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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 35507" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Now wait, now wait. Are you saying that your 6 and 8 year olds are on EFFEXOR?? How much and who prescribed it? And why?</p><p></p><p>1. It is an antidepressant, not an ADHD medication.</p><p></p><p>2. It is not approved for or recommended for people under the age of 18 because of the side effects (most notably suicidality and hostility) and because it is not effective (as an antidepressant but your kids aren't depressed). </p><p></p><p>3. Antidepressants should not be prescribed for people with a family history of bipolar until bipolar is ruled out. Your children have a family history of bipolar. Mania is often misdiagnosed as ADHD.</p><p></p><p>4. Antidepressants can cause or contribute to increased mania. Actually, what they really do is cause or contribute to mood swings which include both mania and depression. That is more likely to occur in both children and people with bipolar though it can happen to adults who don't have bipolar.</p><p></p><p>You might want to read this letter the makers of Effexor sent to all doctors back in 2004: <a href="http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/effexor_dear_hcp_june.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/effexor_dear_hcp_june.pdf</a> And you might want to google "Effexor withdrawal".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 35507, member: 1498"] Now wait, now wait. Are you saying that your 6 and 8 year olds are on EFFEXOR?? How much and who prescribed it? And why? 1. It is an antidepressant, not an ADHD medication. 2. It is not approved for or recommended for people under the age of 18 because of the side effects (most notably suicidality and hostility) and because it is not effective (as an antidepressant but your kids aren't depressed). 3. Antidepressants should not be prescribed for people with a family history of bipolar until bipolar is ruled out. Your children have a family history of bipolar. Mania is often misdiagnosed as ADHD. 4. Antidepressants can cause or contribute to increased mania. Actually, what they really do is cause or contribute to mood swings which include both mania and depression. That is more likely to occur in both children and people with bipolar though it can happen to adults who don't have bipolar. You might want to read this letter the makers of Effexor sent to all doctors back in 2004: [url="http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/effexor_dear_hcp_june.pdf"]http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/effexor_dear_hcp_june.pdf[/url] And you might want to google "Effexor withdrawal". [/QUOTE]
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