zoloft

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Can some of you folks with kids on zoloft describe the experience you had when

your child was first adjusting to it, or adjusting to higher doses of it. My

son seemed to be doing pretty well (but not fantastic) on 12.5 mg. (1/2 pill) of

zoloft, then we raised the dose about 10 days ago, and at first he was hyper in

the afternoons and at night - up till 2 a.m. three nights in a row, and stimmy.

Now he's not hyper - he's been lethargic, especially at school. He does better

when he's at home or outside engaged in physical activity. His teacher had been

telling me all along how great he's been doing, improving, right on track for

regular kindergarten, etc., and today she just dropped a bomb, telling me how

much worse he's been, that he was falling asleep in circle time, spacing out,

taking too long to process, etc., and that she has changed her mind about his

progress and at the IEP (next Thursday) she might recommend a special day class

for him in the fall instead of full inclusion in regular kinder. I was

devastated -- he's WAY too smart to be relegated to a special ed class. I

reminded her that he is adjusting to medication, and she laid into me about how

he is always adjusting to one medication or another - which is true - but he's

always done so well once the adjustment period is over.

For those of you with experience with Zoloft, how long before you knew whether

it was doing the job (or wasn't). Did anyone have an experience similar to mine

at the beginning but ultimately have a good outcome? Thanks in advance,

Donna