RE: Frustrated with Medication study

[Guest guest]

Maybe it's not the right drug for her. My son got very aggresive, defiant and

suicidal on Zoloft, but he is doing great on Celexa. From what I understand,

meds can make it possible for the ERP to work with some kids. Sometimes they're

so bad off that the ERP can't get through to them.

Steffanie

To:

From: kfrajerman@...

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:29:25 +0000

Subject: Frustrated with Medication study

Good Morning!

My daughter Sara is in a medication study, we know that the medicine is zoloft

and we are pretty sure they bumped her from 50mg to75mg (or more) this past

Monday. I have some questions for the seasoned parents here.....

She was doing fine on the last dose, she was happy and her compulsions were less

just a little tired and her back has been stiff since she started the medicine.

After this last bump up...she is super depressed...hates everything, everything

is boring, she isnt sleeping...said she feels like she hasnt slept in three

days. Her back is so tight that she wants to rip her spine out. She is crying a

lot she doesnt want to go to school (she NEVER says that!!).

So what is the goal of these medicines???? I do not want my daughter to be

medicated the rest of her life. She successfully completed her first exposure on

Monday...she is very motivated BUT doesnt the medicine get in the way of the

therapy????

I dont have a problem with the medicine taking the edge off so she can get

through therapy but to completely mask the situation???

Felling frustrated this morning : (

Can someone explain the role of the medication in relationship to the Exposure

therapy.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

HI -

 

My daughter was on luvox, then zoloft, then clomipramine, now something else.

For her the zoloft was the only one that gave her any relief.  Having said that

many of the parents on this website understand that your child's therapeutic

dose is different to another person's.

 

My child seems to do better on lower doses of any drug, some children do better

on a higher does.  What your psych will try to do is determine in which

direction to go with your child (up or down).  Some kids can take 200mg of

zoloft and be doing great, some take 50mg and it's too much - each child is

different but when you find the drug that works, and then the dosage that works

THAT " s the therapeutic dose for your child.

 

Sorry if this is confusing.

 

M

Subject: RE: Frustrated with Medication study

To: " OCD Group " < >

Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 11:25 AM

 

Maybe it's not the right drug for her. My son got very aggresive, defiant and

suicidal on Zoloft, but he is doing great on Celexa. From what I understand,

meds can make it possible for the ERP to work with some kids. Sometimes they're

so bad off that the ERP can't get through to them.

Steffanie

To:

From: kfrajerman@...

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:29:25 +0000

Subject: Frustrated with Medication study

Good Morning!

My daughter Sara is in a medication study, we know that the medicine is zoloft

and we are pretty sure they bumped her from 50mg to75mg (or more) this past

Monday. I have some questions for the seasoned parents here.....

She was doing fine on the last dose, she was happy and her compulsions were less

just a little tired and her back has been stiff since she started the medicine.

After this last bump up...she is super depressed...hates everything, everything

is boring, she isnt sleeping...said she feels like she hasnt slept in three

days. Her back is so tight that she wants to rip her spine out. She is crying a

lot she doesnt want to go to school (she NEVER says that!!).

So what is the goal of these medicines???? I do not want my daughter to be

medicated the rest of her life. She successfully completed her first exposure on

Monday...she is very motivated BUT doesnt the medicine get in the way of the

therapy????

I dont have a problem with the medicine taking the edge off so she can get

through therapy but to completely mask the situation???

Felling frustrated this morning : (

Can someone explain the role of the medication in relationship to the Exposure

therapy.

Thanks