Re: Re: For those who have had Good Luck with Prozac

[Guest guest]

my daughter was originally on celexa and we tried prozac with success

initially, as w/ the celexa, but then after several months she became

excessively hyper and now we are back w/ celexa. celexa works best

for my 12 year old daughter. michele

[Guest guest]

Nothing seems to work for either of my boys so far. I

have heard that if your child tends toward

hyperactivity that prozac is not a good fit. Was your

child tending toward h.a. and if so, did itmake it

worse? Anyone else out there have a good fit with

Prozac even tho there was hyperactivity? Barb

--- atlantickayaker <atlantickayaker@...> wrote:

> My oldest guy (now 16)does great on Prozac. He did

> okay originally

> (way back when)on Paxil until it went beyond the

> first initial

> increase (from 5mg to 10mg)it made him out of his

> mind. Zoloft was

> very frightening (he was emotionally breaking down

> constantly),

> Effexor did not fit either.

>

> You know what has been magic? its been Prozac 1 &

> 3/4 of 10mg tab

> (he's 5ft 8inches tall, 195lbs), Wellbutrin 1 & 1/4

> of 100mg tab,

> plus 1/4 of 1mg of tennex.

>

> He has been on that for the last 1 plus year, and

> he's is at the top

> of his class academically and he feels so wonderful

> about himself,

> and he has matured into such a nice, calm, loving

> young man.....

>

> Stick with the prozac, maybe add a little

> wellbutrin, plus tennex if

> your guy is chemically like my 16yr old. Stick with

> the winners!

>

> Just keep tweeking until you get the right combo.

>

> (I just wish we could figure out the 14yr old, he

> has us all

> stumped!)

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Our son is doing well on Prozac and the only other

> one that really

> helped

> > with him was Paxil.

> >

> > If you have to switch, Paxil might be worth a try.

> >

> > Good luck,

> >

> > Rhoda

> > For those who have had Good Luck

> with Prozac

> >

> >

> > > Hi,

> > > We are getting ready for an SSRI switch, I

> think. My son (46

> lbs age

> > > 6) is on 7.5 mg of Prozac a day. This has been

> a good fit for

> him

> > > over the past 18 months. But Dr G is reluctant

> to go higher,

> and a

> > > switch is probably coming up. (We just did a 7

> day trial of

> > > Strattera....it did not work out for him... made

> him an

> insomniac.)

> > >

> > > For those who had good luck with Prozac, what

> other SSRIs were

> > > good " switch to's " ? Has anyone actually

> decreased the dose and

> seen

> > > good things after being on a higher dose with

> good results for a

> long

> > > period of time? Is Wellbutrin given with an

> SSRI or instead of

> one?

> > >

> > > Any and all input is much appreciated.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Responsibility for the content of this message

> lies strictly with

> > > the original author(s), and is not necessarily

> endorsed by or the

> > > opinion of the Research Institute and/or

> the Parent

> Coalition.

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

No, my oldest that does good with Prozac was never hyper, he was always zoned

out.

Now my middle guy, who was bouncing off the walls at 23mo when he became

nids/autism injured, he did horrible on prozac. We have jumped around with

everything, we have settled into zoloft, sm amt of effexor, tennex, and have

used wellbutrin forever, but we will be trying strattera soon to see if its

better then wellbutrin.

We have some ocd issues, onset way back when, now I am wondering if its the

effexor? Dr. G said he wanted to try and kick that one to the curb. I hate

change outs but we have never really cracked the case on this child....its been

really frustrating.

Barb Katsaros <barbkatsaros@...> wrote:

Nothing seems to work for either of my boys so far. I

have heard that if your child tends toward

hyperactivity that prozac is not a good fit. Was your

child tending toward h.a. and if so, did itmake it

worse? Anyone else out there have a good fit with

Prozac even tho there was hyperactivity? Barb

--- atlantickayaker <atlantickayaker@...> wrote:

> My oldest guy (now 16)does great on Prozac. He did

> okay originally

> (way back when)on Paxil until it went beyond the

> first initial

> increase (from 5mg to 10mg)it made him out of his

> mind. Zoloft was

> very frightening (he was emotionally breaking down

> constantly),

> Effexor did not fit either.

>

> You know what has been magic? its been Prozac 1 &

> 3/4 of 10mg tab

> (he's 5ft 8inches tall, 195lbs), Wellbutrin 1 & 1/4

> of 100mg tab,

> plus 1/4 of 1mg of tennex.

>

> He has been on that for the last 1 plus year, and

> he's is at the top

> of his class academically and he feels so wonderful

> about himself,

> and he has matured into such a nice, calm, loving

> young man.....

>

> Stick with the prozac, maybe add a little

> wellbutrin, plus tennex if

> your guy is chemically like my 16yr old. Stick with

> the winners!

>

> Just keep tweeking until you get the right combo.

>

> (I just wish we could figure out the 14yr old, he

> has us all

> stumped!)

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Our son is doing well on Prozac and the only other

> one that really

> helped

> > with him was Paxil.

> >

> > If you have to switch, Paxil might be worth a try.

> >

> > Good luck,

> >

> > Rhoda

> > For those who have had Good Luck

> with Prozac

> >

> >

> > > Hi,

> > > We are getting ready for an SSRI switch, I

> think. My son (46

> lbs age

> > > 6) is on 7.5 mg of Prozac a day. This has been

> a good fit for

> him

> > > over the past 18 months. But Dr G is reluctant

> to go higher,

> and a

> > > switch is probably coming up. (We just did a 7

> day trial of

> > > Strattera....it did not work out for him... made

> him an

> insomniac.)

> > >

> > > For those who had good luck with Prozac, what

> other SSRIs were

> > > good " switch to's " ? Has anyone actually

> decreased the dose and

> seen

> > > good things after being on a higher dose with

> good results for a

> long

> > > period of time? Is Wellbutrin given with an

> SSRI or instead of

> one?

> > >

> > > Any and all input is much appreciated.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Responsibility for the content of this message

> lies strictly with

> > > the original author(s), and is not necessarily

> endorsed by or the

> > > opinion of the Research Institute and/or

> the Parent

> Coalition.

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Hi -

As a adult, I've tried several types of SSRIs

over the past 10 years, and Effexor was the only one I

ever tolerated for any length of time. Then I was

switched to Zoloft when I had a PANDAS " attack " , and

it initially helped with the OCD, but seriously slowed

my brain the longer I was on it. I also developed a

restrictive eating disorder that is associated with

too much serotonin - but only according to one paper I

saw... but I did stop the Zoloft and the eating

problems disappeared. And who knows if it's really too

much seratonin, or hyperperfusion? (I'm pretty hyper

sometimes too when I'm not completely fatigued.)

I often wonder if my son eventually built up too much

serotonin too, because when we had to d/c him off the

Zoloft (nobody locally really wanted to continue it),

when the dose dropped to half, there was a return to

how I had seen him when we first decided we liked the

Zoloft. I really have no idea and don't want to jump

to that conclusion, but the question hasn't left my

mind.

Just my experience ... love Effexor! Adults who

haven't liked other SSRIs may want to give it a try if

you're a bit ADD as well. It was very helpful for

just about everyone in our family at the lower doses,

but as soon as any of us upped the dose past 75, other

problems would pop up.

Hope that helps, but it'll probably make everybody

worry instead. I think it would be pretty rare,

though.

--- nancy ballard <atlantickayaker@...> wrote:

>

> We have some ocd issues, onset way back when, now

> I am wondering if its the effexor? Dr. G said he

> wanted to try and kick that one to the curb. I hate

> change outs but we have never really cracked the

> case on this child....its been really frustrating.

>

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