brain Injury

[nevada594]

When my son was 18 months old , he fell and hit his head hard at the back.Could this fall, could had any effect in symptoms like ocd or ocpd. He is now 22 years old and his psychologist cannot determine if it's an ocd / ocpd or any thing else.He had this condition since he was 15 years old.

[richataylor17]

OCD has been proven to be linked to childhood trauma.  Childhood trauma  can sometimes be the source of obsessions and compulsions. In other circumstances, OCD and childhood trauma-related disorders (such as PTSD or dissociative identity disorder) coexist alongside obsessions and compulsions that are not necessarily influenced by childhood trauma. It's fairly uncommon for OCD sufferers to simultaneously be diagnosed with PTSD. More research is needed to look into the links between OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder content and triggers, and early trauma.

[Paxiled]

This is in response to an old post, so I hope those involved are still looking at this website.  I do want to say, though, that I don't think anyone has proven anything to a scientific certainty about where any mental illness comes from.  We have a lot of research and ideas floating around out there, but nobody who has suffered childhood trauma is doomed to have a mental illness.  I also doubt that anyone knows whether it's uncommon for someone to have OCD and PTSD.  I would guess that with the tremendous inflation in recent years of diagnosing people with mental illness that both of these problematic diagnoses -- I would venture that many if not most who are diagnosed with them don't actually have them -- quite frequently are diagnosed in the same person.  I would also think, as a long-time anxiety sufferer, that one form of anxiety if it doesn't get fixed will very often also become some degree of OCD.  At any rate, as OCD and PTSD are very controversial and not well understood conditions, it would be hard for me to believe we truly know where they come from and how many actually have them.  I don't say this just to disagree, but so anyone reading your post don't get scared thinking because they had a fall when they were a kid they will develop a mental illness from it.  Most don't.  Peace.

[richataylor17]

Thank you for correcting :)

[nevada594]

Thank you for your post, the reason that I asked is that we have glands in the brain and if they are injured could effect personality or mood, this is what I found on the net. As for the medicine I really don't know as my son is not too keen of taking any medicine.Best regards to you and family.

[ku111]

I think it would be really hard to say.  I have a son with ocd and he never hit his head.  I don't really know if they can be related or not.  The brain is so very complicated.  I am glad he is seeing someone for this.  This might save him a lifetime of anxiety and frusteration.  Nothing wrong with a little ocd-many professions have employees that thrive-very organized and thorough people.  It's when it gets to be a little too much is when there is a problem.  Good for you and him!  Are the medications any different for either diagnosis?  I wish you all the very best!