Guest guest Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Is your daughter on an SSRI? It has been in our local paper and on the local news that many parents are trying to challenge the FDA that the SSRI's are causing suicidal thoughts in children, and even causing some to act on these thoughts. There is a young teen that is telling " her story " of how she felt on her medication. I have the article if anyone would be interested in my emailing a copy. This is frightening to me as my 9 year old daughter has OCD and is taking an SSRI as part of her treatment. The doctor wants to increase to 50mg, but when we try my daughter has raging spells, feels very agitated, etc. She seems to do better on a low dose. This is the second SSRI we have tried, and it seems to help some if we keep her at a low dose. We tried Luvox at first and she became very angry on it as well, also had strange involuntary muscle movements, eye blinking, etc. I am curious about other's experience and opinions about children on the SSRI's to help OCD. Self-harm obsessions? > HI Geri: > > Does your daughter's therapist feel her suicidal thoughts are OCD > obsessions? If so then not making a big deal about them makes > sense. Often people with OCD have comorbid depression. If this is > the case and your daughter is expressing suicidal ideation I would > not suggest ignoring her comments, quite the opposite. > > Our son, has OCD and MDD, now both in partial remission. At times it > has been rather tricky to sort symptoms and figure out if he was > expressing self-harm obsessions or he was severely depressed and a > real danger to himself. He also learned to use this when it was OCD > to control our interactions with him. Unfortunately he also had > times when he was actively suicidal. Sometimes I could only tell > when he was deliberately harming himself and his entire demeanor was > slumped in like a very depressed person. You can discuss this with > your daughter's therapist and develop a plan for how to respond. > Good luck, take care, aloha, kathy (h) > > kathy.hi@... > > > > Hi, > > > > Just needed to throw a couple of questions out there. Our daughter > is 13 and in middle school and has OCD. She goes to a fairly large > middle school . My husband and I had thought maybe if we put her in a > smaller private or charter school this may help her. > > > > Has anyone done this and what were the results? Also her therapist > seems to not make much of a deal about my daughters comments of > suicidal thoughts. Is that part of the process to keep her from > obsessing about them. My husband and I get concerned about this. > > Just wanted to know your thoughts. > > > > Sharkmom > > Geri Penn < > > > Our list archives, bookmarks, files, and chat feature may be accessed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group// . > Our list advisors are Gail B. , Ed.D., Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D., and Dan Geller, M.D. Our list moderators are Birkhan, Castle, Fowler, Kathy Hammes, Joye, Kathy Mac, Gail Pesses, Kathy , Vivian Stembridge, and Jackie Stout. Subscription issues or suggestions may be addressed to Louis Harkins, list owner, at louisharkins@... , louisharkins@... , louisharkins@... . > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2004 Report Posted February 2, 2004 I'm really torn when I read the articles about SSRI's causing suicidal tendencies. I think that the studies they have done are referring to kids who take the meds for Major Depressive Disorder. I couild be wrong about this though. I do know that no medication is without risk and that people who take them have more to be depressed about. I know that with my daughter, who takes a large dose of Luvox daily, the thoughts are an OCD thing. I know that such thoughts are common in OCD. Where the line is between OCD thoughts and actual suicidal thoughts is, I'm not sure. I pay attention to my daughter when she is upset about her thoughts because I always feel that there is a risk. In and of themselves, the thoughts are disturbing. I make sure that Hannah knows I am paying attention and that I feel confident that she won't act on them. I did not hesitate to put my kids on meds. I was very relieved that we were able to do something. My youngest daughter improved very drastically on meds. Hannah is slower to show progress but when I think of how she used to be, I can tell that they are working for her as well. It's a tough topic though and I won't criticize anyone who choses not to medicate. Kelley in NV Quote
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