Re: Re: Need some insights -- help!....look at the Prozac.....2nd ssri?

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social anxiety....ask Dr G if he agrees the prozac is a dud, and if so he might

just suggest adding in a 2nd ssri like wellbutrin.

some times our guys need a combination of ssri's. Its amazing the tiniest amts

of drugs make incredible changes for our kiddos.

we also have our guy on tennex too. that brought about some good changes too,

and it isn't a ssri, but it affects circulation in the brain if I am not

mistaken.

hope everything works out for your son.

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princesspeach <donnaaron@...> wrote:

Hi Cat,

Thanks so much for your input. We've tried all the available SSRI's.

Zoloft and Paxil were horrible; Celexa was actually pretty good,

probably the best one of all, but it didn't help with the severe

social anxiety. We actually did Prozac a year ago, and it was GREAT

for a while, and then stopped working fairly suddenly. Dr. G said he

wanted to try it again, but I'm starting to think you may be right.

Donna

> Hi guys,

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> has taken a turn for the worse in the last 24 hours and we don't

> understand why. He has been on prozac for a total of about 6 weeks,

> with an increase about three weeks ago. After the adjustment, he had

> been making slow, but noticable, incremental improvements every day

> until last night (Tuesday), when he started to seem a bit anxious;

> pacing, circling around and around the table, etc. Today, he is very,

> very anxious -- almost in a state of what I would describe as panic,

> unless he is playing his Sonic the Hedgehog video games -- and is

> furiously chewing up his lips and the skin around them so that they

> are very red and sore. He is NOT spacy, but he is perseverating and

> eye contact is poor. He is having a great, great deal of trouble

> interacting with anyone outside the family, and he has been unable to

> articulate what is wrong. He says he feels fine (i.e., healthy).

>

> His food intake has been very tightly controlled, so I don't think

> there have been any infractions, but then again, I can't be absolutely

> sure he didn't get ahold of some " contraband " at school. The smoke

> from the huge Day Fire (we live in the Santa Clarita/Antelope Valley

> area of CA) has been a problem in our area for the last two weeks,

> plus we have had winds and extremes in weather (cool days and warm

> ones in alternating succession).

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> What are some of your experiences with this kind of backslide? What

> kinds of things can cause anxiety?

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> I've sent an update to Dr. G's office, but it will be a good 18 hours

> before we hear anything...any and all advice and suggestions,

> including what I can do to make him more comfortable in the meantime,

> are welcome!!

>

> Thanks IA,

>

> Donna

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