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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 11240" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Diane, welcome. I'm glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>Martie has given you excellent advice about the steps to take to help your son. I hope you follow her advice to the letter because she knows what she's talking about.</p><p></p><p>Sara also makes an excellent point about Zoloft. My own son (difficult child 1) had a prolonged intense manic reaction to Zoloft in the fall of 2005. He was initially prescribed Zoloft for anxiety, but after 3 weeks became alternately angry, aggressive, depressed and suicidal. In nightly rages, he trashed our house, and my husband sustained bruised ribs from restraining him. We pulled him off Zoloft immediately, but it took several months of mood stabilizers (Depakote and then Lamictal) to even his moods out. I strongly believe your son is not exhibiting this behavior as an attention-seeking ploy (and any therapist who makes that comment is in the wrong line of work). From my own experience, I have to believe the Zoloft is making your son worse, not better. </p><p></p><p>I hope you are able to find a good board-certified child psychiatrist to evaluate your son and get him on the right treatment. by the way, my son's first diagnosis at age 9 was ADHD and anxiety. He does have ADHD, but that's not his biggest problem. The mood issues far outweigh any other challenge. It has taken a very good psychiatrist to manage his medications and see him for therapy week in and week out. Only with good treatment over the last year were we able to make any progress at all. Life in our household is not perfect, but the trajectory is upward, and we're in a far better place than we were right after Zoloft. </p><p></p><p>I wish you luck on your journey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 11240, member: 2423"] Diane, welcome. I'm glad you found us. Martie has given you excellent advice about the steps to take to help your son. I hope you follow her advice to the letter because she knows what she's talking about. Sara also makes an excellent point about Zoloft. My own son (difficult child 1) had a prolonged intense manic reaction to Zoloft in the fall of 2005. He was initially prescribed Zoloft for anxiety, but after 3 weeks became alternately angry, aggressive, depressed and suicidal. In nightly rages, he trashed our house, and my husband sustained bruised ribs from restraining him. We pulled him off Zoloft immediately, but it took several months of mood stabilizers (Depakote and then Lamictal) to even his moods out. I strongly believe your son is not exhibiting this behavior as an attention-seeking ploy (and any therapist who makes that comment is in the wrong line of work). From my own experience, I have to believe the Zoloft is making your son worse, not better. I hope you are able to find a good board-certified child psychiatrist to evaluate your son and get him on the right treatment. by the way, my son's first diagnosis at age 9 was ADHD and anxiety. He does have ADHD, but that's not his biggest problem. The mood issues far outweigh any other challenge. It has taken a very good psychiatrist to manage his medications and see him for therapy week in and week out. Only with good treatment over the last year were we able to make any progress at all. Life in our household is not perfect, but the trajectory is upward, and we're in a far better place than we were right after Zoloft. I wish you luck on your journey. [/QUOTE]
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