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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 292812" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>First we tried reducing the Lexapro to 10mg (from 20mg), but he started picking at his skin to the point of making dozens of little scabs all over his upper arms and it was like he could not STOP from doing it. So psychiatrist made the change to Celexa 20mg. The picking improved a bit (he still does it, but not as much), he was irritable for a while, but that got better, and he seems to argue less and listen to adults a little better. But he's also more talkative and seems less inhibited in other ways.</p><p> </p><p>The only other AD he's been on was imipramine about 6 or 7 years ago for bedwetting. That's when I first noticed an improvement in his mood! He went off it after about a year. Then about a year later he got sick from Crohn's and his anxiety went way up, and that's when he started the Lexapro at my urging because of his needle phobia and overall level of anxiety. It really made a difference for him. But in the last year or so, he's been VERY oppositional when his stims wear off and very confrontational. He's been destructive and hostile and angry at times. And we've had an issue with porn every now and then (and as recent as last week -- but it's always when he's off his stims).</p><p> </p><p>(Maybe I need to start a new thread on this!) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 292812, member: 3444"] First we tried reducing the Lexapro to 10mg (from 20mg), but he started picking at his skin to the point of making dozens of little scabs all over his upper arms and it was like he could not STOP from doing it. So psychiatrist made the change to Celexa 20mg. The picking improved a bit (he still does it, but not as much), he was irritable for a while, but that got better, and he seems to argue less and listen to adults a little better. But he's also more talkative and seems less inhibited in other ways. The only other AD he's been on was imipramine about 6 or 7 years ago for bedwetting. That's when I first noticed an improvement in his mood! He went off it after about a year. Then about a year later he got sick from Crohn's and his anxiety went way up, and that's when he started the Lexapro at my urging because of his needle phobia and overall level of anxiety. It really made a difference for him. But in the last year or so, he's been VERY oppositional when his stims wear off and very confrontational. He's been destructive and hostile and angry at times. And we've had an issue with porn every now and then (and as recent as last week -- but it's always when he's off his stims). (Maybe I need to start a new thread on this!) ;) [/QUOTE]
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