side effects from Zoloft

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Did anybody's child have side effects from Zoloft? My daughter had been on

Zoloft for couple of years. For the past 1 1/2 year she has been

constipating (I have to give her Milk od Magnesia daily), excessive

sweating, gained weight (about 20 lbs since last December), hard to fall

asleep, constantly pinching herself as if she had ants crawling all over her

body. Today I checked the web for side effects of Zoloft and all of it was

described as side effects. Am I crazy? Is my child the only one? Or is it

just a coincidence? All of the above side effects were described as

'infrequent'.

[Guest guest]

Any good stories out there about zoloft?

Dave

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Question Quoted:

Any good stories out there about Zoloft?

Dave

Reply:

(Dave, nice to see your yearly report on 's progress. Our two year is

coming up in Oct.)

Ammon (just turned 6) is doing wonderfully on Zoloft.

The first SSRI we started with was Paxil in Dec 2002. After the increases to a

larger doses it was obvious he did not do well with it (hyper/defiant).

In March 2003 Ammon was switched to Celexa. He did fine, no negatives but his

zoniness was still there. Dr G wanted to see if he could find a better match

for Ammon to get him out of the fog..

Switched to Zoloft in June 2003 and Ammon REALLY brightened up- that " bright,

alert child " started showing his sparkle. Language picked up and he was able to

stay on task at school for up to half an hour at a time. Potty skills also

improved.

We tried an 1/8 and then a 1/4 (total) a pill increase in Sept/Oct 2003 with bad

results (hyper/defiant/tantrums/etc) and went back to the previous dose without

problems.

We just started another increase (1/4 pill more every other day) in May 2004

without problems and so we've upped to the 1/4 more every day with continued

improvement.

Ammon's social/interaction skills are gaining as well as his language. He is

almost always (99%+) in the here and now (not zoney).

On a side note... Ammon's eso levels jumped on the last blood test and it was

thought by the office to be food related.

But every Jan/Feb-May Ammon is " off " . Behavioral problems and red/puffy eyes

seems to me to relate to seasonal allergies. Also, gains/improvements seem to

slow/halt.

Maybe that's why the Zoloft switch/increase that we've done in May & June the

past two years have seemed to agree so well- he was already coming out of an

allergy funk.

Best of " luck " to all,

on the Gulf Coast

Reality lies beyond the horizon...

Wonderwegian

[Guest guest]

have you tried 1mg of melatonin 1/2 hour before bedtime? It works like a

dream. Our son is on Celexa with the same side effect. After a while you can

start weaning them off the melatonin as the sleep comes easier.

I buy the melatonin at the Vitamin Shoppe.

Helene

[Guest guest]

Our son has a very difficult time falling asleep on the Zoloft

> Did anybody's child have side effects from Zoloft? My daughter had

been on

> Zoloft for couple of years. For the past 1 1/2 year she has been

> constipating (I have to give her Milk od Magnesia daily), excessive

> sweating, gained weight (about 20 lbs since last December), hard to

fall

> asleep, constantly pinching herself as if she had ants crawling all

over her

> body. Today I checked the web for side effects of Zoloft and all

of it was

> described as side effects. Am I crazy? Is my child the only one?

Or is it

> just a coincidence? All of the above side effects were described

as

> 'infrequent'.

[Guest guest]

Wow, my son started on Zoloft just two days ago. The first night he was up 'til

4:30 am. Last nite it was 2 am. Should I expect this to continue????? But, I

have to say, shortly after giving it to him his " alertness " level was obviously

improved.

All the best~~

Rose

Re: side effects from Zoloft

Our son has a very difficult time falling asleep on the Zoloft

> Did anybody's child have side effects from Zoloft? My daughter had

been on

> Zoloft for couple of years. For the past 1 1/2 year she has been

> constipating (I have to give her Milk od Magnesia daily), excessive

> sweating, gained weight (about 20 lbs since last December), hard to

fall

> asleep, constantly pinching herself as if she had ants crawling all

over her

> body. Today I checked the web for side effects of Zoloft and all

of it was

> described as side effects. Am I crazy? Is my child the only one?

Or is it

> just a coincidence? All of the above side effects were described

as

> 'infrequent'.

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the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the

opinion of the Research Institute.

[Guest guest]

Are you giving it AM or PM. If your giving it at night try to switch to AM and

maybe that will help.

Lynn

Re: side effects from Zoloft

Our son has a very difficult time falling asleep on the Zoloft

> Did anybody's child have side effects from Zoloft? My daughter had

been on

> Zoloft for couple of years. For the past 1 1/2 year she has been

> constipating (I have to give her Milk od Magnesia daily), excessive

> sweating, gained weight (about 20 lbs since last December), hard to

fall

> asleep, constantly pinching herself as if she had ants crawling all

over her

> body. Today I checked the web for side effects of Zoloft and all

of it was

> described as side effects. Am I crazy? Is my child the only one?

Or is it

> just a coincidence? All of the above side effects were described

as

> 'infrequent'.

Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with

the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the

opinion of the Research Institute.

[Guest guest]

Helene-

How much melatonin do you give your son? Do you just follow the

recommendations on the package?

> have you tried 1mg of melatonin 1/2 hour before bedtime? It works

like a

> dream. Our son is on Celexa with the same side effect. After a

while you can

> start weaning them off the melatonin as the sleep comes easier.

>

> I buy the melatonin at the Vitamin Shoppe.

>

> Helene

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