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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 300762" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>I've personally been on Prozac for major depression (about 10 years ago for about a year) and my difficult child currently takes 20mgs. All the docs who I've ever talked to have stated that it takes an average of 3 to 4 WEEKS for the medications to reach clinical levels in the bloodstream and once you stop taking it about that long to flush it from the system.</p><p></p><p>difficult child tried Zoloft but it made him hyper and he didn't sleep for almost 2 weeks straight! (Which his psychiatrist says is the opposite affect for most kids). His Prozac really helped him mellow and manage his anxiety and he started sleeping better (opposite of what most kids experience per his psychiatrist again!). So truely you won't know until you give it some time to build up in the system and see how it interacts with difficult child's nervous system. </p><p></p><p>The upside to the long time to build to clinical levels is that if you miss one day occassionally it's not as adverse on the system as Lexapro, Effecor or some of the newer drugs on the market today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 300762, member: 3820"] I've personally been on Prozac for major depression (about 10 years ago for about a year) and my difficult child currently takes 20mgs. All the docs who I've ever talked to have stated that it takes an average of 3 to 4 WEEKS for the medications to reach clinical levels in the bloodstream and once you stop taking it about that long to flush it from the system. difficult child tried Zoloft but it made him hyper and he didn't sleep for almost 2 weeks straight! (Which his psychiatrist says is the opposite affect for most kids). His Prozac really helped him mellow and manage his anxiety and he started sleeping better (opposite of what most kids experience per his psychiatrist again!). So truely you won't know until you give it some time to build up in the system and see how it interacts with difficult child's nervous system. The upside to the long time to build to clinical levels is that if you miss one day occassionally it's not as adverse on the system as Lexapro, Effecor or some of the newer drugs on the market today. [/QUOTE]
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