Our 12 year old son has a couple of weeks ago been formally diagnosed with moderately severe OCD but let’s face it we already knew this and didn’t need a physiatrist to tell us that.
Looking back he has always had his ‘odd’ ways since he was young but it has escalated out of control since he started at secondary school last year.
We have given up on CAMSH because of the long wait list for CBT treatment and have now gone private before this horrible illness drives us all totally insane and it is breaking my heart to see how much he struggles day by day. He fears germs and contamination and he now struggles to go to school, has now isolated himself totally from his friends and family members, we can not go in his room or touch him and he is constantly fearfully that we may have ‘brushed him’ .
We are hoping CBT can start in the next couple of weeks but we have also been asked to consider SSRI medication. Whilst we are desperate to give him whatever help he needs, we are concerned by the potential side effects of medication. I’ve started googling homeopathy but am I clutching at straws??? Any helpful advice would be gratefully received please