Bad night again-just switched to prosac

January 1, 2006

Agh! It is 1:30AM and my dd is still going strong. She has been

extremely violent tonight, hitting, kicking,etc....

She doesn't get dressed by herself anymore. Well, I am trying to get

her to help some. When I took off her shirt, she helped a little.

Well, she didn't like that she helped so she wanted to do it again.

But I had already put the shirt down the laundry chute and I WASN " T

going to go down and get it for us to do it again! Did I do the

right thing? She has been tantruming for a long time. Right now she

is naked on our couch, watching TV. How do I handle this? What is

the proper ERP for this?

We have been cutting back on her zoloft. SHe weaned down from 125 to

100 and a few days on 87.5. Today we started prosac. We did just

20mg today and planned to go up tomorrow. The doctor said to start

at 40mg prosac. I wanted to do less just for one day to see her

reaction. And then go up. Maybe that was a big mistake. But, from

what I understand, this is not a science and there many ways to

switch meds. She has been taking seroquel at night. Ironically,

today was the best day. She was smiley, happy and nice!!!

This dressing thing is way out of hand. But her anxiety is so high,

she won't work on anything.

I hope prosac works better than zoloft.

For those of you who know, her knee is getting better. I really

wonder if it was some strange reaction to zoloft??? It is not gone

yet, but....

We are exhausted from these late nights. SHe was so out of control

tonight. One of those times when you look at your husband and wonder

when she should go to the hospital.

I hope you are all having a more OCD free day than me and I hope you

are all sleeping as I wish I were!!!! Ellen

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