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Post by crillmom on May 19, 2004 6:38:34 GMT -5
What dosage is your child taking? What is considered a low dose? My son takes the liquid he takes 1/2 a yteaspoon which is = to 5mg. He is starting to become nervous again and a little obsessive, he has been at the same dose for 7 months with great results. It has been the past two to three weeks that I have seen a creeping back in of symptoms. Should I talk to the Dr. about increasing the lexepro? If we do should we see results pretty quickly? tHANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!!
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Post by AnneM on May 20, 2004 16:43:10 GMT -5
Oh I wish I could help !! ... but I don't think I can ..
All i can say is that my son takes St Johns Wort (which is of course a "different sort" of antidepressant) ... BUT he has taken it for over 18 months now and it has appeared to be pretty "consistent" in its helpfulness... BUT every now and again I have a few days where I think "Oh ... is it ceasing working?" ... but looking at the "bigger picture" these times appear to be no more than the normal ups and downs of life....
& again looking at the 'bigger picture' it doesn't seem that the effects wear off when it has been taken for a while! ... If this is the same for Lexepro/SSRI's then it may just be one of the normal "ups and downs" of life ... BUT I think it would worth mentioning to the Doctor especially if it continues or worsens..
Wish i could be more help ... GOOD LUCK !!
However, I cannot speak for the SSRI's
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Post by geewiznit on May 21, 2004 2:08:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure if you can compare kids on this issue, but here goes anyway. My daughter blows through most medications like crazy--starts out doing well, eventually needs a higher and higher dose for the same effect, then has to give it up entirely. However the one area where this pattern has not appeared has been her Paxil (an SSRI), which she takes for OCD. She's been on 20 mg. for years. It doesn't completely take care of her OCD, but it helps a great deal, and whenever we have tried a higher dose, it just makes her hyper. My husband has also been on the same dose of Paxil for many years. So, for whatever it's worth, there's two people for whom an SSRI has not lost effectiveness with the passage of time.
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Post by sierra on May 21, 2004 2:34:00 GMT -5
Bean Sprout is taking Prozac. 20 mg for depression and anxiety. He's been taking it since about January. He's starting to be more irritable and in the last two days had episodes of rageful behavior. We're looking for causes before we think about increasing the dose. I got a post about this on the Behavior forum. There was a suggestion that pollen allergies could be messing with his neurotransmitters. This looks like a whole new huge research topic. I'm starting from scratch. But one thing for sure he's taking his allergy medication tomorrow!
About 2 years ago Li'l Sprout took Lexapro for anxiety. He took 5 mg. I don't know how those doses compare. But 5 mg of Lexapro did the trick for Li'l Sprout.
Until this last couple weeks I thought Bean Sprout was well within what you'd expect from a normal teen now that he was on Prozac. Maybe even too easy going and nice since he was sure high strung as a baby! When your teen is nice to you and gives you hugs and wants to hang out with you at the local coffee shop I start to wonder! When your teen isn't embarrassed to be seen with you in public I start to worry!
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Post by crillmom on May 21, 2004 8:44:32 GMT -5
My son's Dr. said I can increase to 1 teaspoonful from 1/2 I told him I didn't want to go that high so he asked if I can do 3/4 and I told him I would. Yesterday I increased it slightly nothing scientific but just at the top of where it says 1/2 a teaspoon ful. Well yesterday he was back!! the calm cool and colected child of the past 7 months was back. I know it was not the slight increase because that would be amazing, but what I didn't tell thr Dr. was I had lowered his lexepro, and within two weeks of lowering it is when the symptoms reappeared. so what I think happened was it has been two weeks at the original dose of 1/2 a teaspoon, and that's how long it took to level him off . So I have learned my lesson do noy mess with a good thing. I assumed he was doing so well he didn't need that dosage any more. well, he was doing so well because he NEEDS that dosage. Anyway, I hope this all makes sense and thank you to those who answered me.
One more thing can a person be on a ssri for many years or do they have to eventually go off of it?
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Post by AnneM on May 26, 2004 9:09:06 GMT -5
That is very interesting that there was a distinct (negative) effect after a couple of weeks of lowering the dosage! ... I have also heard that if the dosage of an antidepressant is too low it can be worse than not taking an antidepressant at all ...(i.e. too little is in fact DETRIMENTAL not helpful!) which could be what was happening here??
Thanks for sharing because I think there is a really important message here! ...
and GOOD LUCK!
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