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Klonopin for 11 year old?
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<blockquote data-quote="wldinnh" data-source="post: 186290" data-attributes="member: 3763"><p>Complicated difficult child! Has Tourettes (Tourette's Syndrome) with mild, barely noticeable tics. But has all the co-morbids seen with Tourette's Syndrome (ODD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).) Perfect at school, great group of friends, saves all the ODD for home! Several therapists and P-docs stumped by how to treat her and have had many possible diagnosis's along the way. "What is fueling what" is the question I guess. Last possible diagnosis was ADHD because neuropsychologist tests showed some executive functioning issues. Tried two stimulants, both made Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) much worse, increased tics and she had zero appetite, no change in ODD. Tried Prozac but ODD increased and overall more agitation. On buspar for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but not sure it's doing much. Anxiety now is HIGH as entering middle school in two weeks. Today, I pushed for another SSRI try for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). P-doctor reluctant since Prozac failed, but I keep reading that if one SSRI doesn't work, try another. P-doctor thinks we need to get anxiety under control and see if Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and ODD decrease, so he prescribed Klonopin Wafer as an anti-anxiety. Anyone have any experiece with a child in her age range (11) being put on Klonopin? Ex is freaking out becasue he's read stuff online that says it's "not recommended for children" but I keep trying to tell him docs prescribe off-lable all the time. Thanks for any input on this!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wldinnh, post: 186290, member: 3763"] Complicated difficult child! Has Tourettes (Tourette's Syndrome) with mild, barely noticeable tics. But has all the co-morbids seen with Tourette's Syndrome (ODD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).) Perfect at school, great group of friends, saves all the ODD for home! Several therapists and P-docs stumped by how to treat her and have had many possible diagnosis's along the way. "What is fueling what" is the question I guess. Last possible diagnosis was ADHD because neuropsychologist tests showed some executive functioning issues. Tried two stimulants, both made Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) much worse, increased tics and she had zero appetite, no change in ODD. Tried Prozac but ODD increased and overall more agitation. On buspar for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) but not sure it's doing much. Anxiety now is HIGH as entering middle school in two weeks. Today, I pushed for another SSRI try for the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). P-doctor reluctant since Prozac failed, but I keep reading that if one SSRI doesn't work, try another. P-doctor thinks we need to get anxiety under control and see if Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and ODD decrease, so he prescribed Klonopin Wafer as an anti-anxiety. Anyone have any experiece with a child in her age range (11) being put on Klonopin? Ex is freaking out becasue he's read stuff online that says it's "not recommended for children" but I keep trying to tell him docs prescribe off-lable all the time. Thanks for any input on this! [/QUOTE]
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