Posted by Willow on August 27, 2001, at 21:54:48
In reply to Medicate 9 year old for OCD? Your thoughts please, posted by Waterlily on August 27, 2001, at 20:53:56
You mentioned that you have also been on anti-depressants. My eldest daughter has anxiety and some behaviour that lightly would point towards OCD. I have problems with depression and anxiety. Now that I have been on a medication which is helping me, I've noticed an immense improvement in my daughter.
I've read articles that state when a child is depressed you need to treat the mother also, because she too is likely to be depressed. So perhaps by treating ourselves we are also treating our children.
My daughter had seen an advertisement for an AD med to treat social phobia and had come out and said that she needed it. Your concerns were similar to the ones I had. I decided not to persue the medication issue on the basis that she was not severly affected. I came to this conclusion because she is able to preform well at school, and has friends.
She also seems to be improving. She had a chronic asthmatic cough which has disappeared. Summer friends leaving haven't given her anxiety attacks this year.
So have I made the right choice? I don't know. She is still limited by her anxiety and yes is tearful and irratable at times.
So all I can offer you at this time is support. Weigh the pros and cons, you probably will come out with the right solution for her. You know her better than the doctor. There are no easy answers when it comes to children.
Best Wishes to the both of you,
Whispering Willow
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