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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 227063" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>in my opinion trying to atypical psychotics would be better for kids who get very hyper on SSRIs. I got nuts on them. The anti-psychotics have a different type of side effect, if you're going to have one. I'd try a low dose of Seroquel. I really respond well to benzos and I do take them, but I wouldn't give benzos to a child. I find them the absolute most effective medication for anxiety--nothing comes close/tried 'em all--however, if a child doesn't have to take a habit forming medication, that's best. BUT, big BUT, SSRIs are also habit forming. Doctors don't tell us this, and I'm not sure why, but anyone who has tried to withdraw from one is well aware that they are also habit forming. I have been told that the withdrawal syndrome for SSRIs is worse than for Benzos so...it's also a risk for dependency. And I know folks first hand who went through that SSRI withdrawal and swore it was the worse thing that ever happened to them. All in all, for kids, if I were medicating my own, I wouldn't go there with SSRIs. I've just heard and seen too much (and experienced too much). The very best thing for anxiety in my opinion is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. JMO/experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 227063, member: 1550"] in my opinion trying to atypical psychotics would be better for kids who get very hyper on SSRIs. I got nuts on them. The anti-psychotics have a different type of side effect, if you're going to have one. I'd try a low dose of Seroquel. I really respond well to benzos and I do take them, but I wouldn't give benzos to a child. I find them the absolute most effective medication for anxiety--nothing comes close/tried 'em all--however, if a child doesn't have to take a habit forming medication, that's best. BUT, big BUT, SSRIs are also habit forming. Doctors don't tell us this, and I'm not sure why, but anyone who has tried to withdraw from one is well aware that they are also habit forming. I have been told that the withdrawal syndrome for SSRIs is worse than for Benzos so...it's also a risk for dependency. And I know folks first hand who went through that SSRI withdrawal and swore it was the worse thing that ever happened to them. All in all, for kids, if I were medicating my own, I wouldn't go there with SSRIs. I've just heard and seen too much (and experienced too much). The very best thing for anxiety in my opinion is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. JMO/experience. [/QUOTE]
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