Guest guest Posted June 5, 1999 Report Share Posted June 5, 1999 Louis louisharkins_4@... /subscribe/ and /subscribe/ocdandhomeschooling ----Original Message Follows---- From: gpcpkp@... Reply-onelist onelist Subject: setbacks Date: 6 Jun 1999 01:27:50 -0000 From: gpcpkp@... My son has been on 10 mg Paxil for many months now quite successfully. He recently started his OCD behaviors again (tapping, chewing his fingers, etc) so we increased it to 15 mg daily. It hasn't helped and the symptoms seem to be increasing. May I ask is 20 mg a safe dose for an 8 year old? Does Paxil stop working suddenly? Anyone have any insight? Thanks.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking to expand your world? ONElist has nearly 160,000 e-mail communities from which to chose! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You may subscribe to the OCD-L by emailing listserv@... . In the body of your message write: subscribe OCD-L your name. The archives for the OCD and Parenting List may be accessed by going to the member center. Enter your username and password, then click on " list name " , then click on " view archives " , and then click on " archives index " . You may then view archives by date of entry. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 1999 Report Share Posted June 5, 1999 Hi , When a child who has been responding positively to a medication experiences a setback it may simply be a waxing of the OCD that may pass or it may indicate the necessity for an increase in dosage. I have cc'd your post to Dr. Dan Geller, our resident physician on the list. Hopefully, he will respond. Have you subscribed to the OCD-L. Dr. Jenike has helped me on several occassions with suggestions for changing medications for our older son who has OCD. Dr. Jenike's suggestions have resulted in a real improvemnet in the quality of our son's life. If you subscribe to the OCD-L just post a message with Dr. Jenike's name in the subject line and he will respond. Take care. Louis louisharkins_4@... /subscribe/ and /subscribe/ocdandhomeschooling ----Original Message Follows---- From: gpcpkp@... Reply-onelist onelist Subject: setbacks Date: 6 Jun 1999 01:27:50 -0000 From: gpcpkp@... My son has been on 10 mg Paxil for many months now quite successfully. He recently started his OCD behaviors again (tapping, chewing his fingers, etc) so we increased it to 15 mg daily. It hasn't helped and the symptoms seem to be increasing. May I ask is 20 mg a safe dose for an 8 year old? Does Paxil stop working suddenly? Anyone have any insight? Thanks.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking to expand your world? ONElist has nearly 160,000 e-mail communities from which to chose! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You may subscribe to the OCD-L by emailing listserv@... . In the body of your message write: subscribe OCD-L your name. The archives for the OCD and Parenting List may be accessed by going to the member center. Enter your username and password, then click on " list name " , then click on " view archives " , and then click on " archives index " . You may then view archives by date of entry. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 1999 Report Share Posted June 6, 1999 In a message dated 6/6/99 12:12:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bird@... writes: << http://www.ocfoundation.org/ocf1060a.htm >> Thank you for all your kind suggestions and informantio re my son and Paxil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 1999 Report Share Posted June 6, 1999 HI Gail: IN general SSRIs are considered " safe " medications. Of course there are no long term studies for kids on Paxil so we are basically experimenting when they are taking Paxil off-label. My son, Steve, has been on Paxil for nineteen months, he was on 60 mg when he was 10 and now he is 12 he is on 20 mg and wants to titrate down further again. At first I was very worried about his taking meds, however for his depression Paxil has literally been a lifesaver. This has really changed my attitude as I have seen what it has done for him. He is much more alert on 20 mg than the sleepy kid he often was on 60 mg. Medications need to be adjusted as our kids grow older, since they may need a higher dosage for their increasing body weight to get the same effect. Occasionally it seems the meds can stop working but from what I have read this is not typical. Steve was able to reduce his dosage because he started doing very well with his CBT. If you check out the OCF web site page on OCD meds for children you will see that kids often take the same dosages as adults because they metabolize the meds so rapidly and SSRIs often are active for a short time in their bodies. YOu might want to post this question to the OCD-L so you can get a response from Dr. Jenike. Take care, aloha, Kathy (Ha) kathyh@... >From: gpcpkp@... > >My son has been on 10 mg Paxil for many months now quite successfully. He >recently started his OCD behaviors again (tapping, chewing his fingers, >etc) so we increased it to 15 mg daily. It hasn't helped and the symptoms >seem to be increasing. May I ask is 20 mg a safe dose for an 8 year old? >Does Paxil stop working suddenly? Anyone have any insight? Thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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