Re: Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not?

June 6, 2009

Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size. But most docs we have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at an adequate level. Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.

Roxanna

Autism Happens

( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not?

If your child on medication for anxiety did you start

at a very low dose? Like 2 mg. And did you stay at a low

dose (under 10mg). I am trying to get a perpective on the

medication doses. Mass General suggests this low dose

strategy and I was just wondering if parents agree.

Pam

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June 6, 2009

Thanks Roxanna I see such high doses of medication for the

OCD kids. My daughter has OCD traits contamination fears, checking,

and I wonder if she would need higher doses. I guess we take

it one step at a time.

Pam

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> Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size.? But most docs we

have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at

an adequate level.? Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will

depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.?

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> dose (under 10mg). I am trying to get a perpective on the

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June 7, 2009

Hi,

I am on Zoloft....my psychiatrist said that it worked best at a lower dose for OCD....so he lowered my dosage...but I am also on medication for depression.

Jan

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"I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope">> > Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size.? But most docs we have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at an adequate level.? Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.? > > > > > > ?Roxanna> > Autism Happens> > > > > > > ( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not?> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If your child on medication for anxiety did you start> > at a very low dose? Like 2 mg. And did you stay at a low > > dose (under 10mg). I am trying to get a perpective on the> > medication doses. Mass General suggests this low dose> > strategy and I was just wondering if parents agree. > > > > Pam>

June 7, 2009

Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slow

and see what happens. I am so worried that I will make things

worse for her that I have procastinated on this for the

last month. I appreciate the feedback.

Pam

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have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at

an adequate level.? Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will

depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.?

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June 7, 2009

Antidepressants are VERY serious business, I have been on them in the past and would be very careful with them, especially for folks who already have any kind of cognitive issues or may be bi-polar.From: susanonderko <susanonderko@...>Subject: Re: ( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not? Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 8:12 AM

Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slow

and see what happens. I am so worried that I will make things

worse for her that I have procastinated on this for the

last month. I appreciate the feedback.

Pam

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June 7, 2009

Thanks Jan, I am hoping the stories of kids getting activated

on SSRI's and worse is for kids that started on high doses of

SSRI's medication.

Pam

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depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.?

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June 8, 2009

Yes, I agree they are serious business. My son is on proazac, adderall and Geodon. He sees a psychiatrist and family doctor regulary. I am quite aware of the side effects. I have also told the school about the meds....so the school nurse knows.

My son is so much better on the meds. than not. He has friends and can concentrate on his school work...even his friends tell him to take his medicine if he hasn't.

I am not pushing medicine...everyone must decide for themselves...but it has made a BIG difference in my child's life.

Jan

Janice Rushen

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From: susanonderko <susanonderko>Subject: Re: ( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not? Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 8:12 AM

Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slowand see what happens. I am so worried that I will make thingsworse for her that I have procastinated on this for the last month. I appreciate the feedback.Pam > >> > > > Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size.? But most docs we have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at an adequate level.? Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.? > > > > > > > > > > > > ?Roxanna> > > > Autism Happens> > > >

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June 8, 2009

Jan her anxiety is out of control. Anything that is difficult for her she is

avoiding and if I press her she raises her voice

loud and says she has to go home and feed her pets.

So now we are getting secondary behavioral issues. She has figured out if she

says she doesn't want to go somewhere I still press her. So know she is raising

her voice to get attention that she

has had enough. She hasn't been in school since March.

This has to be my priority. Thanks so much for the support.

Pam

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dying of pancreatic cancer, my DS was so full of anxiety. He would not leave

the house or yard...and he would not let me go either. It was awful. I finally

put Poppy in the car and shoved my son in with a blanket, pillow, his stuffed

dog and some petobismol...I forced him to the doctor. He put my son on Xanax

.....just a small dose. School was starting and I needed to help him go....it

did help. He is no longer on Xanax...only takes it if he gets really nervous

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stressed out ...you need to help her...get her into therapy...have her learn

de-stressing technigues...give her a stress ball...and if you are comfortable

with it...try some medicine. If your child was in pain...you would not deny

giving her pain medicine. This is the same...she is so anxious she can not

function and that musst be a Horrible feeling.

