Guest Jennifer Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Has anyone out there seen a correlation between additives in candy and a worsening of OCD symptoms? Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 in a word YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jennifer Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Chemar, Thanks so much for your prompt replies!!! Our son's OCD sypmtoms are a little worse than they have been in a while and the only thing I can think is we have re-introduced candy (with the holidays and all)- he's been doign so well I didn't think it would be a big deal, guess I was wrong!! Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemar Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Jennifer, My son has to walk such a fine line with this......I try to let him be "normal" in that he is 14 and i dont want to police his every move. But thankfully he is beginning to realise for himself that consuming just about ANYTHING like candy, sodas, Slurpees, cakes with that brightly colored icing etc etc means BIG TIME tic/OCD increases. It IS hard, especially around holidays and when they go to parties or have them at school. Thankfully, once they start to realise how much better they feel without the junk, and learn to substitute good stuff, they seem to limit themselves...especially as they get older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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