Re: Anafranil - What else had been studied?

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Judith,

You asked:

> What has been studied in children other than Prozac?

The best resource is the child meds page on www.ocfoundation.org. It

will give you the details of each med. Essentially, I believe it is

Anafranil, Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, Luvox, Lexapro And Zoloft. Zoloft

seems to be the first choice for many because of its effectiveness

and reduced chances of bad side effects.

In the ongoing saga...

We gave our daughter some anti-bacterial hand lotions which will help

her with her germ obessions, but will also do some good for her red

chapped hands. We had hoped the lotion, as oppposed to the gels we

had given to her before, would keep her from using it

inappropriately, like in her hair and on her clothes, and on her

mouth. Sad to say, she now smells like Wild Cherry all the time, and

she said that the lotion won't stain the clothes, it just rubs in,

and she doesn't eat it, she just puts it on her lips. Geeze, the

desires are so strong they will find any way, no matter how illogical

to try to tell their brains that they need that reassurance of being

germ free.

On meds, in therapy, and still looking forward to ANY sign of

progress,

FD

> Is this customary dosage for depression? Because for OCD it is

usually

> prescribed in slightly higher dosages...also the variety my son is

on is a long

> acting one. I don't have the bottle, but now I am worried as he

takes 1 1/2

> of the 25 mg.

>

> His new doctor isn't an OCD specialist...although he is a well

respected

> child psychiatrist. The OCD specialists seem to be trained in the

meds, however

> other psychiatrists do have knowledge and experience. I did speak

to an OCD

> specialist from UCLA, now in their own private practice, and she

said Paxil

> would not have been her first choice, but she has not met with my

son, and

> doesn't know about his anxiety.

> The anxiety seems to be his greatest issue. It is sad that the

brightest

> kids are the ones who seem to have the learning disabilities and

other anxiety

> disorders. This is very true of my son. While he has never been

thoroughly

> tested as gifted, he was 'identified' as gifted by our school

district when

> he was in the 3rd grade. He has always done well enough in

school, and

> brilliantly in anything history or politically related. He is in

honors and AP

> classes in English, history, French. But he isn't doing well at

all this year.

> I don't think it is because the classes are more challenging, I

think it is

> because this drive for perfectionism just got the better of him.

>

> You are fortunate that your son is open with you. Do talk to him

to see if

> the OCD is getting in the way of the freedom he has when

approaching his art.

> It could be that this is a national contest, and so the stakes

are higher,

> and if he was only doing art for art's sake, it could be

different. I have

> to think that this is a mountain we didn't know was around the

bend, and

> somehow we will find a way around it. He may not go to college on

schedule, he

> may not head to the college of his choice in the beginning, he may

live at home

> or at our apartment in NYC...where my husband commutes from. It

may just

> have to be a different road, but my greatest hope is that the road

will lead

> him to his dreams, which is Washington, D.C., political activism,

think tank,

> history teacher, who knows.

>

> Now, I am wondering if the dose should not have been increased.

We did it

> at my suggestion, yet the doctor thought it was worth a try. From

anything I

> have seen he has not had any side effects. And I will not allow

him to come

> off quickly. You are right, though, the doctor probably has used

this

> successfully for depression in children and adults, and that's why

he chose to use

> it. I will give him a call. Neurotic, me?????

> YES! What has been studied in children other than Prozac????

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> Judith

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