Re: Re: New here, need help w/medication for my 14 yr old daughter

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Inositol is working wonders with my 13 year old daughter.

 

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To:

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:15 AM

Subject: Re: New here, need help w/medication for my 14 yr old

daughter

 

I personally haven't been diagnosed with OCD (my daughter has), but I do

struggle with anxiety and depression. I also have the weight gain problem with

SSRI's along with other unwanted side effects and went off of them like you. I

was still having a lot of problems so my doctor suggested I try St. 's Wort.

I don't recommend you try it without the consent of your doctor because I know

it can interfere with other medications, but it has helped me a lot. I also

don't really know if it would help much with OCD. But, I am now on a healthy

diet and I exercise regularly now and am starting to feel better. One of my big

issues was an irrational fear of thunderstorms and I have noticed that I have

not been having that fear since I have been on St. 's Wort. Even my husband

noticed it. Before, I would go and get in the bathtub at just the threat of a

storm and I would have to take a Xanax and still not sleep. Now, I can sleep

through them. I also

take Melatonin to help me with insomnia. Anxiety and insomnia has been passed

down as far as my grandmother and maybe even before that in my family.

>

> This is the HUGE issue for my son and I!!!! I have OCD and it can become

severe when I am off medication and I do amazingly well on medication.

Unfortunately when I am on a good does for it, I gain a tremendous amount of

weight. I start craving carbs and get an insatiable appetite. The same thing

happens for my son. My son is such an anxious kid so he needs the medication,

but he is having such a self-esteem issue because of the weight gain. Me? I am

54 and I don't feel it is healthy at this age to carry so much weight that the

meds cause me to get to, so I went off medication and as always, started doing

badly again, although I started looking great because I lost a lot of weight.

The thing is I have to balance the need for mental health with the need for

being a healthy weight and feeling good about my looks. I am trying a newer OCD

med and I am hoping it doesn't cause the degree of weight gain that the others

have. Going by past

experience, I am not holding my breath.

>

> It is important to note that there are lots of people who don't gain weight or

gain a very small amount of weight on these medications. My daughter hasn't

gained a pound on them.

>

> As far as your daughter goes, has she tried getting therapy from a specialist

in treating OCD? Perhaps she will be one of the lucky ones who can benefit from

therapy alone.

>

>

>

> New here, need help w/medication for my 14 yr old

daughter

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi all,

> I've been reading a lot of posts but haven't participated. My 14-yr-old

daughter was diagnosed with OCD about a year ago. Her Dad has it (though he

won't admit or get treatment for it) so it's not a huge surprise. Last summer,

she weighed 95 lbs. Since being treated for OCD -- first took Prozac and when

that became ineffective, started with Zoloft -- she has put on 25 lbs. She is

about 5'2 " -5'3 " and weighs 123lbs now. She is extremely self-conscious about it

and has threatened to " become anorexic " if I don't take her off these meds.

While she is still in the normal weight range for her height, the scale keeps

creeping up.

>

> I took several different SSRIs for post-partum depression and had the same

experience. These meds make you crave carbohydrates and I think they also affect

the metabolism. Yet they are so helpful for her OCD. I don't know what to do.

>

> I've read some info on insolitol (sp?), a B vitamin derivitave. Does anyone

have experience with this or other supplements? Very frustrated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Inositol is working wonders with my 13 year old daughter.

 

________________________________

To:

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:15 AM

Subject: Re: New here, need help w/medication for my 14 yr old

daughter

 

I personally haven't been diagnosed with OCD (my daughter has), but I do

struggle with anxiety and depression. I also have the weight gain problem with

SSRI's along with other unwanted side effects and went off of them like you. I

was still having a lot of problems so my doctor suggested I try St. 's Wort.

I don't recommend you try it without the consent of your doctor because I know

it can interfere with other medications, but it has helped me a lot. I also

don't really know if it would help much with OCD. But, I am now on a healthy

diet and I exercise regularly now and am starting to feel better. One of my big

issues was an irrational fear of thunderstorms and I have noticed that I have

not been having that fear since I have been on St. 's Wort. Even my husband

noticed it. Before, I would go and get in the bathtub at just the threat of a

storm and I would have to take a Xanax and still not sleep. Now, I can sleep

through them. I also

take Melatonin to help me with insomnia. Anxiety and insomnia has been passed

down as far as my grandmother and maybe even before that in my family.

