Reply to: Treatment / Help for kind of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

[milanbenes]

thanks again all, even Xog and no it's not a wind up you geriatric old fool, been down the bluebell railway lately grandad ?

where_did_my_id_go, thank you for your feedback

I think the most valuable at the moment is to try to find more information and other people with the same and what their causes and solutions were and during this journey to find information perhaps treatment/help will be stumbled across

maybe it's just hormones and a phase he is going through ? who knows, but his family is worried

there we are that's life isn't it

Milan.

[wendigo100]

I don't know about the condition but it sounds like your local Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) should be able to advise. This is an NHS service and the access route may be via GP referral, but if you speak to them, you can expect them to be helpful (although I'm sure these services vary from place to place). I don't know about private sector treatment but the CAMHS might be able to point you in the right direction, particularly as their own clinicians probably do the private work on the side. An important rule of thumb (IMHO) for private sector treatment is to make sure you see someone who specialises in the area (in this case adolescent Mental Health). Don't just pick someone with an impressive office / qualifications / fee structure who is set up in the private sector and is an 'expert' in everything, adults, adolescents, children etc. A good resource for services (probably mainly NHS) is: www.youngminds.org.uk/camhs/

Sounds tough and I hope it works out for you all.

I knew you'd be useful on here, Greg.

BTW are you on a commission?

[where did my id go?]

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[Sockpuppet]

Booze and sex, works every time.

Not really. I knew a woman who had OCD and a nice rack so I nobbed her. DIdn't make her any better. Maybe I should have got her drunk then nobbed her.

[xoggoth]

Some seem to be taking this seriously. Thinking food is possessed and refusing to eat it??? Either this a beans wind up or that is not obsessive compulsive disorder but something rather more serious.

On the former assumption, I find when my cheese is possessed by evil spirits drawing a pentagram around it helps. Either that or cast it out into the lettice. With the right incantations spirits can be continually moved on until they eventually end up in the past its sell by date yoghhurt that you always end up throwing out anyway.

[Clippy]

OK, OK - hand washing to the bone trumps constantly counting to 10 in your head!

[Ivor1]

Feck me. This has got me thinking back to when I was that age.

I can vaguely remember having a penchant for counting upto 10.

No given reason and at any time.

Thank fck I wasn't doing it out loud.

Fortunately, it stopped of it's own accord.

(...6, 7, 8...)

I used to wash my hands so much they went red raw.

[Clippy]

When I was around the same age (15) I also developed OCD, this was at a time when OCD wasnt heard of, only now looking back did I realise what I had. I developed a thing for cleaness washing hands etc. I didnt see a doctor, no treatment or anything I just seemed to grow out of it. At 16 hope its just a phase that he will grow out of.

Feck me. This has got me thinking back to when I was that age.

I can vaguely remember having a penchant for counting upto 10.

No given reason and at any time.

Thank fck I wasn't doing it out loud.

Fortunately, it stopped of it's own accord.

(...6, 7, 8...)

[Bagpuss]

no thanks

Milan.

Well herbal tea won't cure it

[milanbenes]

no thanks

Milan.

[Bagpuss]

Revered Members of the Community,

a 16 year old relative, very intelligent, very clever, very confident, has in the last 4 months developed symptoms of some kind of obsessive compulsive disorder.

Symptoms are things like:

. if he has to leave the house at 07:20 to go to school and it becomes 07:21 before he leaves then he will not leave as he says he is too late

. putting clothes on and twenty minutes later saying they are dirty and putting them in the washing machine

. saying that food is possessed and refusing to eat it

. etc

Reading and advice from doctor's has suggested it is caused by a hormone which is released at this age (he's 16) and it has been suggested that he does not have enough of the hormone.

Does anyone know anything about this kind of condition, and where to seek private treatment for it ?

It is such a shame to see such an intelligent, talented young person (makes me feel old saying that, but it's true) missing out on his true potential because of this condition which has come from nowhere.

I put the question here because we have a massive range of people with a massive range of experiences and maybe somebody can give a hint on where to seek private help/treatment to find the cause and cure for this young man.

Please treat this question with the respect it deserves, this is not a joke and deadly serious. This means, for the hard of hearing, if you ain't got a clue keep your trap shut.

Thanks all,

Milan.

Seroxat

[Ivor1]

Revered Members of the Community,

a 16 year old relative, very intelligent, very clever, very confident, has in the last 4 months developed symptoms of some kind of obsessive compulsive disorder.

Symptoms are things like:

. if he has to leave the house at 07:20 to go to school and it becomes 07:21 before he leaves then he will not leave as he says he is too late

. putting clothes on and twenty minutes later saying they are dirty and putting them in the washing machine

. saying that food is possessed and refusing to eat it

. etc

Reading and advice from doctor's has suggested it is caused by a hormone which is released at this age (he's 16) and it has been suggested that he does not have enough of the hormone.

Does anyone know anything about this kind of condition, and where to seek private treatment for it ?

It is such a shame to see such an intelligent, talented young person (makes me feel old saying that, but it's true) missing out on his true potential because of this condition which has come from nowhere.

I put the question here because we have a massive range of people with a massive range of experiences and maybe somebody can give a hint on where to seek private help/treatment to find the cause and cure for this young man.

Please treat this question with the respect it deserves, this is not a joke and deadly serious. This means, for the hard of hearing, if you ain't got a clue keep your trap shut.

Thanks all,

Milan.

When I was around the same age (15) I also developed OCD, this was at a time when OCD wasnt heard of, only now looking back did I realise what I had. I developed a thing for cleaness washing hands etc. I didnt see a doctor, no treatment or anything I just seemed to grow out of it. At 16 hope its just a phase that he will grow out of.

[milanbenes]

thanks Clippy, I'll pass that to the relatives

Milan.

[Clippy]

There was a programme on C4 last night about compulsive hoarders.

Although not relevant to your situation, I have included the link to the programme page on the C4 website as there are some sources of information to do with OCD in general which may prove useful.

Best of luck with it - feel free to let us know how it goes.

http://tinyurl.com/397jyl

[milanbenes]

no problem, Zeity, he's like a distant cousin, but doesn't matter, we do what we can to help.

Thanks all,

Milan.