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My son had an extreme reaction to Zoloft (an SSRI)
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 421186" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I have a neighbor boy who became suicidal on Zoloft a few years before my son entered his anxiety behaviors. The boy would want to run out into traffic, jump from window, ect. So, I knew that Zoloft had to be watched in children.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, we have a local doctor who seems to be prescribing it way too readily. When we were trying to figure out what was wrong with difficult child, this doctor said to me, "hmmm, I don't know what is going on, I think it may be anxiety, here, take Zoloft for a few months and see if that helps." NO WAY am I giving my child Zoloft based on a "I don't know, I think".</p><p> </p><p>So, my neighbor tells me, "Interesting, I had to take my son off medication to prevent self harm thoughts and you have to put your son on medications to prevent self harm thoughts." Yep! But soooo glad I didn't go the Zoloft route. (though if I had faith in the diagnosis at the time I would have)</p><p> </p><p>Keep in minds that medications do work differently in each kid. Thus the difficulty of finding what does work. And it is interesting that the medications that prevent certain things (like suicidal thoughts) are also the ones to cause them in some people.</p><p> </p><p>Did the doctor start your son on a lower dose knowing it wouldn't be the correct dose to give it time to show the reactions? I think every single medication my son has been on has been started at a very low non-medical dose to see how he tolerated it. We then worked up to what was best for him (sometimes going over because we didn't know but then coming back down).</p><p> </p><p>You have a very good support in the school! From these boards, I have learned not everyone does. My son also had a terrific set of teachers. It really is awesome to have the school's support while going through this, much better for the child. I really believe that the reason my son was so successful in overcoming his anxiety was because of the level of support I received from the staff at his school. They all knew that what he was turning into was not the real him and were able to lovingly and gently give him guidance to turn it around which he did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 421186, member: 5096"] I have a neighbor boy who became suicidal on Zoloft a few years before my son entered his anxiety behaviors. The boy would want to run out into traffic, jump from window, ect. So, I knew that Zoloft had to be watched in children. Unfortunately, we have a local doctor who seems to be prescribing it way too readily. When we were trying to figure out what was wrong with difficult child, this doctor said to me, "hmmm, I don't know what is going on, I think it may be anxiety, here, take Zoloft for a few months and see if that helps." NO WAY am I giving my child Zoloft based on a "I don't know, I think". So, my neighbor tells me, "Interesting, I had to take my son off medication to prevent self harm thoughts and you have to put your son on medications to prevent self harm thoughts." Yep! But soooo glad I didn't go the Zoloft route. (though if I had faith in the diagnosis at the time I would have) Keep in minds that medications do work differently in each kid. Thus the difficulty of finding what does work. And it is interesting that the medications that prevent certain things (like suicidal thoughts) are also the ones to cause them in some people. Did the doctor start your son on a lower dose knowing it wouldn't be the correct dose to give it time to show the reactions? I think every single medication my son has been on has been started at a very low non-medical dose to see how he tolerated it. We then worked up to what was best for him (sometimes going over because we didn't know but then coming back down). You have a very good support in the school! From these boards, I have learned not everyone does. My son also had a terrific set of teachers. It really is awesome to have the school's support while going through this, much better for the child. I really believe that the reason my son was so successful in overcoming his anxiety was because of the level of support I received from the staff at his school. They all knew that what he was turning into was not the real him and were able to lovingly and gently give him guidance to turn it around which he did. [/QUOTE]
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