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June 9, 2009

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Ok...she now knows that she can raise her voice and get her way. So, like my son, she is using this...now mind you her anxiety is real. I forgot how old she is...but she has to go to school unless you can home school her.

When my son would not leave the house or yard because he was afraid his poppy would die when he was gone...it was almost the whole summer ...I felt like a prisoner. I would have to wait til my husband came home to go out...Then when I realized what he was doing to himself and me ....I called our primary care physician....they said I had to bring him in. Yeah right...so Poppy and I had to force him in the car...now mind you he was 12 and he is big...I put a pillow in there, his puppy, his blanket and peptobismal (spelling?). I backed out of the driveway and realized I was going the wrong way so I pulled back in the driveway. That is when he jumped out of the car. OMG. I told him to get in ...we would leave w/out him. He begged and begged for us no to go. But we went...it was one heck of a ride...30 min. but we did it...that is when the doctor put him on Xanax for stress and anxiety. We did get him to go to school

....it was rough ...he hated when the phone rang in school....he always thought it would be me calling to say that Poppy passed away.

Poppy has been gone now for one year....it is getting a little easier....my son recognizes the stress and anxiety feelings ...such when he might be going over a friend's house ...he still has not slept at anyone else's house....but when he feels the anxiety...he will ask for a pill.

Your daughter needs to be in therapy and medication. This is not something she can handle on her own. We have a girl at school who is getting worse each day. She is breaking down crying and hitting herself...she is just not functioning well and it is so sad to see it. She is not getting the most of her education because we have to take her out and walk with her and get her to breathe and talk her through this anxiety. She has lots of rules in her head and she is very OCD.

I pray for you and your daughter. Get her into therapy ASAP. She has to face school otherwise her anxiety is going to get worse....like my son's ....i had to get him out of the house before it got worse.

Maybe the school could get her a paraprofessional to be with her and help to relieve some of the anxiety....

Jan

Janice Rushen

"I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope"> > > > From: susanonderko <susanonderko@ ...>> > Subject: Re: ( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not?> > > > Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 8:12 AM> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slow> > > > and see what happens. I am so worried that I will make things> > > > worse for her that I have procastinated on this for the > > > > last month. I appreciate the feedback.> > > > > > > > Pam > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size.? But most docs we have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at an adequate level.? Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.?

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June 9, 2009

Thanks Jan, our children's anxiety is very similar. I am glad

your son sounds better. Poor guy. I have had my daughter in therapy.

Your right she has to be on medication.

I have prozac for her but she is so anxious to take it. I am

swtiching to another MD that promises to help me get her on board with

medication.

You bring up another option, xanax which helps immediately.

We want her back in school by the fall. We have the summer

to try to find something.

Pam

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> Ok...she now knows that she can raise her voice and get her way. So, like my

son, she is using this...now mind you her anxiety is real. I forgot how old she

is...but she has to go to school unless you can home school her.

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> When my son would not leave the house or yard because he was afraid his poppy

would die when he was gone...it was almost the whole summer ...I felt like a

prisoner. I would have to wait til my husband came home to go out...Then when I

realized what he was doing to himself and me ....I called our primary care

physician....they said I had to bring him in. Yeah right...so Poppy and I had to

force him in the car...now mind you he was 12 and he is big...I put a pillow in

there, his puppy, his blanket and peptobismal (spelling?). I backed out of the

driveway and realized I was going the wrong way so I pulled back in the

driveway. That is when he jumped out of the car. OMG. I told him to get in

....we would leave w/out him. He begged and begged for us no to go. But we

went...it was one heck of a ride...30 min. but we did it...that is when the

doctor put him on Xanax for stress and anxiety. We did get him to go to school

....it was rough ...he hated

> when the phone rang in school....he always thought it would be me calling to

say that Poppy passed away.