>

> This is the HUGE issue for my son and I!!!! I have OCD and it can become

severe when I am off medication and I do amazingly well on medication.

Unfortunately when I am on a good does for it, I gain a tremendous amount of

weight. I start craving carbs and get an insatiable appetite. The same thing

happens for my son. My son is such an anxious kid so he needs the medication,

but he is having such a self-esteem issue because of the weight gain. Me? I am

54 and I don't feel it is healthy at this age to carry so much weight that the

meds cause me to get to, so I went off medication and as always, started doing

badly again, although I started looking great because I lost a lot of weight.

The thing is I have to balance the need for mental health with the need for

being a healthy weight and feeling good about my looks. I am trying a newer OCD

med and I am hoping it doesn't cause the degree of weight gain that the others

have. Going by past

experience, I am not holding my breath.

>

> It is important to note that there are lots of people who don't gain weight or

gain a very small amount of weight on these medications. My daughter hasn't

gained a pound on them.

>

> As far as your daughter goes, has she tried getting therapy from a specialist

in treating OCD? Perhaps she will be one of the lucky ones who can benefit from

therapy alone.

>

>

>

> New here, need help w/medication for my 14 yr old

daughter

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi all,

> I've been reading a lot of posts but haven't participated. My 14-yr-old

daughter was diagnosed with OCD about a year ago. Her Dad has it (though he

won't admit or get treatment for it) so it's not a huge surprise. Last summer,

she weighed 95 lbs. Since being treated for OCD -- first took Prozac and when

that became ineffective, started with Zoloft -- she has put on 25 lbs. She is

about 5'2 " -5'3 " and weighs 123lbs now. She is extremely self-conscious about it

and has threatened to " become anorexic " if I don't take her off these meds.

While she is still in the normal weight range for her height, the scale keeps

creeping up.

>

> I took several different SSRIs for post-partum depression and had the same

experience. These meds make you crave carbohydrates and I think they also affect

the metabolism. Yet they are so helpful for her OCD. I don't know what to do.

>

> I've read some info on insolitol (sp?), a B vitamin derivitave. Does anyone

have experience with this or other supplements? Very frustrated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We are experimenting with SJWort with son until we can get him to a doctor for

meds. Doing 600 mg/day at this point. He has become more alert, more responsive

in making decisions, may be shortening rituals a little. Or maybe it's just my

hopeful imagination?!?

I read in my OCD book that SJW plus an SSRI can actually give too much seratonin

and cause seratonin overload.

We also use 200 mg of Vitamin B every day, which he spirals downward without.

Also using SAM-E but can't tell any real effect from that.

How is inositol used? How many mg, etc?

Has any one had any success with Valerian or B-12 and in what doses?

Rhonda

New here, need help w/medication for my 14 yr old

daughter

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>

>

>

>

> Hi all,

> I've been reading a lot of posts but haven't participated. My 14-yr-old

daughter was diagnosed with OCD about a year ago. Her Dad has it (though he

won't admit or get treatment for it) so it's not a huge surprise. Last summer,

she weighed 95 lbs. Since being treated for OCD -- first took Prozac and when

that became ineffective, started with Zoloft -- she has put on 25 lbs. She is

about 5'2 " -5'3 " and weighs 123lbs now. She is extremely self-conscious about it

and has threatened to " become anorexic " if I don't take her off these meds.

While she is still in the normal weight range for her height, the scale keeps

creeping up.

>

> I took several different SSRIs for post-partum depression and had the same

experience. These meds make you crave carbohydrates and I think they also affect

the metabolism. Yet they are so helpful for her OCD. I don't know what to do.

>

> I've read some info on insolitol (sp?), a B vitamin derivitave. Does anyone

have experience with this or other supplements? Very frustrated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>