I have posted here before about my almost 8yo dd dxed with FAE, atypical Asperger's, tons of LD, processing disorders, probable schizophrenia, etc. Today I am here with some questions about seeing obsessive type behaviors in her school work.
She is working at a low level & that is OK because she is actually making some progress academically. BUT I am finding that there are some things she feels she MUST do -- they are:
if a drawing in her workbook has an open end, for example, a hand drawn with the wrist open, she MUST close it with a line. She will not do any work till all shapes are closed, even partial lines within the shape must be connected (for example, "muscle lines" in an arm must close off)
she writes a large period after EVERY answer, even after the answer to a vertical math fact. She will not go on till this is done.
she draws a face inside EVERY zero (not Os, though).
I am wondering if I need to interrupt these seeming obsessions or if you all think it's OK to ignore them, as I have been doing. I am glad she is doing her work at all but am not sure if this will build if I ignore it.
The other problem we are having now involves food. She is highly impulsive with any sort of simple carbohydrates, will run through the kitchen & grab sugar from the cannister, at meals stuffs rolls in her mouth, and is insisting on eating with her hands. I don't think the last is sensory, as she is not actually playing with the food, I think it is just faster. Any ideas for me?
Thanks in advance. I always appreciate the knowledgeable advice I get here.
Toby -- mom to 5
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I replied to this one this morning, so if this appears twice, pleas understand. Must be lost in cyber space...
DD takes a whopper dose of Zoloft -- 150 mg for 65 pounds of child. It helps a lot with her biggie obsessions -- which mostly involve having every hair in a certain style & refusing to watch where she is walking less she mess up her hair -- she stands in front of a mirror & keeps her nose up so the part stays in place. But she still seems to get little breakthrough obsessions like the ones I mentioned that come for a couple months & then go. It is such fun to try to figure out what is just fun & what needs to be stopped... her psychologist thinks the Zoloft is too dangerous physically & she ought to be off it, but it sure does help...
Thanks for taking time to try to help me make some sense of this.
Toby -- mom to 5
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