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> Poppy has been gone now for one year....it is getting a little easier....my

son recognizes the stress and anxiety feelings ...such when he might be going

over a friend's house ...he still has not slept at anyone else's house....but

when he feels the anxiety...he will ask for a pill.

>

> Your daughter needs to be in therapy and medication. This is not something

she can handle on her own. We have a girl at school who is getting worse each

day. She is breaking down crying and hitting herself...she is just not

functioning well and it is so sad to see it. She is not getting the most of her

education because we have to take her out and walk with her and get her to

breathe and talk her through this anxiety. She has lots of rules in her head

and she is very OCD.

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> I pray for you and your daughter. Get her into therapy ASAP. She has to face

school otherwise her anxiety is going to get worse....like my son's ....i had to

get him out of the house before it got worse.

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> Maybe the school could get her a paraprofessional to be with her and help to

relieve some of the anxiety....

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> Jan

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> Janice Rushen

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> " I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope "

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> > > From: susanonderko <susanonderko@ ...>

> > > Subject: Re: ( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not?

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> > > Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 8:12 AM

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> > > Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slow

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> > > and see what happens. I am so worried that I will make things

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> > > worse for her that I have procastinated on this for the

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> > > last month. I appreciate the feedback.

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> > > Pam

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> > > > > Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size.? But most docs

we have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping

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When we first started giving my son Adderall actually it was Concerta....the psychologist explain to my son that this pill will help him concentrate...and that is what he called it. He had no problem taking the anxiety pill ...he took is almost all summer and in the fall. He is off it now put when he does get really anxious...like going over to a friend's house...he asks for it.

Maybe you could do something like that with your daughter....tell her it will help her not be so frightened, tense, anxious...she could call it her anxious pill....she could take it for a while before school started and in the beginning of school....and maybe after a while slowly ween her off. She may need an aide (paraprofessional) with her all day. That would help a lot. We have one girl in our school who is HFA but anxious and OCD. Having the Para helps her a lot ...in fact...she would be lost w/o one.

Jan

Janice Rushen

"I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope"> > > > > > From: susanonderko

<susanonderko@ ...>> > > Subject: Re: ( ) Low doses of SSRI's for AS kids or not?> > > > > > Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 8:12 AM> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slow> > > > > > and see what happens. I am so worried that I will make things> > > > > > worse for her that I have procastinated on this for the > > > > > > last month. I appreciate the feedback.> > > > > > > > > > >

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I wanted to say my son hates taking pills, (will gag on them) so his Prozac is in a liquid form. It has a mint taste, so we mix it in with chocolate milk and he takes it that way every morning. He still doesn't like the taste, but he drinks it without too much fuss.

So if it is the pill that is the problem, ask for a different form of the medicine, it may help.

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or not?> > > > > > Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 8:12 AM> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jan thanks, I quess the best bet is to start low and slow> > > > > > and see what happens. I am so worried that I will make things> > > > > > worse for her that I have procastinated on this for the > > > > > > last month. I appreciate the feedback.> > > > > > > > > > > > Pam > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Med dosages are usually given based on weight and size.? But most docs we have seen will start with a low dose and then titrate up until it is helping at an adequate level.? Whether the meds can stay at that low dosage or not will depend on how they are working and your child's growth as well.? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Good idea may seem less wierd to her. She is stuck on that if she

takes a med it means she is wierd and she would rather stay in

her bedroom looking at books then be wierd.

Pam

-- In , Suzanne Markwood <suzmarkwood@...>

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> I wanted to say my son hates taking pills, (will gag on them) so his Prozac is

in a liquid form. It has a mint taste, so we mix it in with chocolate milk and

he takes it that way every morning. He still doesn't like the taste, but he

drinks it without too much fuss.

> So if it is the pill that is the problem, ask for a different form of the

medicine, it may help.

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> Suzanne

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