jannie
trying to survive....
Hi All-
difficult child 2 has been on zoloft since July--At one point he was on 50 mg but he was bouncing off the walls-totally hyper--falling out of his seat etc.....I spoke with the doctor and he said to reduce it to 25 mg....he had a terrible reaction to this decrease and had a major rage....
The doctor said we should consider trileptal....but I was also very concerned with his adhd symptoms....Anyway we decided to try Vyvanse and I think it's working well...so he's been on zoloft and vyvanse...
Lately though difficult child has been having a hard time, just getting overwhelmed with things, being irritable, more frustrated etc...
I called the doctor saying that I'm concerned that the zoloft isn't really working...that he's still anxious but that I won't increase it because he had a bad reaction to high dosage...
Dr. said stop the zoloft....see if he how responds and try Lexapro instead....so he's been off the zoloft since Saturday...and he's a mess; cranky, anxious, frustrated, unable to make decisions, and all of a sudden school is totally stressful....Now he's complaining of flu like symtoms no fever...he's home today....
Article and doctor said it is is rare, but he could be a reaction to withdrawl from Zoloft...he was only on 25 mg so he said just stop it...that it really couldn't be tapered since the dosage was so low....and he said to begin Lexapro today...I did want to just try vyvanse alone...not other medications...but he's just not right...
<span style="color: #FF0000">Should I really start the Lexapro? He said even if he is having a reaction as a withdrawl to the zoloft that the Lexapro will help. Begin the Lexapro toady....
What do you think? Are any of your kids on Lexapro..how did they respond to it....</span>
He's been diagnosed with adhd and anxiety....
He was on abilify last year from Sept-April...that wasn't good and on nothing from April - July--but he was just bouncing--
Thanks for listening---
difficult child 2 has been on zoloft since July--At one point he was on 50 mg but he was bouncing off the walls-totally hyper--falling out of his seat etc.....I spoke with the doctor and he said to reduce it to 25 mg....he had a terrible reaction to this decrease and had a major rage....
The doctor said we should consider trileptal....but I was also very concerned with his adhd symptoms....Anyway we decided to try Vyvanse and I think it's working well...so he's been on zoloft and vyvanse...
Lately though difficult child has been having a hard time, just getting overwhelmed with things, being irritable, more frustrated etc...
I called the doctor saying that I'm concerned that the zoloft isn't really working...that he's still anxious but that I won't increase it because he had a bad reaction to high dosage...
Dr. said stop the zoloft....see if he how responds and try Lexapro instead....so he's been off the zoloft since Saturday...and he's a mess; cranky, anxious, frustrated, unable to make decisions, and all of a sudden school is totally stressful....Now he's complaining of flu like symtoms no fever...he's home today....
Article and doctor said it is is rare, but he could be a reaction to withdrawl from Zoloft...he was only on 25 mg so he said just stop it...that it really couldn't be tapered since the dosage was so low....and he said to begin Lexapro today...I did want to just try vyvanse alone...not other medications...but he's just not right...
<span style="color: #FF0000">Should I really start the Lexapro? He said even if he is having a reaction as a withdrawl to the zoloft that the Lexapro will help. Begin the Lexapro toady....
What do you think? Are any of your kids on Lexapro..how did they respond to it....</span>
He's been diagnosed with adhd and anxiety....
He was on abilify last year from Sept-April...that wasn't good and on nothing from April - July--but he was just bouncing--
Thanks for listening---