Guest guest Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 My ds 14 is currently seeing a psychologist and he is on 50 mg. of Zoloft. He has been doing CBT/ERP for almost a year now and his OCD has improved quite a bit. We recently upped his dose of Zoloft from 37.5 mg to 50 mg. This was due to his issues with school, and more specifically, with a certain kid at school. He feels this kid is talking/laughing about him. Last year this kid said weird things to him and once would not let him by him in the hallway. Also he fears for his safety, kid has said stuff about gun/knife in reference to my ds (according to ds, not sure if this is real or perceived). My ds has had paranoid thoughts before - thinking someone is following us while driving, fears about gangs, burglers, etc. Anyway, his dr. said if these paranoid thoughts did not go away, they would put him on an anti-psychotic med. as well. Isn't even 50 mg. of Zoloft a fairly low dose, why wouldn't they first try higher doses of Zoloft? - he has not had any side effects with that yet. Could paranoid thoughts be byproducts of OCD? I guess I am not understanding difference between paranoid thoughts and OCD thoughts/fears? The dr. said they were concerned because his thoughts tend more toward being harmed by others and OCD thoughts were more fears of harming others or bad thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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