Re: Should we go off Lexapro (Amy)

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We are going through the same battle right now. We saw the

psychiatrist for 2 hours Mon. and the psychologist for 2 hours Tues.

My son has been having a bad episode for about twelve weeks of tics,

obsessions, attention issues and emotional trouble. They didn't change

his meds until next months visit since it was our first time there and

they wanted to review his complex history of PANDAS/tics symptoms.

However one thing she did mention is that kids with overlapping issues

often require more then one med and sometimes have to take a med to

counteract a neg symptom. For example for his ADHD they may need to

put him on Ritalin but that can increase the tics which would mean

they would have to use Chlonidine. For now we take 5 mg of Abilify AM

and she added 2.5 mg Abilify in the PM. Before adding additional or

changing we wanted to watch and see if symptoms changed with upping

meds a we bit. If you are dealing with several disorders like we are

then the meds really can get tricky. I am right there with you during

this tough time. I hate using meds but what choice do you have if the

child is miserable?

Michele

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> Hi,

> My son has had OCD for 10 years. It was very severe. He took many

OCD medS to

> figure out which one was the most effective. Lexapro was the best

and had the

> least amount of side effects.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

My 13 yr old son has moderate to severe OCD and takes 50 mg of

Celexa. I'm reading quite a bit of positive effects from Lexapro,

and am wondering how much of a reduction in OCD your daughter has

experienced from the 5mg. Did she also have CBT too?

That is good that things have been stable for a year. I know once

my son gets through a long period of being stablized, it will be a

difficult decision to wean or keep things the same.

-Laurie

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> Subject: Re: Re: Should we go off Lexapro (Amy)

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> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:36 PM

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> Hi,

> My son has had OCD for 10 years. It was very severe. He took many

OCD medS to

> figure out which one was the most effective. Lexapro was the best

and had the

> least amount of side effects.

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