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What Causes Excessive Crying Of A 4 Year Old Suffering From OCD?

Posted on Tue, 3 Feb 2015

Question: i have a 4 year old granddaughter that has o c d and has bouts where she cries and can not be calmed down for several minutes she will put her head down for a couple of minutes then pop up and say XXXXXXX happy now then she will be great for the rest of the day. she also will throw a fit about staying with her grammy and I then cry she wants to go home then quickly wants to stay with us when we start to take her home . is this something we should worry about?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Kishore Kaltari (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
There is no cause for concern

Detailed Answer:
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Dear Ms

Going by description of symptoms there is nothing to be worried about, it's a part of normal development of children. Every Child is unique and respond to various things in different ways.
There is absolutely no cause to be worried about.

Do get back to me if you need any further assistance, will be glad to assist you.

Take care

Best regards
Dr Deepak Kaltari

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar