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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 426884" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>My daughter was tough to medicate before, too. Elavil was the first one that helped her with sleep, anxiety, and headaches.</p><p></p><p>Her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) got out of control and we tried medicating with SSRI's. She had side effects to all of them and had to be off her Elavil to do them. </p><p></p><p>Elavil did not work on her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but she didn't have problems with it and it was helpful for other reasons.</p><p></p><p>Anafranil is another tricyclic that is used for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is what they used to use for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) before SSRI's. That seemed to be a disaster for my daughter, too. In hindsight, I think what we thought were side effects were her chronic illness coming out.</p><p></p><p>A few years later, we went to a different psychiatrist and she has been able to take Lexapro now. </p><p></p><p>When she went into the hospital for her headache, the neurologist took her off the Lexapro and put her on 50 mg of Elavil. That was scary. I'm not sure if it was the higher dose of Elavil or the lack of Lexapro. </p><p></p><p>I would start low. When she took Elavil regularly, I think she started at 5 mg and worked her way up to 10 mg. I think she might have taken 15 mg at one point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 426884, member: 1792"] My daughter was tough to medicate before, too. Elavil was the first one that helped her with sleep, anxiety, and headaches. Her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) got out of control and we tried medicating with SSRI's. She had side effects to all of them and had to be off her Elavil to do them. Elavil did not work on her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but she didn't have problems with it and it was helpful for other reasons. Anafranil is another tricyclic that is used for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is what they used to use for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) before SSRI's. That seemed to be a disaster for my daughter, too. In hindsight, I think what we thought were side effects were her chronic illness coming out. A few years later, we went to a different psychiatrist and she has been able to take Lexapro now. When she went into the hospital for her headache, the neurologist took her off the Lexapro and put her on 50 mg of Elavil. That was scary. I'm not sure if it was the higher dose of Elavil or the lack of Lexapro. I would start low. When she took Elavil regularly, I think she started at 5 mg and worked her way up to 10 mg. I think she might have taken 15 mg at one point. [/QUOTE]
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