reverse SAD and Paxil

[Guest guest]

Every year starting in late February and through the spring, my son

gets wild. I have tried various interventions and this season has

given me some of my best results because I get so desparate, I try

all sorts of new interventions in March. But the general

aggressiveness, sleeplessness and hyperactivity are historically

relentless no matter how much I add or increase our already

successful protocols.

With the recent discussion of " Reverse SAD " (which I don't think is

a technical term) I wondered if the longer days/more light could be

stimulating the pineal gland to produce more testosterone like it

does in male animals, just before mating season. We do have an

interesting family history in regard to hormonal imbalances and my

son clearly has high testosterone already. So I started giving him

a low dose of Paxil which among other things blocks the absorption

of testosterone (thus causing the " sexual side effects, " ie lowered

sex drive, that patients who take it for depression complain about.)

So far so good. He is back to his mild mannered although still male

self, he is sleeping reasonable hours, and the only thing I see is

an occasional yeast flare up related to foods that feed yeast that

I've let him have (because he asked for them so well.)

Fyi. Does anyone else use it, for this or other reasons?

Amy