B...Re: OT- Anybody use both GABA

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Hi ,

Thank you for your detailed reply! I've written some things

below inbetween your message...

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>Zoloft has been far better than any of the others. I think that is

an individual thing and you have to find the one that is right for

each person.

I agree. I feel pretty good about Zoloft (as far as medications

go), at least from what I've heard and read about when it's dealing

with " anxiety/OCD " in chilren.

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>I hate scaring people with suicide stories. Every person is

different and what works for one may not work for the other.

Yes. The doctor told us that Zoloft can work great for kids with

anxiety/OCD issues, although, he was very careful to add that it

could be dangerous for those dealing with depression. I wasn't

concerned with that since we're not dealing with it (although she

was in the past before combining enzymes, feingold diet, and

removing products from our home that contained fragrance in the

ingredient list. She's now a happy child, thank God!).

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>That said, my daughter's anxiety and OCD were to the point of

really interfering with her life and her happiness. She couldn't get

through a day without extreme stress about things. We tried the

natural things Gaba and 5HTP. They didn't do much of anything.

I heard that GABA could cause more problems, depending on what's

going on inside the individual, so I wonder if there would have been

any difference using JUST the 5HTP along with a few B vitamins (if

tolerated). Sometimes, there's just that little bit of " something "

that can make ALL the difference. For some individuals it's one

thing and yet for others, it's another. Also, our dd will show

higher anxiety throughout the day if she comes across a chemical,

such as someone wearing perfume or a fragrance in a product (laundry

detergent, a shampoo on a dog that she hugged, a chemical in the

environment,...). Have you ever tried removing fragrance from all

the products in your home? We use some of the products at Aubrey

Organics (www.aubrey-organics.com). Making these changes not only

helped out my daughter's situation, but I also discovered that my

allergies (stuffy nose and stinging eyes) went away after removing

all products that had fragrance, such as dog and human shampoo,

lotions, household cleaning products, laundry detergent. We have

changed our foods and products to mostly organic. The chemicals in

fragrance are toxin's that our body needs to remove, so having no

fragrance in the home has made us ALL potentially healthier.

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> My daughter is 14, almost 15, and has been on the Zoloft about

three years. We started at 25 mg a day and then moved up to 50mg.

Earlier in the year, her doctor increased it to 100mg a day because

she is adult size. That really helped because we had seen a slight

increase in anxiety and some sleep issues even with melatonin. I

give her half mid morning to around lunch and the other half in the

evening.

Our doctor told us that about 20mg of Paxil (he might have said

10mg, can't remember the exact low amount he used)is about the same

thing as 100mg of Zoloft, so that's good your daughter is finding

relief from a low dosage.

I've read that medications can start robbing our body of important

needed nutrients, including B Vitamins, so be sure to supplement

(which you probably already are) so that you're not seeing reactions

to that depletion of vitamin reserves.

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> No one can tell you what to do for your child and only you know

how much the anxiety and OCD are affecting her life and well-being.

We have been at this a long time and have traveled down many roads,

special diets, supplements, glutathione treatments, secretin etc. I

have found it is really trial and error. I've learned to trust my

instincts and that works pretty well. Some kids improve with diet

and supplements and some don't see great leaps or great reduction in

anxiety. You have to find the right fit for your child and your

family.

Yes. I agree. I believe there's a special unique combination of

things that will work BEST for each individual and it's up to us,

through all of our doctor's visits, supplements, diets, research,

and, most of all, trial and error, to discover what that unique

combination of things is...

Thanks again for your reply,

Gretchen