hayley0610

yes ive been on zoloft before and it worked wonders but the casing it was in did not go well with my stomach so i stopped it, now im on celexa. the problem is i didnt take meds when i was a child, i didnt have ocd as far as what u said about how many times he needs to put a cup down. but i did have the other things u mentioned. as a mom myself i can understand ur worry and if u think this is helping him well in my opnion stick with it. what i have come to realize is even though i havent had it, therapy should be an option at his early age. i feel like my mind is set at this point but with the right help when i was younger it may have helped. my family has a huge history of ocd and depression so now i know where it came from!! my mom had therapy when she was about my age now,32,and she said it helped her so much. i think combined with both things it will help him. i think hitting the nail on the head to start with would help, meaning finding out whats made him become this way. even though i know mines half genetic, i can now pinpoint in my life whats making me do the ocd things and what has happened in my life to feel the need to keep doing them. i hope u didnt take any offense to my assumption he was a problem child, its just the 2 usually go hand in hand because people assume the unassertiveness comes from being lazy or uninterested, its good to know he is a good child. so this is the advice i can give you. i wouldnt stop the meds but meds arent always the answer for the rest of our lives we need to find the root, im not sure where u live or your financial situation but its something id look at.a therapist will tell him how to start stopping these thoughts so it can at least be controlled.