at what age does Dr. G start ssri's?

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I haven't posted much but I've been on the list for a few months

now. I am awaiting an appointment with Dr. G but I was hoping to get

some answers here since it's probably going to be a few months.

I was wondering about the ssri's. I'm not to hot on the idea of

putting my son on meds and he is only 3 years old. I will, of

course, try whatever Dr. G thinks is suitable as I do think from my

research that my son fits the profile very well. Can we expect

ssri's this young? And if so, what would the dosage be?

And I would also like a little clarification. Does Dr. G think the

kids are *not* autistic? Or does he think they have autism because

of ? I'm a little confused and could use some clarification.

My son is not very severe although he has receptive and expressive

language delays. We think he probably has an auditory/visual

processing problem as his receptive language is still very low

compared to his cognitive ability but he's too young to test since he

doesn't understand or speak.

Thanks for any input.

Cheryl Lowrance (c.lowrance@...)

Mom to Gryffin10/9/03 and Tynan 10/27/05