Re: Should we go off Lexapro (Kathy)

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> Is she saying the tic is solely from Lexapro?  What about other

meds?

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> ~~Kathy

Hi Kathy,

I don't think so, but I'm not 100% sure. There are no other meds. I

think she's saying not to chance it and try just the therapy since

she's noticing a tic, that med can cause more tics, and that going

off the med won't necessarily make the tic go away. I guess she is

being very conservative with not chancing on more tics?????

Thanks SO much for your help!!

Staci

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> Subject: re: Should we go off Lexapro after only

7 weeks for fear of possible tics?

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> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 3:21 PM

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> Hi everyone,

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> (warning...long email question...sorry! and thanks to any who read

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> We are in need of some help...

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> Our OCD therapist recommends considering taking our dd off Lexapro

> due to possible tics in future. And I need any & all advice I can

> get to make the best informed decision I can for our dd (even

though

> everyone is different and there is no crystal ball to look into the

> future).

> Sigh...

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> Our 11yo dd has the " just needs to feel right " & reassurance OCD.

> She started ERP Therapy and Lexapro only 7 weeks ago. She has been

> going very slow & low with the lexapro (liquid). She started at

1ml,

> increasing every 5 days a ml, and is now at 10ml. She is supposed

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> go to 15ml and stay there for awhile per her child psychiatrist. So

> she's not on a therapeutic dose level yet.

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> However, we recently learned from her ERP Therapist that she has a

> cough tic, that meds can bring about tics, and that the " just needs

> to feel right " OCD is closer to TS on the OCD spectrum line and so

> more tics is a definite possibility if we keep her on meds.

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> Her therapist also said that if she develops more tics, that going

> off the meds will not stop the tics and that if it was her child

she

> would go off the medicine as developing tics would be worse than

what

> she has now. I guess meaning we could " give " (for lack of a better

> term) her TS with the meds even though she " only " has OCD now.

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> It seems her therapist may believe our dd can attack her ocd

without

> the meds and just with the ERP Therapy. But she really doesn't know

> for sure and she can't tell us what to do.

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> In the past 7 weeks on Lexapro & ERP therapy, our dd has improved

> about 15% but still has severe OCD that affects her entire life.

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> Has anyone weaned off meds completely before even reaching a

> therapeutic dose (with the first-ever med) just to not get possible

> tics and fight with the ERP therapy only after?

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> I'm so confused as to what to do that I just need any & all

> advice/comments etc.

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> Thanks SO much in advance if anyone has any words of wisdom for us!

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> Staci

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