celexa

Question. How far have you all gone to get the behaviors that you need? I need him to stop hitting me and kicking me. His most natural response to most requests or comments that I have is to come to me and hit me or act like he is about to. He has a psychiatrist, a counselor, medications., been on...

difficult child is shutting down again. She has a project that she is way behind in in Biology, and she worked on it most of the weekend, and all she has left is the reference page. And, she is not going to have it done. She is asleep on the chair. She told me tonight that she does not want to go to...

So, we had our psychiatrist appointment yesterday after M was getting more frustrated and explosive/violent on the increased Tenex. psychiatrist decided to take M completely off the Tenex...cold turkey! I must have protested three or four times saying, "But I was told you had to wean off of Tenex..." and "Are you...

Those of you with children in grade school diagnosed with ADD and ODD, what medications have worked best with your children thus far? Can you tell that talk therapy really helps? (Stepmom of Logan 6 yrs old) C

I was just wondering what possible medication combinations would work for a child diagnosed with anxiety (social, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and separation) and ADHD, AS signs and the possibility of underlying bipolar. I have to get back into the psychiatrist because the prozac just made him more oppositional and hyper so I didn't...

We are still not right with-the medications for either of my kids. :( My difficult child 1 was on Zoloft (after failing on Prozac) and we just weaned her off because I didn't think it was helping and thought maybe it was making her more angry. Maybe I was wrong because she's been completely off the Zoloft since last week...

I'd like to know any experiences you all may have had or can offer on the following: Invega- how long did it take to see any results? What were you using it for? Were are currently using it for mood stabilization and are not quite a month into it and I figure it's going to take time to get to a...

So, in the past we've tried 2 other SSRI's for my difficult child's aside from the Celexa they are both currently on. Every time we upped the dose from 10 to 20 on the other SSRI's, disaster ensued. They got rage-y and angry and just impossible to deal with. We've been on Celexa 10 mg for 9 months and...

difficult child has her first psychiatrist appointment since being in PHP. I believe she is going to be getting a script for trazadone today. I am not sure how I am feeling about it. Do any of your kids take it to help with sleep? If so, does it make them drugged in the morning, or harder to wake up? I just want to...

I’m sure there is a whole chapter in ’Successful Parenting for Dummies’ about how you are not supposed to be almost giddy from relief and pride when your nineteen year old, living on his own, supporting himself, intellectually gifted son is able to handle a doctor appointment appropriately all...

that we are going to try one more medication. One more and if it doesn't work, Dylan's treatment will continue and finish unmedicated. Luvox - 25 mg tabs. Yeah, I read where they just keep saying on the website "You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant...

Has anyone else had it done? We tried medications a couple years ago and it was a disaster. This time, they offered to do a swab DNA testing from the inside of the cheek, send it off, and a week later we had a list if medications that was suggested. There were three columns, suggested medications, use with...

difficult child 1 used to be on Lexapro (for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)) and Elavil (for IBS) up until last Spring. I dropped the Elavil (low dose of 10mg) because I figured he wouldn't need it during the less stressful days of Summer. At our July check-in, psychiatrist said he thought some of the previous ODD behaviors we'd had in...

We've been to a Christmas party at difficult child 1's in-laws. We of course took difficult child 3, he's been maybe slightly edgy but it's easy to put this down to the season, shopping and changes in routine. However, several times in the last couple of days he's been particularly resistant to changes in routine...

difficult child went to the psychiatrist yesterday and was prescribed Celexa because the psychiatrist said she is obviously depressed. I know she seems depressed, but I dont think that is the root of the problem. I honestly think that she is bipolar. I talked to the psychiatrist a little about it, but she thought starting with...

What a two weeks weve had here! I dont even know where to start! First, I dont know if I mentioned it, but a stray cat came and had kittens in the backseat of my car! She hasnt been seen again, and Ive been hand feeding them and have managed to save 5 of the 7. That is pretty time consuming...

difficult child seems to be falling further away from us. I am not sure where to turn. She has a p'doctor appointment on the 6th, and therapist on the 12th. She does ok, but then falls asleep on the couch, and then can't/won't get up to do H.W. or shower. How do I convince people that she needs help, and that we are...

difficult child and I have talked recently about this online support group and how much it has helped me over the years. She even knows some of the acronyms including difficult child and easy child. We were in the car this morning and were talking about her new job (more on that at another time). An aquaintance of hers...