zoloft and hyperness

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Hi All,

My 12yo daughter started zoloft in Feb 09 for OCD. She started with 12.5mg and

the OCD symptoms mostly went away. Over time we increased it to 25mg and

recently to 37.5mg.

The OCD symptoms have been mostly quiet since she started Zoloft. Her CBT

therapist doesn't really have much to work with except to educate her. Her

psychiatrist wants her up to 50mg but since the last increase to 37.5mg she's

been having more hyper episodes . She says her " brain is going to fast " . Her

behavior has deteriorated too in that she will do things she knows is wrong.

Does anyone else have experience with zoloft causing hyperness? I think it was

there before zoloft but more as anxiety - this seems different.

I'm wondering if I should drop her meds down to 25mg.

Thanks

d

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My son had the exact same thing at the age of 8-11 on zoloft. He had the same

problem the minute he began prozac and was unable to tolerate a theraputic dose

without getting suicidal. My psychiatrist laughted at me and told me that

antisocial sociopathic behavior IS NOT a side effect of SSRI's. BULL!!!! It

was totally dose related. We get it over 50 mg and not under. At over 150 mg

we get suicidality. Strange how they will believe that it can " lift

inhibitions " but refuse to believe that fighting, destroying, swearing,

cheating, stealing, lying etc are not side effects but due to " age related

defiance " . What may I ask are the impulses that preteen boys have and what

happens if you lift them? Seems like the very symptoms we are talking about.

All I know is we walk a very fine line where the side effects are as bad if not

worse ( but totally different) than the disease. I stay at the lowest possible

dose we can- we have a few OCD symptoms left but not the impulsivity.

Thankfully, right now we are down to 37.5 a day and doing GREAT. I dread the

day we have to go up again...