Re: Need some insights -- help!....look at the Prozac.....

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Donna:

I am going to throw my 2cents in here. With one of my kids we've had alot of

foul balls on SSRI's. I suspect its the Prozac. You describe the incremental

so-so improvements....I suspect Prozac has not been a great med for . Then

you had the increase....it takes some of our kids a long time for increases to

settle in. The anxiety and panic attacks tell me the Prozac is a dud.

Its like the med is not that great, but when it gets increased to a certain

point, its a tipping point and all the wrong switches start getting activated.

I saw the same thing with Prozac on my guy. We switched off to alot of

different meds but settled in on Zoloft. But like anything else each person's

body chemistry is different. But it sounds like to me you need to dump the

Prozac.

Go back to what you had before if you were okay with it, or try something you

have not had. There are alot of choices, zoloft, paxil, effexor, celexa.

Like I said Prozac was a bomb, we tried Celexa after Prozac but that was not

any good either. Paxil was okay until we passed a certain dosing amt then it was

very, very bad. Zoloft seems to be a good fit.

princesspeach <donnaaron@...> wrote:

Hi guys,

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).

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

kinds of things can cause anxiety?

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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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,

>

> 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).

>

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

> kinds of things can cause anxiety?

>

> 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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