besides that, your doing the best thing that you can by having him work with professionals. Alot of these things take time, and alot of these things also natrually go away even without work.

I suffered from OCD severly as a child, but after natural time and my parents doing these things with me it left. For years I looked back on it wondering what was really going on. Later on in life I made a "chemical" mistake, and my OCD came back worse than ever. However after a while with work I have now beat it and control it on a daily basis.

I feel that as more time passes, and more work as done even if it seems like its not working, and as your child matures these conditions are going to lesson.

Good luck!

And remember:

Have no fear, for the power behind you is far greater than any problem ahead of you.

[kimhix]

Thank you so much. We have a excellent relationship, he knows everything I do is to help him and seek answers. He tellms me everything, thankfully and feels free to ask me any questions. I have even written a book for/about him and it is publsihed, about how kids feel different for a variety of reasons, his difficulty with feeling differnt and isolated from peers, inability to control his moods, frustration and anger. We hoped "the book" would reach other kids suffering in the same way amd help them to realize they are not alone, as he as always felt alone and the only kid in the world with these problems. Try this link..www.tribunetimes.com type in my name in the search box, Kim Hix and the newspaper article should come up that a reporter wrote. Or see the book at Amazon.com titled No one is perfect and You ar a Great kid. One more thing, why in your message board photo is your head down??

[Alprazolam]

Well then you guys are really set up every way for sucess. Just time and patience are what you are going to battle now, and the light at the tunnel will grow nearer every day weather you recognize it or not


I will defineatly take a look at the book, it's a really great thing to do something like that and reach out for other kids.


Help your child realize, he isn't alone, and that he is totally okay as himself. Everyone is different, and everyone has problems. Some people are born blind, some are born with different mental disorders, heck some people are even born joined together! The world is full of crazy things but promise your child that no one person on this earth has a problem that someone else hasnt already had or has, and hasn't overcome.



As for my photo, it was a random shot, I think i dropped my dog haha :) But shes ok don't worry.


www.0247.com/sleeping_life


I have a group there recently started up for OCD. Check it out if you happen to have a 0247 :)


Good luck with your child, and remember to keep going as you are. Get him to express any and every thought to you, and give him reliefe by making him realize those thoughts are ok to have, everyone has them, and that its in fact NORMAL. Tell him even his *favorite sports player* or something of that nature has had strange/obsessive thoughts.

And be prepared for anything. When I was a child I had to express to my parents my thoughts about anything, all the way from visions of rape down to "thinking" i dont love a family member. OCD makes the mind believe crazy things, so don't take anything to heart. Just provide relief.

With OCD, thoughts reoccure because they have no answer/relief, so if you can provide that the thoughts tend to cause less anxiety and occur more often. Thats one of the basic principles of CBT.


Good luck! However you wont be needing it.  Let me know if you have any other questions!

[kimhix]

  thank you so much. I believe he will get better, just always pray it is ooner thatn later. He is so tortured within himself and thinks he is so bad, an idiot, unloved. Ironic you mention having him associate a favorit sports hero...he is  a wonderful baseball player adn we saw an arctile a few months ago about one of his favite ball players battleing OCD.He could not believe someone like "that" was like him !!! How old are you, what kind of work do you do?? I guess I am just trying to realize Zack can grow up and function normally in the world. I will hit the 0247 site later. Thank you bunches !!! Kim

[Alprazolam]

I am 18

I work at Chilis resturaunt and Target :)

I'm currently attending college to become a Psychiatrist after a bazillion years of school.

Your not trying to realize it, you already do, your just seeking reassurance :)

Just keep enforcing all these things, keep making him realize that he is ok, and that somewhere sometime someone else has had the exact same problem and has overcome it.

Good luck, and you know where to seek help through these forums!~

[kimhix]

Good for you. Love Chilis and Target !!!! Sounds like you are on track. Gives me hope !!! Thank you.