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My heart broke for difficult child last night
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 486758" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. I am going to give you my .02. This is based on taking almost every SSRI that existed until Celexa so I took Zoloft too.</p><p></p><p>A few of the antidepressants at lower doses than your daughter takes (I only took up to 50 mgs. because I am sensitive to medications) made me unable to stay awake as well. The worst offender was Prozac, which is Zoloft's cousin. It isn't supposed to make you tired, but I could not stay awake. I'd fall asleep everywhere, including work. The sleepiness was not due to anything other than the Prozac...when I went off of it, the problem went away. When there is a strange behavior in a kiddo that was not there before, I always look at the medication first. That is in my opinion the most likely reason. I had a bad reaction to Zoloft too, but it wasn't sleepiness. All SSRIS react differently on different people. I think a dose of 125 mg. of Zoloft is quite high for a child. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope your doctor addresses this and weans your child off the medication to see if she is less sleepy off the Zoloft or at least on a much lower dose. A medication doesn't help much if it makes a child unable to function, but many medications DO make kids worse. There are side effects that we all wish would not happen. It took me many medications, all giving me bad side effects: amitriptylene, imitriptylene, nortryptalyene, Prozac and Zoloft (and possibly a few more that I forgot) to finally find an anti-depressant that is magic for me (Paroxatene). And I know many people who can't take Paroxatene. It's a work in progress. It took me over ten years to find a medication combo that really helped me. Hang in there...your kiddo is a lot younger than I was when I started the medications-go-round. I need medications or I am suicidal. Your own child may not need medications or may not need him all of her life. Take care and keep us posted <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 486758, member: 1550"] Hi there. I am going to give you my .02. This is based on taking almost every SSRI that existed until Celexa so I took Zoloft too. A few of the antidepressants at lower doses than your daughter takes (I only took up to 50 mgs. because I am sensitive to medications) made me unable to stay awake as well. The worst offender was Prozac, which is Zoloft's cousin. It isn't supposed to make you tired, but I could not stay awake. I'd fall asleep everywhere, including work. The sleepiness was not due to anything other than the Prozac...when I went off of it, the problem went away. When there is a strange behavior in a kiddo that was not there before, I always look at the medication first. That is in my opinion the most likely reason. I had a bad reaction to Zoloft too, but it wasn't sleepiness. All SSRIS react differently on different people. I think a dose of 125 mg. of Zoloft is quite high for a child. I hope your doctor addresses this and weans your child off the medication to see if she is less sleepy off the Zoloft or at least on a much lower dose. A medication doesn't help much if it makes a child unable to function, but many medications DO make kids worse. There are side effects that we all wish would not happen. It took me many medications, all giving me bad side effects: amitriptylene, imitriptylene, nortryptalyene, Prozac and Zoloft (and possibly a few more that I forgot) to finally find an anti-depressant that is magic for me (Paroxatene). And I know many people who can't take Paroxatene. It's a work in progress. It took me over ten years to find a medication combo that really helped me. Hang in there...your kiddo is a lot younger than I was when I started the medications-go-round. I need medications or I am suicidal. Your own child may not need medications or may not need him all of her life. Take care and keep us posted :) [/QUOTE]
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