Re: Re Cindy, Dina, Chris, and All

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I got back a while ago with my son, and the doctor put him on 2.5mg prozac.

How in the world is this small amount going to touch him?

He said he feels he definitely has bad thought ocd, but he also thinks there

may be other anxiety issues and possibly bipolar also.

I have to go back in 2 weeks or call if he gets worse.

I wanted to thank all of you for the tremendous amount of support from you

guys! I'd never make it without all of you. Hopefully soon , I can respond to my

e-mail and reciprocate some of the support you all need also.

thanks again so much

hugs

Dina <dina.n.jones@...> wrote:

> Judy, good luck today. The Imp of the Mind covers more specific

> thoughts and how to conquer them, not ones that are rapidly changing.

> I'm sure it's the same overall therapy concept, but you may not find

> the book helpful. How do you do ERP when the thoughts seem to be

> random? I would be at a loss too. I know OCD thoughts can morph from

> one worry to another, but I have no experience with the constant

> barrage you're talking about. Hopefully someone on the list can help

> and your pdoc can also help. We feel your pain!

>

> Dina

>

Judy

mom to Brittany-11-NT -going into 6th gr-high honor student

-Brittany's twin-3-29-95--4-7-95

-9-bp,ocd,adhd,odd,pdd-nos, 50 mg seroquel 75mg trazadone 75mg zoloft

going into reg 5th gr class-504plan

iel 4-ocd, speech problem-going into kindergarten-speech therapy, 2.5mg

prozac

[Guest guest]

Hi Judy, I'm so glad you are now *past* the appt! A bit of a load

off the shoulders just having the doctor agree and prescribe.

Looking at the OCD Foundation site it said the range for Prozac is 5

to 60 mg/day. So you can see it varies per person as to how much

might help relieve OCD. And with any medication you start and slowly

build up on dosage. So next appt the doctor might up it to 5mg if

things have gone OK on the 2.5mg.

What's your son think about starting it? Hopefully looking forward

to getting rid of those bad thoughts!

>

> Hi everyone,

> I got back a while ago with my son, and the doctor put him on

2.5mg prozac.

> How in the world is this small amount going to touch him?

> He said he feels he definitely has bad thought ocd, but he also

thinks there may be other anxiety issues and possibly bipolar also.

> I have to go back in 2 weeks or call if he gets worse.

> I wanted to thank all of you for the tremendous amount of support

from you guys! I'd never make it without all of you. Hopefully soon ,

I can respond to my e-mail and reciprocate some of the support you

all need also.

> thanks again so much

> hugs

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son responded to that small dose of Prozac. Within a week, he was

sleeping better, ect.. You have to start low and slow with these

meds, but that doesn't mean that they won't show improvement. Do you

have an appointment next week? They may increase the dose then.

I know that you would wish it could disappear overnight, but you must

admit that some improvement is still better than what you have dealt

with lately. I'll be thinking of you.

Bonnie