Thank you for sharing this story Emily! This is an amazing
testimony! I know
many people will benefit from this story of success and hope. There
are so many
others out there who are suffering and looking for answers. I am glad
you have
found success, and pray for future successes as well.
On Dec 20, 5:30 pm, ynot...@gmail.com wrote:
> My daughter started exhibiting OCD symptoms at a very early age. I would
> say age 3-4. But as she got older the symptoms worsened. She had more
> compulsions than obsessions. she had to do every action (e.g. chewing,
> stepping, turning a door handle, writing, blinking, etc.) in multiples of
> three. If it took her 5 steps, for example, to get to where she was going,
> then she would have to take one more step in place to equal 6 total steps.
> She was constantly calculating everything she did in her head. On top of
> that, she calculated every word she spoke or heard, and all of these had to
> end in multiples of 4. She would calculate her sentences so that her last
> word would end on 4, 8, 12, 16 etc... If she was in a conversation, she
> would phrase her responses so that they would finish off the previous
> sentence with the correct number of words. Large groups were challenging
> for her, as she would be continuously calculating everybody's
> conversations. She learned to "finish off" conversations that she wasn't a
> part of very quietly or in her head, so as not to draw attention to herself
> by talking to herself. She was so proficient at this that most people
> didn't notice her "ticks", they just thought she avoided large groups or
> was shy. My heart broke when we would be enjoying ourselves in a public
> place, or at a family celebration, and I would realize that it was sheer
> torture for her. She became extrememly chlosterphobic in large groups (such
> as a school cafeteria).
> It affected her social life as well. She had a hard time making friends
> because it was hard for her to be social and she always felt different. Her
> elementary school tested her and told me that she has a brilliant mind with
> an extremely high IQ. I already knew that! She had to, to do what she did
> on a daily basis. Over the years we tried managing it many different ways.
> Being able to talk to someone about it seemed to help the most, but as she
> got into middle school, it became apparant that wouldn't be enough anymore.
> We were trying to find alternate forms of therapy so we wouldn't have to
> resort to drugs. But things were getting dire. Her school counselor kept
> calling to give me updates, and described a forlorn girl who would walk
> through the school cafeteria, and huddle in a corner next to a trash can
> eating her lunch while burying her nose in a book. A book provided minimal
> relief, and tended to drown out some of the chatter, so she always had her
> nose in a book, even through the hallways. Her grades started falling,
> because she was failing the tests. She would get 100% on all the homework,
> but she couldn't finish the tests due to all the distractions. The school
> counselor described one math test to me, saying that all the figure eights
> and number sixes were gone over with the pencil so many times that they
> almost wore through the page. She would start writing it and not be able to
> stop. My husband and I realized we needed to do something.
> We found doTERRA not long after that, but I couldn't find much about OCD
> and essential oil use. She was half way through the 8th grade. I decided to
> start with the Elevation blend because I heard it was good for depression,
> and my thinking was that the doctors would probably have prescribed
> antidepressants for her OCD. It wasn't much to go on, but it was all I had.
> I bought a bottle for her, and I told her to wear it as a perfume, so she
> could smell it throughout the day. She enjoyed the smell, and it brightened
> all of our day when we smelled it. But I wasn't holding my breath for any
> real change. I couldn't believe it when after about a month she told me
> that she thought she was starting to see a difference. I told her to keep
> using it. After another month, we all started noticing a big difference.
> She was more social and looked happier. I asked about her symptoms, and she
> told me that she could go days without counting at all!! She had never been
> able to go even 15 minutes before the oils.
> The biggest testimony was when her school counselor called me and said, "I
> see you finally took her in and got her on medication." I said no, I
> didn't, why? She then described to me a new girl. She said she had put her
> book down, and was eating lunch with friends at a long table. She was even
> sitting between people. She was laughing and chatting like a normal teenage
> girl. I was thrilled. I remember the day she came home and started telling
> me about friend "drama". I was so happy I almost started crying! She had
> friends to have drama with!
> It wasn't long after that her symptoms stopped completely. Gone! She
> stopped using elevation everyday, and now only uses it when she needs a
> little pick me up. But her counting hasn't returned! She is now a freshman
> in High School, and she is involved with student council groups, and she is
> part of her school's Glee choir. She is still an avid reader, but now uses
> books as a form of entertainment rather than a physical escape. She has a
> goal to be valedictorian when she graduates.
> I wish I could express how much this has changed her life, and subsequently
> ours. She is such a joy, and I feel like she can conquer the world! I love
> these wonderful miracles that come in a little brown bottle!
> -Emily
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