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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 160209" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Lexapro is pretty strong. I hear it's like Celexa-plus. I've trialed most antidepressants and have given Prozac to my son and daughter short term. I would be leery about putting any child who had one bad reaction to an SSRI on another one. It just isn't a risk I'd want to take. SSRIs can help anxiety, if the person is compatible with the particular SSRI. However, there are no guarantees and SSRIs can make one considerably worse. My daughter pulled a knife on herself. My son got manic. I ended up in the hospital on Zoloft. Paxil worked for me big time, but I wouldn't even give that one to a child. For anxiety in my opinion, if it was my child, I'd prefer trying something like a low dose anti-psychotic first. Those can also have bad side effects--you have to watch ALL medications--but at least they don't make a child manic or suicidal. JMO (from long experience)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 160209, member: 1550"] Lexapro is pretty strong. I hear it's like Celexa-plus. I've trialed most antidepressants and have given Prozac to my son and daughter short term. I would be leery about putting any child who had one bad reaction to an SSRI on another one. It just isn't a risk I'd want to take. SSRIs can help anxiety, if the person is compatible with the particular SSRI. However, there are no guarantees and SSRIs can make one considerably worse. My daughter pulled a knife on herself. My son got manic. I ended up in the hospital on Zoloft. Paxil worked for me big time, but I wouldn't even give that one to a child. For anxiety in my opinion, if it was my child, I'd prefer trying something like a low dose anti-psychotic first. Those can also have bad side effects--you have to watch ALL medications--but at least they don't make a child manic or suicidal. JMO (from long experience) [/QUOTE]
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