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Can an antidepressant really work THAT fast? I'm amazed...
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 462782" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Not to be <em>alarmist</em>... BUT... is his amorous or "crush" behavior toward the girl (or girls in general) new? </p><p></p><p>I ask because I see you have "mood disorder" as a diagnosis descriptor. In my experience with my difficult children (both with different forms of mood disorders) antidepressants can be very tricky. They may work initially on the depression, but it can sometimes continue pushing them over to the other end of the spectrum into a very disinhibited or even manic/hypomanic state.</p><p></p><p>With my difficult child 1, even though he was depressed, antidepressants (Imipramine, Celexa, Paxil) made him DISinhibited and we saw increased sexual preoccupation, increased aggression, increased agitation. Took us a LONG time to figure out that was the problem, and once we got him on a mood stabilizing medication (Tegretol in his case) and a different class of antidepressant things finally got better.</p><p></p><p>With my difficult child 2, a very similar response to antidepressants (Zoloft in his case) -- we saw increased aggression and a lot of disinhibition, sexual preoccupation, etc. He went on to develop full-blown bipolar disorder and in his hypomanic state was becoming more and more hypersexual (or as much as a 10 or 11yo boy can be). Now pretty much all SSRIs, tricyclics, or anything else in that class is off the table for good.</p><p></p><p>So in a nutshell, my advice is to keep a keen eye on his behavior while on this medication. Write down comments like the one you got about the girl in the classroom. You should know in another week whether or not this is going to be a good match for him or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 462782, member: 3444"] Not to be [I]alarmist[/I]... BUT... is his amorous or "crush" behavior toward the girl (or girls in general) new? I ask because I see you have "mood disorder" as a diagnosis descriptor. In my experience with my difficult children (both with different forms of mood disorders) antidepressants can be very tricky. They may work initially on the depression, but it can sometimes continue pushing them over to the other end of the spectrum into a very disinhibited or even manic/hypomanic state. With my difficult child 1, even though he was depressed, antidepressants (Imipramine, Celexa, Paxil) made him DISinhibited and we saw increased sexual preoccupation, increased aggression, increased agitation. Took us a LONG time to figure out that was the problem, and once we got him on a mood stabilizing medication (Tegretol in his case) and a different class of antidepressant things finally got better. With my difficult child 2, a very similar response to antidepressants (Zoloft in his case) -- we saw increased aggression and a lot of disinhibition, sexual preoccupation, etc. He went on to develop full-blown bipolar disorder and in his hypomanic state was becoming more and more hypersexual (or as much as a 10 or 11yo boy can be). Now pretty much all SSRIs, tricyclics, or anything else in that class is off the table for good. So in a nutshell, my advice is to keep a keen eye on his behavior while on this medication. Write down comments like the one you got about the girl in the classroom. You should know in another week whether or not this is going to be a good match for him or not. [/QUOTE]
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