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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 9293" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I never bought the attention seeking explanation for cutting for most kids who cut. I thought most cutters did what they could to keep their cutting a secret. If she's been doing it for a year and a half and you are just finding out about, obviously it's isn't <em>your</em> attention she's seeking by doing it. Maybe it's peer attenion, but I don't think so even if she learned it through peer influence. Those who do it for attention allow their cutting to be "discovered" far more quickly than a year and a half after they start. As for showing the foster mother the next day -- that could be her way of asking for help in stopping a compulsive act, not attention seeking. difficult child is probably as distressed about it as you are, maybe more so if she is acting on a compulsion she can't control and fears she may really hurt herself.</p><p></p><p>Self harming behaviors can be an adverse reaction to antidepressants (Zoloft). Our experience which is not unlike many others, is that my son cut and self harmed <em>only</em> while taking an antidepressant. He cut (even picking up a piece of glass from the street in a moment of severe stress), burned, froze parts of his body (and attempted suicide) <em>only</em> while taking an antideperessant. The behaviors started after a few months on Celexa and ended within two weeks of discontinuing it. </p><p></p><p>If she's cycling, she probably shouldn't be on an antidepressant because they cause or worsen cycling (mania <em>and</em> depression phases) for many people. It isn't only bipolar people who cycle because of antidepressants, it can be anyone. There is a form of bipolar which is called "antidepressant induced bipolar". Treatment is discontinuation of the antidepressant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 9293, member: 1498"] I never bought the attention seeking explanation for cutting for most kids who cut. I thought most cutters did what they could to keep their cutting a secret. If she's been doing it for a year and a half and you are just finding out about, obviously it's isn't [i]your[/i] attention she's seeking by doing it. Maybe it's peer attenion, but I don't think so even if she learned it through peer influence. Those who do it for attention allow their cutting to be "discovered" far more quickly than a year and a half after they start. As for showing the foster mother the next day -- that could be her way of asking for help in stopping a compulsive act, not attention seeking. difficult child is probably as distressed about it as you are, maybe more so if she is acting on a compulsion she can't control and fears she may really hurt herself. Self harming behaviors can be an adverse reaction to antidepressants (Zoloft). Our experience which is not unlike many others, is that my son cut and self harmed [i]only[/i] while taking an antidepressant. He cut (even picking up a piece of glass from the street in a moment of severe stress), burned, froze parts of his body (and attempted suicide) [i]only[/i] while taking an antideperessant. The behaviors started after a few months on Celexa and ended within two weeks of discontinuing it. If she's cycling, she probably shouldn't be on an antidepressant because they cause or worsen cycling (mania [i]and[/i] depression phases) for many people. It isn't only bipolar people who cycle because of antidepressants, it can be anyone. There is a form of bipolar which is called "antidepressant induced bipolar". Treatment is discontinuation of the antidepressant. [/QUOTE]
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