8 yr old boy OCD?

[shadow75]

My 8 yr old son has started with strange behaviors, statements and repetative verbalizations. It started with I would catch him repeating himself, a street sign he saw I'd hear him repeat it to himself in the back seat. It then went to repeatedly saying he was sorry for things he hadn't even done or saying he was sorry over and over for something small with no consequences.
For a week he has been repeatedly making comments about breasts. Saying, "I didn't meant to look, she had fat ones, I can't look at you because I may look at yours mommy"  I am very disturbed with this. I took him to his pediatrician twice now for his anxieties, fears bad things will happen, crying because my car is not visible when I pick him up from school. The Pediatrician keeps saying "We will monitor him!"  
His father has OCD. So I know he is pre disposed. My question is I feel like there's somethhing my son is not telling me, something is bothering him, maybe he saw something....Where does an 8 yr old boy get such a thought and why is he obsessing over it?? Could this be the onset of OCD??
I've lived with his fathers OCD that includes door checking, window checking, lining up garbage cans, hoarding...It's unbearable at times. If this is OCD what can I do to get the obsession to go away??
Waiting now for another Psych evaluation through the school for the Doc doesn't seem concerned enough to refer us out! Please Help....

[jdtm]

Is your son OCD? - Probably.  I suspect there is nothing your son has not told you.  Usually anxiety disorders are an inherited trait and not the result of life experiences.  Anxiety is a physical, mental and emotional disorder.  Talking will not "cure" this any more than talking will "cure" a person with diabetes.  What treatment does your husband take?  It is quite possible that the same mode of treatment will work for your son.  By the way, the earlier the diagnosis and the beginning of treatment; the better the prognosis.  OCD is a difficult anxiety disorder but it can be "managed".  

Please talk to your son's family doctor about getting a referral to a medical mental health specialist with experience in anxiety issues as a child neurologist or child psychiatrist.  The school system always tries to do its best but the time and funds of district boards are so limited sometimes it is best to add another specialist to the mix (speaking as a retired teacher here).  All the best ....

[margypops]

It could be the Computer, magazines , TV I would say that he is copying from something he has seen or heard ...at least as far as the breasts are concerned .I think your gut is telling you something is going on ...good luck