Re: My son is on an SSRI now - questions

[Guest guest]

I don't know about the dosage at all (and you don't mention how old/big your

son is), but I do know Dr. G started my son on a SSRI very, very slowly.

Very small dose, then worked up 1/8 to 1/4 tablet at a time.

Kristy

My son is on an SSRI now - questions

Hi All!

My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg. per

day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

starting an SSRI?

What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an SSRI?

We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I being

realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

things happening while he is on the medicine.

I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots along

with the Prozac.

[Guest guest]

Does any one know if the doses (regardless of knowing the mg's) are still less

than typical doses used for depression, etc. in children?

Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote: I don't know about the dosage

at all (and you don't mention how old/big your

son is), but I do know Dr. G started my son on a SSRI very, very slowly.

Very small dose, then worked up 1/8 to 1/4 tablet at a time.

Kristy

My son is on an SSRI now - questions

Hi All!

My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg. per

day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

starting an SSRI?

What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an SSRI?

We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I being

realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

things happening while he is on the medicine.

I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots along

with the Prozac.

[Guest guest]

Hi, Dr. G is not for M-B12 shots at all....also for approx. 3 weeks starting the

SSRI, these things can be pretty normal, ie starring spells etc....more

aggressive, spacey, it takes some time for it to work...hope this helps..Noel

angie huiz <angiehuiz@...> wrote: Does any one know if the doses

(regardless of knowing the mg's) are still less than typical doses used for

depression, etc. in children?

Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote: I don't know about the dosage at all

(and you don't mention how old/big your

son is), but I do know Dr. G started my son on a SSRI very, very slowly.

Very small dose, then worked up 1/8 to 1/4 tablet at a time.

Kristy

My son is on an SSRI now - questions

Hi All!

My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg. per

day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

starting an SSRI?

What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an SSRI?

We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I being

realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

things happening while he is on the medicine.

I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots along

with the Prozac.

[Guest guest]

Yes, Dr. G says it generally stays around 1/2 the typical dose when

you get to full dose but keep in mind there is a range for what is

" typical " . Typical dose for children is generally between 50 - 200

mgs (I know that's a wide range but it can go as high as 200) of

Zoloft - sorry, I haven't looked into the others so I'll be

referencing Zoloft. I tend to think that the average " typical " dose

is probably more around 100 mgs than 50 mgs. Sometimes Dr. G does it

a little higher than half, sometimes it's lower, it just depends on

the child. I know my son is on the high end. My son is on 43.75

mgs and this is a test run to see if we need to switch. He was on

37.5 mgs and we decided to see if we could see more gains with one

more increase and if not, we will switch so you won't see him ever go

higher than the lowest dose for children.

Also, a typical dr. tends to start too high and work up too fast.

Dr. G starts off *very* low and increases *very* slowly. We've been

on this protocol for 1.5 years and have just now gotten up to this

dosage.

I wanted to also let everyone know that this is his 2nd day of the

increase and *wow*! Gryffin's a little chatterbox today! He's

stringing together 4 and 5 sentences! All morning long he's just

been talking like mad! He's a little spacey but it looks like

the increase will likely be okay for him. As long as the spaciness

goes away within a week we should be golden.

Cheryl

On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:39 AM, angie huiz wrote:

> Does any one know if the doses (regardless of knowing the mg's) are

> still less than typical doses used for depression, etc. in children?

>

> Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote: I don't know about the

> dosage at all (and you don't mention how old/big your

> son is), but I do know Dr. G started my son on a SSRI very, very

> slowly.

> Very small dose, then worked up 1/8 to 1/4 tablet at a time.

>

> Kristy

>

> My son is on an SSRI now - questions

>

> Hi All!

>

> My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg. per

> day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

> having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

> since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

> starting an SSRI?

>

> What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an SSRI?

> We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

> sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I being

> realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

> things happening while he is on the medicine.

>

> I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots along

> with the Prozac.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know about dosage on Prozac but I can tell you that acting

spacey or zoney is common for the first week or two. It takes a bit

of time to adjust to it.

