How to help my ocd child

amother

Plum

Wed, Jul 28 2021, 3:27 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

He has suffered so many years especially since he’s a sweetheart of a child and keeps it in, no one knows what he’s been dealing with. With therapy he got significantly better. There are times where it flares. Either his anxiety or his ocd. We did antibiotics at age of 11/12 for over a year, maybe we saw some positive but it wasn’t a Refuah for him. I kept trying not to do the Zoloft , and even dr said give the antibiotics time ..... there are times when he’s told me that his childhood was lost or when he feels depressed but then there are times he seems good .... I feel terrible

You can absolutely do medication as a stop gap measure but I personally would still pursue immunomodulatory treatment. There are also supplements that are known as nature’s anti anxiety meds, like l theanine, Gaba, 5htp, inositol, methylated b vitamins, glutathione/NAC, they work on the same neurotransmitters as common anti depressants and anti anxiety meds.

sari00

Wed, Jul 28 2021, 4:37 pm

CBT and DBT Therapy and sometimes short term medications are needed for the therapy to work... lots of luck finding a good psychiatrist and therapist super important:)