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Originally Posted by Lara
Hi,
He sounds a little like my son at age 5.
What sort of eating problems does he have exactly? Does he restrict his food intake to particular foods and particular textures or colours. Does he like to eat the same food for days or weeks at all?
I would suggest that if a 5 year old is showing obsessive compulsive behaviours, school phobia or anxiety of any type and rigid eating habits then it would be a really good idea for him to be assessed by a team who specialize in developmental disorders and/or Pervasive Developmental Disorders just to rule out that the behaviours are not part of that.
Would love to hear more from you about the eating difficulties and also what sort of OC behaviours that he's showing.
Was he ill at all just prior to a month ago when you say the OC behaviours started? No sore throats, rashes or high fevers?
sorry for all the questions, just might help if we knew more.
take care,
Lara
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My daughter (8 years old), stated exhibiting OCD symptoms about almost 3 months. We both knew that she was a little OCD since she was about 3 because of some very minor symptoms we saw then. However, recently her hording got worse. She would plead and beg us to please allow her to rummage thru the garbage bags to look at item that had being thrown out. She wanted to keep everything from pieces of scrap papers, straws rappers, even tissue paper that she used to blow her noise. She walked around with her hands closed because she did not want the air/dust to escape from her hands (yes, it is that bad). She was also depressed, constantly crying and was refusing to eat (she lost 6 lbs in less than 2 weeks).
Once we realize that we needed help my husband started searching for it and we came across several forums that talked about OCD being linked to Inocitol (part of Vitamin B Complex) deficiency. Once we started discussing the forums, we realized that we had not being given her a kids vitamin (since the bottle ran out) and it coincided around the same time her first symptom started, not to mention that she had also had Strep ( Strep has also being linked to OCD). I rushed to GNC and bought it in powder form and started given her ½ a teaspoon, twice a day for 2 days and then dropped to ¼ teaspoon for 3 days (she got a little hyper). Because her levels were low we had to bring them up to gradually to her bodies normal. The only thing you must know is that Inocitol is very expensive ($49 for a 2 oz bottle - $129 for 1 lb bottle) and it works better in powder form and with fewer additives, which is why I when to GNC, but it can also be purchase on line or in other stores.
Since the 6th day we have only being giving her ¼ teaspoon once a day in the am with her juice and in addition we are giving her a kid’s vitamin. There are some days were we have had to give her an additional dose in the afternoon/pm based on how she was doing, but that has only happened twice in the past month since we started this treatment. Our daughter started showing sign that the treatment was working on the 2nd day in the evening, she was already about 30% better. She was happy and talking and she threw a cup in the trash with us just asking her to do so. Even thou every day is a battle she is doing so much better. We have our happy-go-lucky daughter back and best of all she knows that she is getting better.
Although we have made an appointment with a therapist to start Cognitive-behavioral therapy involving exposure and response prevention (ERP) to our current treatment; I have to say that the Inocitol treatment has worked for us and I would strongly recommend it to anyone. Research it and see if it may work for your nephew.
Best wishes,
Jenny