My son gets huge gains overall on them but the most prevalent one

generally deals with speech and receptive/expressive language. He

gets more language with every increase we've made.

My son was never OCD or aggressive so I can't comment there but I

would imagine it would be helpful. I thought zoloft helped more with

OCD than prozac, though. I could be completely taking out of my rear

on that so don't take my word for it! He's also always been

social so I don't know about that one, either. He just gets better

at being social with the language gains. I think you'll find more

compliance with language gains as language and communication is a big

part of compliance.

I think you are being realistic to hope for those gains and I think

it's possible. It's too bad nothing can come with a guarantee, though.

cheryl

On Mar 20, 2008, at 7:53 AM, jenniferreif1 wrote:

> Hi All!

>

> My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg. per

> day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

> having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

> since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

> starting an SSRI?

>

> What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an SSRI?

> We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

> sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I being

> realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

> things happening while he is on the medicine.

>

> I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots along

> with the Prozac.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Everyone1

My son is 5 and is about 48 pounds. His teacher told me that he

wasn't himself in PT today and he was mixing up the color words (he

knows all of his color words) Neither my husband nor myself has had

any experience with Prozac. I am on Zoloft and my husband on Lexapro.

I know that when I first started Zoloft, it revved me up and I felt

jumpy and sort of lightheaded and nauseous. My husband, on the other

hand, never felt a thing starting Lexapro. Just depends on the person

I guess. It is good to know that the staring spells most likely are

not seizures.

Thanks!

I don't know about the dosage

at all (and you don't mention how old/big your

> son is), but I do know Dr. G started my son on a SSRI very, very

slowly.

> Very small dose, then worked up 1/8 to 1/4 tablet at a time.

>

> Kristy

>

> My son is on an SSRI now - questions

>

> Hi All!

>

> My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg.

per

> day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

> having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

> since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

> starting an SSRI?

>

> What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an

SSRI?

> We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

> sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I

being

> realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

> things happening while he is on the medicine.

>

> I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots

along

> with the Prozac.

>

>

[Guest guest]

We started our son on Paxil in very small dosages and saw a small 'die

off' (rubbing his head along the carpet- being very spacey) and then

nothing. We switched him to Zoloft and are seeing some changes in

him. He is becoming increasingly frustrated (which is great because

he now recognizes there's a lot going on around him and it's passing

him by) and some babbling (at 4 he has NO language/communication). We

started at a 1/4, increased two weeks ago to 1/2 and will increase

tomorrow to 3/4. The teachers and therapists all note that the most

progress they've seen with him has been in the last month and a half

or so, which is when we started the Zoloft. We too are hoping for

better attention and of course language, and hope it'll come. He's a

very 'laid back' child, and now is very frustrated, having tantrums

and definately asserting himself at getting what he wants. He is also

on iron, Famvir and Nizerol, so it could be the combination of all of

these things, but I truly believe the Zoloft is 'waking his brain' and

allowing us to see frustration- which is progress!

Good luck!

Jenn

I don't know about

the dosage at all (and you don't mention how old/big your

> son is), but I do know Dr. G started my son on a SSRI very, very slowly.

> Very small dose, then worked up 1/8 to 1/4 tablet at a time.

>

> Kristy

>

> My son is on an SSRI now - questions

>

> Hi All!

>

> My son's child psychiatrist put him on Prozac. He is taking 5 mg. per

> day. My son is seeming to be acting a little more out of it. He is

> having staring spells, but I don't think that it is seizure activity

> since I can break the staring spells. Has anyone else seen this when

> starting an SSRI?

>

> What were some of gains that you saw when your child went on an SSRI?

> We are hoping for less aggression, more compliance,less OCD, more

> sociability with other children and definitely more speech. Am I being

> realistic? Probably not, but I do hope to get at least some of these

> things happening while he is on the medicine.

>

> I must add that my son is on Acyclovir, Diflucan and mb-12 shots along

> with the Prozac.

>

>