Paxil SSRI question

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Hi Everyone,

We've been continuing the protocol through my son's local doctor for a few

years now. We had to switch due to financial reasons and Dr. G didn't want to

work with this doctor, so we don't have direct access to ask him questions

anymore. While my son is doing pretty well overall, I've noticed that recently

he

seems a bit more cloudy headed and his auditory processing has regressed a

little especially in classroom or group situations. Since he's grown

significantly and increased his weight by 50% over the past year or so, I've

wondered if

he needs an increase in Paxil. Our current doc doesn't know alot about SSRIs

so I'm thinking about seeking out another local doc with more experience with

SSRIs. However, as I understand it, the dosages Dr. G uses tend to be lower

than what is usually given. If any of you have a child who takes or has taken

Paxil as a part of the protocol and weighs around 90lbs, can you give me an

idea of the dosage? I really wish they made a Paxil CR between the 12.5 and

25mg dosages.

Gaylen

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Hi Gaylen,

My son is only 52 lbs, age 7. But at that weight he took 10mg Paxil

daily. We upped it to 1 10-mg tablet alternating with 1 1/4 10-mg

tablet every other day (10 mg/12.5 mg).

HTH

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> Hi Everyone,

>

> We've been continuing the protocol through my son's local doctor

for a few

> years now. We had to switch due to financial reasons and Dr. G

didn't want to

> work with this doctor, so we don't have direct access to ask him

questions

> anymore. While my son is doing pretty well overall, I've noticed

that recently he

> seems a bit more cloudy headed and his auditory processing has

regressed a

> little especially in classroom or group situations. Since he's

grown

> significantly and increased his weight by 50% over the past year or

so, I've wondered if

> he needs an increase in Paxil. Our current doc doesn't know alot

about SSRIs

> so I'm thinking about seeking out another local doc with more

experience with

> SSRIs. However, as I understand it, the dosages Dr. G uses tend to

be lower

> than what is usually given. If any of you have a child who takes

or has taken

> Paxil as a part of the protocol and weighs around 90lbs, can you

give me an

> idea of the dosage? I really wish they made a Paxil CR between the

12.5 and

> 25mg dosages.

> Gaylen

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offers free

> email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at

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