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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 183371" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Did your doctor happen to mention that antidepressants can -- and do -- cause aggression, expecially in children and adolescents? He should have. The prescribing information, with which he should be familiar, says for Prozac (and all other antidepressants):</p><p></p><p><em>All patients being treated with antidepressants for any indication should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, and unusual changes in behavior, especially during the initial few months of a course of drug therapy, or at times of dose changes, either increases or decreases.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The following symptoms, anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia (psychomotor restlessness), hypomania, and mania, have been reported in adult and pediatric patients being treated with antidepressants for major depressive disorder as well as for other indications, both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric</em></p><p></p><p>Did you get a copy of the patient information when you got the prescription filled? It states:</p><p></p><p><em>In children and adolescents, less common side effects may also include: Agitation, excessive menstrual bleeding, frequent urination, hyperactivity, mania or hypomania (inappropriate feelings of elation and/or rapid thoughts), nosebleeds, personality changes, and thirst A wide variety of other very rare reactions have been reported during Prozac therapy. If you develop any new or unexplained symptoms, tell your doctor without delay.</em></p><p></p><p>That "personality changes" covers a lot.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, I'm not big on either calling police or sending a child to a phos unless you know in advance the quality of the care he will get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 183371, member: 1498"] Did your doctor happen to mention that antidepressants can -- and do -- cause aggression, expecially in children and adolescents? He should have. The prescribing information, with which he should be familiar, says for Prozac (and all other antidepressants): [I]All patients being treated with antidepressants for any indication should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, and unusual changes in behavior, especially during the initial few months of a course of drug therapy, or at times of dose changes, either increases or decreases. The following symptoms, anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia (psychomotor restlessness), hypomania, and mania, have been reported in adult and pediatric patients being treated with antidepressants for major depressive disorder as well as for other indications, both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric[/I] Did you get a copy of the patient information when you got the prescription filled? It states: [I]In children and adolescents, less common side effects may also include: Agitation, excessive menstrual bleeding, frequent urination, hyperactivity, mania or hypomania (inappropriate feelings of elation and/or rapid thoughts), nosebleeds, personality changes, and thirst A wide variety of other very rare reactions have been reported during Prozac therapy. If you develop any new or unexplained symptoms, tell your doctor without delay.[/I] That "personality changes" covers a lot. FWIW, I'm not big on either calling police or sending a child to a phos unless you know in advance the quality of the care he will get. [/QUOTE]
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