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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 364287" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>My daughter is diagnosis'ed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but hers is mostly the Obsession kind of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). </p><p></p><p>My daughter had a fear of zombies a few years ago. She felt like they were following her up the stairs or would be in another room. A key part of this is that she knew they weren't really, but she couldn't stop thinking about it. I'm pretty sure her psychiatrist at the time determined it to be Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) rather than psychosis because she knew it wasn't real.</p><p></p><p>She has never been able to tolerate SSRI's very well. For about a year, she was taking only 2.5 mg of Lexapro. Usually, very high doses are needed to help with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).</p><p></p><p>We did intensive CBT/ERP therapy with her. A therapist worked with her on dealing with this fear by acting like it could happen. Because you can never reason away Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I did not really agree with this when he started, but I see the wisdom in it now. So her therapy was to go in other rooms by herself, thinking about zombies, with pictures of zombies. Even with only her low dose of Lexapro, this worked.</p><p></p><p>There's a good book called "What to do When Your Child has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)" by Aureen Pinto Wagner. That might help you learn to help her when she gets stuck on these things. One of the main points is that you don't let yourself get pulled into the obsession. Easier said than done, for sure, when a difficult child is insistent on talking it out. But reassuring them, only feeds the obsession.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 364287, member: 1792"] My daughter is diagnosis'ed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but hers is mostly the Obsession kind of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). My daughter had a fear of zombies a few years ago. She felt like they were following her up the stairs or would be in another room. A key part of this is that she knew they weren't really, but she couldn't stop thinking about it. I'm pretty sure her psychiatrist at the time determined it to be Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) rather than psychosis because she knew it wasn't real. She has never been able to tolerate SSRI's very well. For about a year, she was taking only 2.5 mg of Lexapro. Usually, very high doses are needed to help with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). We did intensive CBT/ERP therapy with her. A therapist worked with her on dealing with this fear by acting like it could happen. Because you can never reason away Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I did not really agree with this when he started, but I see the wisdom in it now. So her therapy was to go in other rooms by herself, thinking about zombies, with pictures of zombies. Even with only her low dose of Lexapro, this worked. There's a good book called "What to do When Your Child has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)" by Aureen Pinto Wagner. That might help you learn to help her when she gets stuck on these things. One of the main points is that you don't let yourself get pulled into the obsession. Easier said than done, for sure, when a difficult child is insistent on talking it out. But reassuring them, only feeds the obsession. [/QUOTE]
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