sadness

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone

My son has been on SSRIs for about three years. As well as he does on them,

he periodically has episodes of genuine sadness. Sometimes it's hard to

distinguish the difference between a normal human reaction and one that may

be a side effect to medication, but I have heard that antidepressants can

sometimes cause paradoxical depression. Has anyone else seen this?

(Incidentally, we follow the protocol.)

I also have a story that I think is a pretty cute coping mechanism by our

son: The other day he was upset about something and had been crying for

about 20 minutes. We told him that the crying should be about over by

now....so he said " all right, all right, " and went sniffling away to his

room. I heard him cutting some paper so I went in and watched as he cut out

an arch shape (sort of) then taking markers, drew long lines across it to

form a rainbow. I asked, " why did you make a rainbow? " and he placed the

picture under his chin and told me, " because I stopped raining. "

Anyway, any input about sadness and SSRIs is appreciated. Thanks! Becky

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My daughter, has the weepy periods also. I think about all of the years

that she did not react and didn't cry and actually I'm glad that she is

catching up. I think that I read somewhere that the normal child cries once

every day for the first 7 years of their life. When she starts crying we talk

about it and try to figure out what is causing it, if there is nothing

concrete we just decide that it is the medication and have a cup of tea. Do

you suppose that she is in training for PMS? Kathy R