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DJ1000

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  1. That's a shame as they had spaces when I emailed you. I can't go to the other ones.
  2. I am hoping to attend the Northampton workshop as will be travelling from London. Can you advise what the start and finish time is please? Thanks
  3. Well my situation fluctuates, any time the OCD calms down slightly one it kicks off big time the next day for no apparent reason. My daughter has now has her CAMHS assessment with two clinical psychologists who have now put her on the CBT waiting list which coukd be 3-6 months. In the meantime she has been set a couple of tasks to face OCD at home which she has refused and impossible to enforce. She gets angry when she doesn't get what she wants and can't calm herself down so we are constantly going in circles. I'm sure being a hormonal teenager is not helping but I feel this is my life at the moment until she gets CBT and pray that it helps her. Hope your situatuon is going okay and your daughter is still managing to stand up to it a little and sleeping okay.
  4. Really pleased it's going okay. We have our first face to face assessment with CAMHS on Tuesday ????????
  5. We went to London Dungeons today and her OCD was non-existent due to her being scared, her mind was so occupied with what was going on she had no time to think about what she was touching. Was nearly two hours of bliss ? Some days out are worse than others though. This was a good one ?? I have also told my daughter one shower a day and although it is early days it seems to be working... for now anyway.
  6. Sounds like a really great win, it's amazing what sleep can do for people. My daughter has been okay today, I'm sure that will xhange later today though. I have actually been successful is bringing the CAMHS assessment forward to next week. I rang the GP concerned regarding her escalating behaviour and refusal to drink liquid during the day as she didn't want to get dirty from using the toilet, the GP spoke to CAMHS who then rung me and asked to see her next week, I'm not holding out that this will be the turning point but it is just great to know I am getting somewhere with the mental health team. Perhaps if you haven't already done so you could contact the GP re her sleep deprivation etc and see if they can contact CAMHS for you?
  7. Hi Mike, I know you commented on my post so you are aware of myself having similar issues. After my daughter's first shower last night she managed to somehow get herself dirty again. She was crying in her room and asking for help but my reasurance was no help as was logical and OCD isn't. She still thought she was dirty so wouldn't go to bed unless she showered again and I disinfected her room again. I ended up refusing and saying no and told her to stay up all night then and she could shower tomorrow so she tried to. She also cried a lot and allowed me to hug her as we were now both "dirty" I told her I knew it wasn't her fault and she burst into tears and said thank you ? she even paid attention to 5 minutes of an OCD youtube vid which was good. We both slept on the sofa and she is still asleep now. Not sure how things will pan out today, will keep you posted but we both stood up to the OCD last night so I shall take that minor win.
  8. Well we went to Chessington today, had issues getting into the car before we left as she thought the car was dirty so I had to put a towel on the seat (she had never had an issue with the car before). Being at Chessington wasn't too bad but noe that we are home she has had a meltdown. She is crying as she doesn't want to have a shower as she says it is exhausting showering every day but knows if she doesn't then she will make everything dirty. No matter what advice I give her she gets annoyed and slams the bathroom door shut on me. She is now showering ?
  9. Ahhh this sounds positive @BeccyE I too am looking for a private psychologist specialising in OCD as I cannot wait until I may or may not get CBT referral and that will also be a waiting game. In the interim my daughter now won't sleep at night as too anxious, changed clothes about four times in the evening and is up to handwashing in one session six times and still doesn't belive she is clean.
  10. Fingers crossed the private psychologist is helpful, do let me know how you get on as this is something I have considered but my daughter is very choosy who she talks to.
  11. Thank you for this helpful info, I will have a look for those books and check out the YouTube videos. My daughter does now see that her OCD is out of control which is good to be aware of that, her anger unfortunately when things drop on the floor or she momentarily forgets causes the most problems. She lashes out and breaks things in frustration and anger. Half term is coming which is good, at least no upset from dirty classrooms, kids, books, everything! I know it won't go away on its own but at least one week with slightly less triggers will make her slightly less anxious.
  12. I feel you, my daughter is 13 and I am in a similar situation she has started showering every day after school as feels she is dirty from other children brushing past her in school and random clothes are in the wash basket all the time. She did have counselling once a week but that wasn't overly helpful. Her OCD has increased over the last 2 weeks at an alarming rate that makes it difficult to understand how or why it suddenly worsened and she can't explain it either. We have a telephone assessment with CAMHS in 4 weeks time although my daughter does not wish to engage with them, she told me her OCD is a part of her and if I loved her then I shouldn't be trying to fix her! My advice at the moment is to go along with it until you can get the professional help and advice for his mental health and your own and if you can to walk away when it gets frustrating as I know they can't help it but really hard to understand that as it seems so illogical.
  13. I think caving in to the OCD os the only thing that can be done if not caving in causes them to almost have a breakdown. It's the lesser of two evils. I always tell my daughter I don't agree with what she is doing and run through the zero logic but I do allow her to do it. Until I get (or if I get) professional help I suck it up and allow her to clean the imaginary dirty things, it annoys the hell out of me and I get so frustrated and angry but walk away when she is having an OCD moment so I don't make it worse by shouting at her.
  14. @HGRreading your post was like reading about my life at the moment. I looked up this forum as I am also at my wits end. My daughter is 13 and her OCD with everything being dirty and can't walk on certain areas of the house and all clothes are dirty are taking over our lives. It causes such arguments and tension and her refusal to go to school. I also understand that I shouldn't always give in to it but if I don't then I can't get her to school and I can't leave the house to work! It is so so difficult and I have no idea how to manage it/treat it/deal with it. It is also escalating at a rapid pace that I am scared what will happen next.
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