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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 303280" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>One of the drug co's, I think the makers of either paxil or zoloft, has a video about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is older, but was very helpful.</p><p></p><p>Many many people use SSRI's to help with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Typically the dose needed is HIGHER than that used for depression. </p><p></p><p>Wiz is pretty much normal on the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) front right now. Not that it is gone, but he manages to keep it from interfering in his life for the most part.</p><p></p><p>When he was younger we had to remove pokemon and then D&D quite a few times. We would start to have difficult child problems as the obsession grew. At a point it took over his life, or if he was lying, cheating or stealing to get to the item I would go through and take EVERYTHING related to it away. There was much gnashing of teeth and ranting at mel</p><p></p><p>After he could see how things were different and even thanked us several times. A few months later we would start to re-introduce them to help him learn to manage his obsessions. </p><p></p><p>He does have thousands of dollars invested in D&D and Magic the Gathering. Over the years I gave away or pitched at least $1000 in pokemon and D&D stuff. I refused to have Magic in the house. Not because it was against values or whatever, but because each time thank you found a card or book we then had a full week of nightmares and daytime clinginess. </p><p></p><p>After I figured out the Magic cards were triggering nightmares they were banned. We never did figure out a way to contain that stuff to one room. Wiz also would "accidentally" leave a card by thank you's toothbrush or on his pillow if he got upset with thank you or wanted to tease him about being a "baby".</p><p></p><p>We solved THAT by making Wiz get up with us each time thank you got me up. He had to STAY up AND he had to do something special with thank you the next day to make up for it. </p><p></p><p>The KEY is to help them mature enough to learn to moderate things. Therapy is needed. The kinds of exposures shown in the A&E series Obsessed should ONLY be done with professional supervision.</p><p></p><p>Now that Wiz is working he is regretting having spent all that money on those games. He sees them now in hours he has to work to gain that much money. He actually told me he wished I had been able to make him see how hard it is to earn that much money so he would not have spent so much on them.</p><p></p><p>He did spend many many many hours at the University Library where printing is free. He printed off thousands of pages of D&D stuff that has become free to anyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 303280, member: 1233"] One of the drug co's, I think the makers of either paxil or zoloft, has a video about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is older, but was very helpful. Many many people use SSRI's to help with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Typically the dose needed is HIGHER than that used for depression. Wiz is pretty much normal on the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) front right now. Not that it is gone, but he manages to keep it from interfering in his life for the most part. When he was younger we had to remove pokemon and then D&D quite a few times. We would start to have difficult child problems as the obsession grew. At a point it took over his life, or if he was lying, cheating or stealing to get to the item I would go through and take EVERYTHING related to it away. There was much gnashing of teeth and ranting at mel After he could see how things were different and even thanked us several times. A few months later we would start to re-introduce them to help him learn to manage his obsessions. He does have thousands of dollars invested in D&D and Magic the Gathering. Over the years I gave away or pitched at least $1000 in pokemon and D&D stuff. I refused to have Magic in the house. Not because it was against values or whatever, but because each time thank you found a card or book we then had a full week of nightmares and daytime clinginess. After I figured out the Magic cards were triggering nightmares they were banned. We never did figure out a way to contain that stuff to one room. Wiz also would "accidentally" leave a card by thank you's toothbrush or on his pillow if he got upset with thank you or wanted to tease him about being a "baby". We solved THAT by making Wiz get up with us each time thank you got me up. He had to STAY up AND he had to do something special with thank you the next day to make up for it. The KEY is to help them mature enough to learn to moderate things. Therapy is needed. The kinds of exposures shown in the A&E series Obsessed should ONLY be done with professional supervision. Now that Wiz is working he is regretting having spent all that money on those games. He sees them now in hours he has to work to gain that much money. He actually told me he wished I had been able to make him see how hard it is to earn that much money so he would not have spent so much on them. He did spend many many many hours at the University Library where printing is free. He printed off thousands of pages of D&D stuff that has become free to anyone. [/QUOTE]
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