Welcome to psychcentral ocd5mom. What are the symptoms of your daughters OCD? Does she go to school and when did this all start. I agree its good to try other things before going on meds. Is there a history of mental illness in your family. My concern is some kids(not all) aren't being diagnosed correctly and its hard when they're so young to classify the illness. Has she has a strep infection? The reason I ask is because of PANDA..which stands for Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder. This is a complication of a strep infection that manifests as psychological symptoms especially OCD. Here's a link and I hope your daughter gets the best help:

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pan...a-streptococci