growth problems

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In a message dated 7/27/2006 9:37:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

lausley@... writes:

Our son, who is 13, is on l00 mg Zoloft and l/2 mg of Abilify...he seems to

be severely growth delayed, both height wise and in puberty.

I just did a quick search on the Internet - this is the only thing I came up

with right off the bat -- I'm sure a more detailed search might bring up more

info.

LT

website: _http://www.whatmeds.com/meds/zoloft.html_

(http://www.whatmeds.com/meds/zoloft.html)

Cut & paste info:

Warnings and Precautions

Zoloft has been tested in children 6 to 17 years of age with

obsessive-compulsive disorder, and has not been shown to cause different side

effects or

problems than it does in adults. Because Zoloft can cause decreased appetite,

children taking Zoloft long-term should have their growth and body weight

measured regularly.

[Guest guest]

My son (almost 6 yrs.) has been on zoloft for a year and has grown like a

weed during that time. Prior to zoloft, he grew very slowly. He could wear the

same shoe size for over a year.

Interesting....our experience is so different.

Liz

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My 9 1/2 yr old daughter has the same problem. She is the same height as she

was 2 years ago, and actually weighs less. She shows absolutely no signs of

puberty, where my 11 yo. nt dd is menstruating, etc. I don't know why she isn't

growing. She has also been on zoloft since age 5 1/2.

I have always been so weary about these drugs my daughter has been on.

hugs

Judy

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One of my sons, never on any meds, was always the smallest in his

class. Short/small size. In elementary school I believe he went a

couple years without any growth at all. When he started middle

school, he was still small it seemed.

So - The month he turned 13 years old, his doctor had him tested to

get his " bone age " because I was sooo concerned. His dad's brothers

(identical twins) had had kidney disease/transplants so I was worried

that his not growing might be a sign of kidney disease, which their

mom had mentioned to me to watch my kids' growth rate. He was 54 " --

is that 4'6 " ?? - and weighed 67.8 lbs at age 13.

Good news - turned out his bone age was 8 years and 0 months = 5 years

younger! So he would just go through puberty later. Doctor said

there'd be cause for worry if his bones had said 5 yrs older, but not

younger.

And he really wanted to grow, it was a worry for him, he was ready to

try growth hormones, looked up any vitamins or herbs or ANYthing...he

wanted to get taller. My own thought on this was, " no " he was not

going to take any hormone treatment (or whatever medical treatment

helps), that we'd wait to see since he should hit puberty, just

later. I did wonder if he'd hit at age 18 though. Some boys I knew

in high school grew taller since high school, figured he might be that

way. -- I planned to check with the doctor again though if no growth

occurred by some point thru middle/high school years.

And he's now 17 and *has* grown, he's about 5' 5 1/2 " (65.5 " ??).

Still shorter than his brothers but then their dad wasn't quite 5'5 " .

Again, never on any medication. This was my OCD son's non-identical

twin () that I'm writing about. (OCD) was about 10-12 "

taller than at one time!

[Guest guest]

One of my sons, never on any meds, was always the smallest in his

class. Short/small size. In elementary school I believe he went a

couple years without any growth at all. When he started middle

school, he was still small it seemed.

So - The month he turned 13 years old, his doctor had him tested to

get his " bone age " because I was sooo concerned. His dad's brothers

(identical twins) had had kidney disease/transplants so I was worried

that his not growing might be a sign of kidney disease, which their

mom had mentioned to me to watch my kids' growth rate. He was 54 " --

is that 4'6 " ?? - and weighed 67.8 lbs at age 13.

Good news - turned out his bone age was 8 years and 0 months = 5 years

younger! So he would just go through puberty later. Doctor said

there'd be cause for worry if his bones had said 5 yrs older, but not

younger.

And he really wanted to grow, it was a worry for him, he was ready to

try growth hormones, looked up any vitamins or herbs or ANYthing...he

wanted to get taller. My own thought on this was, " no " he was not

going to take any hormone treatment (or whatever medical treatment

helps), that we'd wait to see since he should hit puberty, just

later. I did wonder if he'd hit at age 18 though. Some boys I knew

in high school grew taller since high school, figured he might be that

way. -- I planned to check with the doctor again though if no growth

occurred by some point thru middle/high school years.

And he's now 17 and *has* grown, he's about 5' 5 1/2 " (65.5 " ??).

Still shorter than his brothers but then their dad wasn't quite 5'5 " .

Again, never on any medication. This was my OCD son's non-identical

twin () that I'm writing about. (OCD) was about 10-12 "

taller than at one time!

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

In a few days I'm to give a session to a 10 and a half years old little girl.

Her parents worry about her not growing enough, or being too short for her age.

Lots of tests and analysis were made but nothing was found, not even in with

growth hormone.

There's definitly a lot of stress in the parents, who already got sessions, the

father being more of the hypocondriac kind. (he's the one who calls me on the

phone).

This little girl is a bit slow at school but no behaviour problems.

Any suggestion on how to train her little body ?

Thanks to all, I really appreciate all your messages !