Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 My dd's worst symptom is intrusive thoughts. Initially Zoloft worked for my daughter until a horrible exacerbation this fall when it no longer seemed to make any difference. We then switched to Celexa which took the edge off a bit. It was 6 weeks after we started that that we discovered it was PANDAS and began treating with antibiotics, so its hard to know if over time it continued to help more or not. Starting the antibiotics clearly made a big difference though. Good luck. From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Beth Henry Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:21 AM To: Subject: medicine Does anyone out there have an opinion on what antidepressant or ssri has worked the best for their child that has the worry, confessing, bad thought type PANDAS or regular? OCD. No tics to speak of at all other than the um, um, um. We are on 2000 Augmentin now, an an advil twice a day. I know some types of the meds work better for some types of the OCD. Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 >Hi Beth, My daughter has that type of OCD-non PANDAS, though. SHe was on the lowest dose of Lexapro and it took the edge off, but what really helped was ERP therapy. The doc at the time said she seems to think that most young people do well on Lexapro, but I think I've read that some in this group have had problems with it. I think it has to be decided on an individual basis. Terry > Does anyone out there have an opinion on what antidepressant or ssri has > worked the best for their child that has the worry, confessing, bad thought > type PANDAS or regular? OCD. No tics to speak of at all other than the um, > um, um. We are on 2000 Augmentin now, an an advil twice a day. I know some > types of the meds work better for some types of the OCD. > > > > Beth > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Beth, My almost 9 year old son has OCD - the worry-confession- bad thought type. He is taking Zoloft 25mg every morning. It has worked wonders for him! Before the Zoloft, he was having intrusive thoughts about every 10 minutes and now it has been 6 weeks since he started the medication and he reports only 1 or 2 intrusive thoughts a day. This is a huge improvement! He also has ADHD and he just started taking Focalin for his ADHD and in just a few days on this medication, his teachers noticed an improved difference in his concentration level at school. I hope this helped. Tammie in TX ********************************************** > > Does anyone out there have an opinion on what antidepressant or ssri has > worked the best for their child that has the worry, confessing, bad thought > type PANDAS or regular? OCD. No tics to speak of at all other than the um, > um, um. We are on 2000 Augmentin now, an an advil twice a day. I know some > types of the meds work better for some types of the OCD. > > > > Beth > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 ****************** he was having intrusive thoughts about every 10 minutes and now it has been 6 weeks since he started the medication and he reports only 1 or 2 intrusive thoughts a day. This is a huge improvement! ****************** That is awesome, Tammie. So glad he is getting some relief. BJ > > Beth, > My almost 9 year old son has OCD - the worry-confession- > bad thought type. He is taking Zoloft 25mg every morning. > It has worked wonders for him! Before the Zoloft, he was > having intrusive thoughts about every 10 minutes and now > it has been 6 weeks since he started the medication and > he reports only 1 or 2 intrusive thoughts a day. This is > a huge improvement! > He also has ADHD and he just started taking Focalin for his > ADHD and in just a few days on this medication, his teachers > noticed an improved difference in his concentration level at > school. > > I hope this helped. > > Tammie in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi Beth, I don't think with OCD meds that any work better for one " type " of OCD than another. Each med just affects a person differently, as I know you've read often here. Now I'm gonna say something that is sorta opposite, LOL. A doctor I was asking about SSRIs for OCD told me that he had found Celexa worked well for those with Aspergers/autism (which has). So at that time, that's why I opted for trying the Celexa first; I was looking at the SSRIs that come in liquid form and so chose Celexa. It did work really well for . > > Does anyone out there have an opinion on what antidepressant or ssri has > worked the best for their child that has the worry, confessing, bad thought > type PANDAS or regular? OCD. No tics to speak of at all other than the um, > um, um. We are on 2000 Augmentin now, an an advil twice a day. I know some > types of the meds work better for some types of the OCD. > > > > Beth > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hi Thank you for getting back to me. I am so depressed tonight. I really thought they were going good for a good while. We had seen so much improvement on the antibiotics. But it seems to be going downhill. On one hand there is great improvement. She will go in to her bedroom, the bathroom, etc. alone, which she wouldn't do for months. On the other hand we have now started with what I guess what they are calling the bad thought OCD. The worry loop is not like it was in the beginning, but has come back more, but now she keeps telling that she can't get the bad words out of her mind, the cuss words. She was looking to me pleading tonight, thinking I could do something I'm sure. She is very upset over it. Tonight I am just overwhelmed. Jerry is having another major surgery on the 22nd and will not be able to do hardly anything alone for a couple of months. Her thoughts are now starting to cause problems at school. I had hoped that with the antibiotics I might be able to get to summer, but I know now I probably won't. I don't know where to turn tonight. I feel so lost. Beth From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 5:12 PM To: Subject: Re: medicine Hi Beth, I don't think with OCD meds that any work better for one " type " of OCD than another. Each med just affects a person differently, as I know you've read often here. Now I'm gonna say something that is sorta opposite, LOL. A doctor I was asking about SSRIs for OCD told me that