Guest guest Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Hey Barb, Our son's pdoc just recently switched him from Lexapro to Zoloft. The Lexapro did well with treating the depression and general anxiety, but not much with the OCD. Our son's pdoc started with Lexapro because it is supposed to have few side effects. Unfortunately at a high enough dosage to treat OCD, it was causing sleeplessness for our son. So, the pdoc had to lower the dosage. Since at the lower dosage it wasn't helping the OCD, he decided to try Zoloft. Hopefully Lexapro will work for your son. Take care Connie > > Hi Judy, > > I'm so glad your son is doing better, and I know what you mean about > saying those words. It is so up and down. So hard to know what to > do with the medication when it is not going well, reduce, increase, > don't want to make a move and make it worse, I do understand this! > > Any testing that you can get done that will give you more clarity can > only help. If only there was a test that could highlight > the " missing " link, or whatever so it could then be targeted. I know > of the EEG testing done to test for a baseline and then retest after > introducing a med. You have to clear all meds out of the system > first though. I know one person who is trying this, after 10yrs of > no medication/treatment working. Waiting to see their results. This > is not available in Canada I don't think. > > I phoned the hospital yesterday and talked with several people, two > secretaries, patient rep, psychologist. The end result was a call > from the replacement doctor who called in a prescription for > lexapro. So we started that today at 5mg. > > When I spoke with the psychologist I outlined my concerns, the main > one being medication, and we are in agreement that it is not possible > for our son to do the CBT until some stability is reached. After two > years trying to achieve this we are all needing a clearer direction. > Whether we can find this is uncertain. > > My husband went to my son's appointment(something we never do, > because we are not invited to do so), and spoke privately with this > doctor. Whatever occured between our son and this doctor after our > input netted a different result yesterday. I think our son is > realizing more that we are very concerned, on his side, all trying to > find solutions, BUT sometimes there aren't any immediate ones. > > I am clearer that the hospital is set up to treat the " hard to treat " > cases, but is limited in their capacity to do so. So, all we can do > is keep trying and advocating for the care we need. We will soon be > cut off from these services in any case, so I am taking steps to > secure other professionals. The lack of adequate care for this > disorder and many others remains shocking and negligent, in my view. > > Specific to the zoloft, I am realizing just now that they are yellow, > which means food coloring, which has always been problematic. > Stupid, what would have been obvious in the past was not even on my > radar. May or may not have been an issue, can never know for sure... > > I hope things stay calmer for you and your son. It's day to day > isn't it?! Hope this one IS a better one. > > Hugs back! > Barb > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Hi Connie, Thanks for sharing, always good to hear others experiences with meds. Our son was on celexa for a year and a half. It does help him, but at higher doses tiggered hypomania and even on lower doses we were thinking it was contributing to anger stuff. Since lexapro is the newer version it made sense to try it. Our son was ready to stop all meds again, so we need to stay in his comfort zone, ie celexa, the known entity... The zoloft was making something worse for our son, not sure what exactly. So hard with these kids when they can't talk about it. I know there is an OCD thing involved. Lately, based on his behavior I'm thinking he's afraid I will die if he doesn't do or say certain things. Again, he can never say or it will " jinx " it. Poor kid. I know in his mind he feels he is doing all these things for me and I don't appreciate it(!). We had multiple deaths in a time span around the start of his OCD and my gut tells me there is a core thing around death. I had mentioned to his psychologist my concern around possible thoughts of suicide that he might not talk about, because it would be a weakness. I think he talked with our son about this yesterday as he seems genuinely softer, like he has allowed himself to feel something. So hard when they keep so much to themselves. I am thankful he trusts and will share some of this OCD stuff with his psychologist. Unfortunately we will lose this one in June. Thanks again for sharing. Hope your son continues to do well with the zoloft! Barb > > > > Hi Judy, > > > > I'm so glad your son is doing better, and I know what you mean > about > > saying those words. It is so up and down. So hard to know what > to > > do with the medication when it is not going well, reduce, > increase, > > don't want to make a move and make it worse, I do understand this! > > > > Any testing that you can get done that will give you more clarity > can > > only help. If only there was a test that could highlight > > the " missing " link, or whatever so it could then be targeted. I > know > > of the EEG testing done to test for a baseline and then retest > after > > introducing a med. You have to clear all meds out of the system > > first though. I know one person who is trying this, after 10yrs > of > > no medication/treatment working. Waiting to see their results. > This > > is not available in Canada I don't think. > > > > I phoned the hospital yesterday and talked with several people, > two > > secretaries, patient rep, psychologist. The end result was a call > > from the replacement doctor who called in a prescription for > > lexapro. So we started that today at 5mg. > > > > When I spoke with the psychologist I outlined my concerns, the > main > > one being medication, and we are in agreement that it is not > possible > > for our son to do the CBT until some stability is reached. After > two > > years trying to achieve this we are all needing a clearer > direction. > > Whether we can find this is uncertain. > > > > My husband went to my son's appointment(something we never do, > > because we are not invited to do so), and spoke privately with > this > > doctor. Whatever occured between our son and this doctor after > our > > input netted a different result yesterday. I think our son is > > realizing more that we are very concerned, on his side, all trying > to > > find solutions, BUT sometimes there aren't any immediate ones. > > > > I am clearer that the hospital is set up to treat the " hard to > treat " > > cases, but is limited in their capacity to do so. So, all we can > do > > is keep trying and advocating for the care we need. We will soon > be > > cut off from these services in any case, so I am taking steps to > > secure other professionals. The lack of adequate care for this > > disorder and many others remains shocking and negligent, in my > view. > > > > Specific to the zoloft, I am realizing just now that they are > yellow, > > which means food coloring, which has always been problematic. > > Stupid, what would have been obvious in the past was not even on > my > > radar. May or may not have been an issue, can never know for > sure... > > > > I hope things stay calmer for you and your son. It's day to day > > isn't it?! Hope this one IS a better one. > > > > Hugs back! > > Barb > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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