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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 38340" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I've taken both, and I'll tell you my opinion (it's just my opinion :wink: Prozac made me hyper, have nightmares, and pooped out on me fast. It also caused hypo-mania. Paxil, for some reason, changed my life. My life was a series of moodswings and suicidal thoughts and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) before I took it--almost every symptom I had was resolved with Paxil. THIS IS UNUSUAL...lol. Paxil can be very helpful, but Paxil withdrawal is horrendous. I didn't know this when first put on Paxil, but read about it and, frankly, the withdrawals sound so scary that I'm just going to take it the rest of my life. THankfully, it really IS helpful to me because people talk about having serious withdrawals from Paxil a year later. Prozac isn't supposed to be as bad, but my daughter took Prozac for a while, then went off of it, became suicidal and pulled a knife on herself. Every single person is going to react to an antidepressant differently and you won't know which one will help, if any, until you try. I was beyond hope when my psychiatrist told me to try Paxil. I'd already tried about six antidepressants and they had never done much to help me. Surprise! After about six weeks on 60 mg. of Paxil, my life totally changed. It personally does not sedate me. I feel normal on it. Nobody can really tell you the difference between how a medication will affect your child because of the differences in body chemistry. I personally like to try keeping kids off of antidepressants because they are hard hitting and CAN cause the opposite affect-suicidal thinking. I had that on a few ad's, but I was an adult and knew to contact the psychiatrist. Good luck. PS--I can't see antidepressants helping grades in any way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 38340, member: 1550"] I've taken both, and I'll tell you my opinion (it's just my opinion [img]:wink:[/img] Prozac made me hyper, have nightmares, and pooped out on me fast. It also caused hypo-mania. Paxil, for some reason, changed my life. My life was a series of moodswings and suicidal thoughts and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) before I took it--almost every symptom I had was resolved with Paxil. THIS IS UNUSUAL...lol. Paxil can be very helpful, but Paxil withdrawal is horrendous. I didn't know this when first put on Paxil, but read about it and, frankly, the withdrawals sound so scary that I'm just going to take it the rest of my life. THankfully, it really IS helpful to me because people talk about having serious withdrawals from Paxil a year later. Prozac isn't supposed to be as bad, but my daughter took Prozac for a while, then went off of it, became suicidal and pulled a knife on herself. Every single person is going to react to an antidepressant differently and you won't know which one will help, if any, until you try. I was beyond hope when my psychiatrist told me to try Paxil. I'd already tried about six antidepressants and they had never done much to help me. Surprise! After about six weeks on 60 mg. of Paxil, my life totally changed. It personally does not sedate me. I feel normal on it. Nobody can really tell you the difference between how a medication will affect your child because of the differences in body chemistry. I personally like to try keeping kids off of antidepressants because they are hard hitting and CAN cause the opposite affect-suicidal thinking. I had that on a few ad's, but I was an adult and knew to contact the psychiatrist. Good luck. PS--I can't see antidepressants helping grades in any way. [/QUOTE]
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