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It’s gone 2am and my 16 year old son hasn’t finished his tasks before going to sleep. Ocd is hand washing Do I stay awake till he is ready to go to sleep or do I leave him to carry on till he has finished Asking him to finish up results in the Task taking longer What do I do ? Ve been staying and keeping him company and also doing some of his tasks but tonight I’m too tired

It’s gone 2am and my 16 year old son hasn’t finished his tasks before going to sleep. Ocd is hand washing Do I stay awake till he is ready to go to sleep or do I leave him to carry on till he has finished Asking him to finish up results in the Task taking longer What do I do ? Ve been staying and keeping him company and also doing some of his tasks but tonight I’m too tired

Thank you. That really does help. So so much. Our stories are very similar Thank you for sharing. Thank you for showing me that I’m not alone. I wish you and your son happiness

Thank you snowbear. Thank you for letting me in and giving me the real angle I’m sorry that I didn’t think it through and realise that safe feeling that the tasks makes him feel. His tasks last all day from when he wakes till he goes to sleep. He is in physical pain as his back and legs are hurting from bending over the sink. He says he wants to stop. That he is on board with the medication and therapy But as you say he could be saying it to get me off his back He wants this to end one way or another. I’m just trying to make it end by taking the guidance of the doctors. I don’t want it to end in the other way. Two weeks ago his ocd went into crisis mode and is still at that level. I want to help. I also know that 99% of what I am doing is not helpful. But I do want to say thank you to you for letting me see another angle

Thank you for your reply. We have been in medication for one week. It’s not having any adverse affects at all. He is not taking his medication because he doesn’t want to. It’s because he can’t find the time within his tasks of cleaning his hands to take a break and take the tablet. I do know that taking the medication will not result in an immediate results but I do believe in the process and this is the beginning. I wanted to know how he can take a break from cleaning his hands even if it’s only fir five minutes maybe he can also eat food

We are new on our OCD journey. One week in. We are in daily crisis mode. My son is 16 and hasn’t left the house for a week. It’s a struggle to get him to take his medication and we are missing doctor appointments as he can’t get ready to go out the house. Contamination OCD. Extreme hand washing now has become full body and constant changing of clothes How do I get him to take his medication It’s a struggle Has anyone overcome this struggle Is there a system that works Thank you

We are new on our OCD journey. One week in. We are in daily crisis mode. My son is 16 and hasn’t left the house for a week. It’s a struggle to get him to take his medication and we are missing doctor appointments as he can’t get ready to go out the house. Extreme hand washing now has become full body and constant changing of clothes How do I get him to take his medication It’s a struggle Has anyone overcome this struggle Is there a system that works Thank you

Thank you for your response. He is 16. When he gets like this he cannot hear me and just gets worse and worse I have tried to say that I am trying to understand and that it is unacceptable to shout and swear But then he carries on. It does eventually stop but only after a good solid several hours. Then it reappears again

My son has just been diagnosed with ocd. Over a week ago he went into crisis and that is when we discovered it was ocd. He washes his hands and face and body all day long. He is now washing his hands and cannot take a break to take his sertraline My question is with each day he is getting more and more aggressive. At first he was upset with himself and his tasks. Now he is shouting at me all day and banging doors Whilst washing his hands. How do I calm him down? Is this aggression part of ocd ?