Guest guest Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Thanks for replying. Our daughter is see a psychologist every other week for CBT. She's been in CBT (not so much ERP) for years, but she's not making much progress. The only time she was really motivated to really engage in the CBT was when she was on the Prozac. I think it's really a matter of her depression getting in the way of her therapy. When she's depressed, as she usually is, she just isn't motivated to do the CBT. Her doctor decided today to let her try Paxil. He really wanted her to try Risperdal, but I was afraid of it. If the Paxil doesn't work, then I guess we'll try the Risperdal. Thanks again, N bhamelburg wrote: > > > This is exactly what happened to my son on Prozac. He then had to be > hospitalized. He wound up on mood stabilizing meds (many of them) only > to be hospitalized on them as well. Still the extreme anxiety and then > explosiveness occurred even on the gold standard Lithium. The only > thing that has helped him stay out of the hospital has been CBT/ERP. > He remains on mood stabilizers as they can be used to treat med > resistant OCD. However, he's been well for a while now and we are > beginning to remove them. > > If your daughter is not getting ERP therapy, I would strongly suggest > it and I also would encourage you to question the Prozac. My son got > better when he was taken off Prozac and given a low dose of Seroquel > and Ativan as needed. We tried other SSRI's once off the prozac to no > avail (even tried neurontin, ect). Some people just can't tolerate > those meds and yet I don't believe in our case that it defines my son > as bipolar because his primary and overriding symptoms have stemmed > from his anxiety and not depression and mania. Also, as I mentioned, > the mood stabilizers didn;t prevent the recurrence of symptoms (panic, > anxiety, aggitation, explosiveness, violent behavior - in that order). > > Hope you can get on the right track soon. > > Bonnie > > > > > > Hi, I haven't posted in a while. My daughter is 18 now, a senior in > high > > school. She is having a very hard time with finding medication(s) to > > help her OCD and depression. The SSRI's (like Prozac) cause her to not > > be able to sleep at all, even with a sleep medication. That's > > unfortunate, because her OCD and her mood were so good on the SSRI's... > > for the first time in her life, she was happy and active and outgoing. > > She was so happy and active that her doctor thought she was becoming > > hypomanic at one point. He said she might have a tendency toward being > > bi-polar and that the SSRI's could push someone with this tendency into > > a manic state and cause them to develop full-blown bi-polar disorder > > when they ordinarily wouldn't have. So, he took her off the SSRI and > put > > her on Lamictal (lamotrigine). But her depression has been getting much > > worse since then. So, he decided to add back a little of the SSRI, but > > then she couldn't sleep again. > > > > Has anyone else in the group had a child who reacted to the meds in > this > > way? (Not being able to sleep at all... even with sleep meds? And then > > becoming hypomanic?) If so, what did you do? > > > > Any suggestions or advice from anyone would be appreciated. We're just > > about at our wits end. I was really hoping we could get her medications > > regulated before she starts to college next year. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 If you see the same behavior on Paxil, it may be safe to assume that she can't tolerate any SSRI's - that's what the literature suggests. I wish you well. Bonnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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