fairylvr77
New Member
Hello. My name is Sandra. I've been hunting around and looking at everyone's posts for a couple of days now, and thought I would introduce myself.
My 3rd difficult child is the current issue. For six months we have been dealing with a sudden onset of anxiety and behavioral issues where there once were only "regular" 10 year old trials and tribulations. We have seen 2 psychiatrists (the second one for a second opinion this week), a therapist, a gastroentorologist and a pediatrician.
So, let me give you a rundown of what happened. In October, *A* started to indicate that her stuffed animals were talking to her. They would warn her about ghosts, they would protect her. She started being very scared to be on her own. She was jumpy and clingy. Was complaining about stomach pain a lot. So...we started getting worried. We brought her into our local children's mental health center. We got an evaluation, started therapy. They diagnosed her with Anxiety, not otherwise specified. We started Klonopin because the nightmares were getting to be every night. Zoloft to control the anxiety. We moved very quickly up to 1 mg of Klonopin and 75 mg of Zoloft. The behaviors have worsened, changed, and have taken on every kind of symptom since that time. We have kept on the weekly counseling sessions to give her tools to alleviate the anxiety.
In Jan/Feb the behaviors started to morph again, and she seems less anxious (because of medications???) and more agitated. She picks fights with her sisters, refuses to to homework or chores. Everything now seems to be behavioral where it was more emotional. The last visit we had with her regular psychiatrist he said that she was clearly manipulating us and that if that was the case, he couldn't help us.
Well, this is the point where I break. I called and got her in to a different psychiatrist. He agrees with the Anxiety, not otherwise specified diagnosis, but he also thinks she may have ODD. He said that he has *no idea* why the previous psychiatric gave her Klonopin & Zoloft as a 10 year old. He switched her to 10 mg of Prozac and instructed us to wean her off previous drugs.
Lately I feel like I am in the movie "Groundhog's Day" with Bill Murry. Every day is the same, the same fight, the same bocks, the same issues.
So this is where I am at today. It was nice to find somewhere with like minded people.
Thanks,
My 3rd difficult child is the current issue. For six months we have been dealing with a sudden onset of anxiety and behavioral issues where there once were only "regular" 10 year old trials and tribulations. We have seen 2 psychiatrists (the second one for a second opinion this week), a therapist, a gastroentorologist and a pediatrician.
So, let me give you a rundown of what happened. In October, *A* started to indicate that her stuffed animals were talking to her. They would warn her about ghosts, they would protect her. She started being very scared to be on her own. She was jumpy and clingy. Was complaining about stomach pain a lot. So...we started getting worried. We brought her into our local children's mental health center. We got an evaluation, started therapy. They diagnosed her with Anxiety, not otherwise specified. We started Klonopin because the nightmares were getting to be every night. Zoloft to control the anxiety. We moved very quickly up to 1 mg of Klonopin and 75 mg of Zoloft. The behaviors have worsened, changed, and have taken on every kind of symptom since that time. We have kept on the weekly counseling sessions to give her tools to alleviate the anxiety.
In Jan/Feb the behaviors started to morph again, and she seems less anxious (because of medications???) and more agitated. She picks fights with her sisters, refuses to to homework or chores. Everything now seems to be behavioral where it was more emotional. The last visit we had with her regular psychiatrist he said that she was clearly manipulating us and that if that was the case, he couldn't help us.
Well, this is the point where I break. I called and got her in to a different psychiatrist. He agrees with the Anxiety, not otherwise specified diagnosis, but he also thinks she may have ODD. He said that he has *no idea* why the previous psychiatric gave her Klonopin & Zoloft as a 10 year old. He switched her to 10 mg of Prozac and instructed us to wean her off previous drugs.
Lately I feel like I am in the movie "Groundhog's Day" with Bill Murry. Every day is the same, the same fight, the same bocks, the same issues.
So this is where I am at today. It was nice to find somewhere with like minded people.
Thanks,