Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 That is so interesting. My son, age 11, yawns when he gets nervous or maybe feels like he is going to cry/embarrassed/upset. He will just give one big yawn every time, but I know how he is feeling based on whether he yawns or not. Could that be considered a " tic " ? I know my OCD brother in law kind of jerks his head to the side when he gets a bad thought. he says he thinks he does it to try to get the thought out. Would you consider these behaviors " tics " or just coping techniques? Thanks! tm_marion <lavoiemarion@...> wrote: That's actually what the pdoc was thinking too. Maybe the urge to yawn is the tic part, and is why she can't get a deep enough breath when she does it, because she doesn't " need " to yawn? Let's hope the new meds make a difference. And I hope we're doing it the right way, 3 days of Fluvoxamine at 50mg before switching to 100mg seems awfully short. Theresa (in Vancouver, Canada) > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 1/6/2007 11:46:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > > lavoiemarion@ writes: > > > > > > My daughter (12) recently increased her Prozac dose to 40mg per > > day > > > and since then, she has had trouble with needing to yawn too > > much, > > > not necessarily because she's tired. > > > > > > > > > Theresa: > > > > > > Take a look at this link.... in the tables it actually has > yawning > > as a side > > > effect that they measured in this study! > > > > > > _http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/fluoxetine_ad.htm_ > > > (http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/fluoxetine_ad.htm) > > > > > > That's the only thing I could find when I searched on " prozac & > > asthma. " My > > > dd is on Prozac - she started on 10mg/day... worked up to > > 50mg/day over the > > > course of several months... and is now back down to 20mg/day > > (we're slowly > > > decreasing to see if the OCD symptoms return... so far, so > > good.) Anyway, she > > > didn't seem to have a problem at any time while taking the > meds. > > I suppose I > > > could say she went through a time period where she seems more > > tired than > > > usual for her - going to bed much earlier than usual, sometimes > > laying down > > > after school for awhile. But that didn't last very long. We > > never noticed a > > > yawning issue. > > > LT > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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