he had found Celexa worked well for those with Aspergers/autism (which has). So at that time, that's why I opted for trying the Celexa first; I was looking at the SSRIs that come in liquid form and so chose Celexa. It did work really well for . > > Does anyone out there have an opinion on what antidepressant or ssri has > worked the best for their child that has the worry, confessing, bad thought > type PANDAS or regular? OCD. No tics to speak of at all other than the um, > um, um. We are on 2000 Augmentin now, an an advil twice a day. I know some > types of the meds work better for some types of the OCD. > > > > Beth > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Tammy, Thank you for your help. I am so depressed tonight. I really thought they were going good for a good while. We had seen so much improvement on the antibiotics. But it seems to be going downhill. On one hand there is great improvement. She will go in to her bedroom, the bathroom, etc. alone, which she wouldn't do for months. On the other hand we have now started with what I guess what they are calling the bad thought OCD. The worry loop is not like it was in the beginning, but has come back more, but now she keeps telling that she can't get the bad words out of her mind, the cuss words. She was looking to me pleading tonight, thinking I could do something I'm sure. She is very upset over it. This if from a 9 yr. old girl that wouldn't have said darn! The bad word thoughts are something new that just started in the last few days. Tonight I am just overwhelmed. Jerry is having another major surgery on the 22nd and will not be able to do hardly anything alone or for himself for a couple of months. Her thoughts are now starting to cause problems at school. I had hoped that with the antibiotics I might be able to get to summer, but I know now I probably won't. I don't know where to turn tonight. I feel so lost. Beth in Houston From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of svdbyhislove Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 4:56 PM To: Subject: Re: medicine ****************** he was having intrusive thoughts about every 10 minutes and now it has been 6 weeks since he started the medication and he reports only 1 or 2 intrusive thoughts a day. This is a huge improvement! ****************** That is awesome, Tammie. So glad he is getting some relief. BJ > > Beth, > My almost 9 year old son has OCD - the worry-confession- > bad thought type. He is taking Zoloft 25mg every morning. > It has worked wonders for him! Before the Zoloft, he was > having intrusive thoughts about every 10 minutes and now > it has been 6 weeks since he started the medication and > he reports only 1 or 2 intrusive thoughts a day. This is > a huge improvement! > He also has ADHD and he just started taking Focalin for his > ADHD and in just a few days on this medication, his teachers > noticed an improved difference in his concentration level at > school. > > I hope this helped. > > Tammie in TX No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2683 - Release Date: 02/12/10 01:35:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 I've read the same as that medication is individual. That makes it so hard to find the right one sometimes. We were lucky, like and , with using Celexa first and having good results with it. We chose it because we had read it was the easiest to come off of, and I also have a nephew who had taken it successfully for his OCD. Often if one family member has good results with a particular SSRI, another will too. Might be different info now since there are many new SSRIs, but that was the case at the time. Our son is on Celexa for the second time. His OCD and GAD, were both so out of control that he was down on the sofa, completely non-functioning. It was hard to even get food down him, he was so stressed and overwhelmed. The meds took some time to work, but he improved little by little, while we worked on finding the right dosage. It is rough to go through that. I'm so sorry you are right now, Beth. (((((hugs to you))))) It's the worst when they are suffering so much and can't turn it off. Is there anything that she likes so much that it can sort of distract her? Movies, games, computer, books you can read out loud to her, etc? Sometimes our son could sort of tune it out if he was able to distract his mind. We even played board games for hours on end because it would distract him when it was his turn, but as soon as it was my turn, he would groan because the thoughts would some back that fast. Still, if it even helped a little, we would do it. Our son's OCD would morph like that too. He would be having obsessive thoughts about one thing, then it would switch to another. It's so frustrating when it does that. That is common with OCD. Is Jerry your husband? I can imagine the stress of the upcoming surgery could be contributing right now for your daughter too. We've also dealt with stressful health situations. They pretty much always make things worse. I found that sometimes I would paste on a happy face (not easy), trying to lighten the mood for our son, trying to find some humor in something. . anything, doing my best acting, trying to smile through the ache in my heart and the tears in my eyes, and it would sometimes help us both. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. I was always relieved when our son would go to sleep. I knew he was finally having some relief. I would sometimes break down and cry then, knowing it was safe to let it out, releasing some of the stress and heartache OCD causes for all involved. Try to not lose hope, Beth. It is not uncommon for OCD to wax and wane. It will get better. It might take time, but you will get there. Those dark waxing times are tough though. Deep breathing and praying always seemed to help me through them. Hugs, BJ > > > > Does anyone out there have an opinion on what antidepressant or ssri has > > worked the best for their child that has the worry, confessing, bad > thought > > type PANDAS or regular? OCD. No tics to speak of at all other than the um, > > um, um. We are on 2000 Augmentin now, an an advil twice a day. I know some > > types of the meds work better for some types of the OCD. > > > > > > > > Beth > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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