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antidepressants after 1 week - IQ/executive function drop?
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<blockquote data-quote="agee" data-source="post: 414153"><p>I feel like I only come here when I'm in crisis. Apologies for that. Maybe one day I'll have my stuff together enough to give advice rather than plead for it.</p><p>difficult child started Lexapro a week ago because of anxiety-ish symptoms. His dr. gave us a sample months ago because of his anxiety reaction any time we were going on a trip, or to a family party, etc. The way his anxiety expresses itself is extreme rudeness and constant provocation. He does that stuff anyway, but if it's triggered, it's 100 times worse.</p><p>Or at least that's how I'm interpreting it. After a disastrous 45 minutes in the car on the way to a family get-together, where my husband, other son and I were screamed at the entire time, I asked him later that night why he acted that way and he said he was nervous and worried and felt like something terrible was going to happen all the time. That's where I get the anxiety from.</p><p>So we start the Lexapro (10 mg). difficult child took Prozac in the past with no result (prescribed for "depression" - which was really extreme rudeness). He's only been taking it a week. Thursday was an amazingly good day - his Occupational Therapist (OT) said they had the best session ever, he played well with our homeschool play group, and everything went great. Then Friday everything went to hell. Every single thing he did was pushing the boundaries we've set up. Stealing stuff from us, lying, running away, hiding his food to get ice cream...and the kicker is that he went into our neighbor's house (she's away but her door is unlocked; we're in the country) and stole some stuff from her. He did this while we were on a walk and he was out of my sight for 5 minutes.</p><p>So today he is seeing the consequences - he's had to work for us to try to earn the money to pay back what he stole (he destroyed it after he took it), and he's been grounded from the boat trip we were going to have as a family.</p><p>He's refusing to eat. Claims he's hungry, dying of hunger, but won't eat when what he's asked for is put in front of him.</p><p>Screaming, crying, wah wah - and claims that he has NO IDEA why he's being punished.</p><p>Oh, help.</p><p>Could it be the antidepressant? It seems like it's way too early for it to have any effect. Or is it the seasonal change working on his "issues of a cyclical nature," as his dr. says?</p><p>Oh - and his dr. recently suggested we take him to a fetal alchohol clinic. Which we're in the process of doing. Apparently they've suspected it for the whole year and a half we've been going but only now decided to let us in on it.</p><p>Help.</p><p>A</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agee, post: 414153"] I feel like I only come here when I'm in crisis. Apologies for that. Maybe one day I'll have my stuff together enough to give advice rather than plead for it. difficult child started Lexapro a week ago because of anxiety-ish symptoms. His dr. gave us a sample months ago because of his anxiety reaction any time we were going on a trip, or to a family party, etc. The way his anxiety expresses itself is extreme rudeness and constant provocation. He does that stuff anyway, but if it's triggered, it's 100 times worse. Or at least that's how I'm interpreting it. After a disastrous 45 minutes in the car on the way to a family get-together, where my husband, other son and I were screamed at the entire time, I asked him later that night why he acted that way and he said he was nervous and worried and felt like something terrible was going to happen all the time. That's where I get the anxiety from. So we start the Lexapro (10 mg). difficult child took Prozac in the past with no result (prescribed for "depression" - which was really extreme rudeness). He's only been taking it a week. Thursday was an amazingly good day - his Occupational Therapist (OT) said they had the best session ever, he played well with our homeschool play group, and everything went great. Then Friday everything went to hell. Every single thing he did was pushing the boundaries we've set up. Stealing stuff from us, lying, running away, hiding his food to get ice cream...and the kicker is that he went into our neighbor's house (she's away but her door is unlocked; we're in the country) and stole some stuff from her. He did this while we were on a walk and he was out of my sight for 5 minutes. So today he is seeing the consequences - he's had to work for us to try to earn the money to pay back what he stole (he destroyed it after he took it), and he's been grounded from the boat trip we were going to have as a family. He's refusing to eat. Claims he's hungry, dying of hunger, but won't eat when what he's asked for is put in front of him. Screaming, crying, wah wah - and claims that he has NO IDEA why he's being punished. Oh, help. Could it be the antidepressant? It seems like it's way too early for it to have any effect. Or is it the seasonal change working on his "issues of a cyclical nature," as his dr. says? Oh - and his dr. recently suggested we take him to a fetal alchohol clinic. Which we're in the process of doing. Apparently they've suspected it for the whole year and a half we've been going but only now decided to let us in on it. Help. A [/QUOTE]
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