Anyone have issues with anxiety meds?

[pinkmomagain]

Good luck with testing and finding the right medication.

I have had great luck with prozac with 2 of my kids. It's been around a long time. Have not witnessed any bad side effects and helpful with anxiety/depression.

[egoldber]

So far so good, with the Prozac. It seems to really be helping and so far no side effects.

[DrSally]

Glad the Prozac is working. Each med will have different SE, and it can be pretty individual. Just b/c you have bad SE with one med, doesn't mean another one won't be better (which seems to already be the case for you). I'm sorry the teachers/admin didn't notify you of her behavioral changes sooner Did they know she was on a new med?

[egoldber]

Yes, they knew (but not which med) and I had specifically told them to please let me know ASAP about any behavior changes.

[Melaine]

Prozac is what I used twice for my anxiety. It did seem to work fairly well. I did have side effects but they were weight-gain and sexual, so hopefully it will work great for your DD.

[DrSally]

Yes, they knew (but not which med) and I had specifically told them to please let me know ASAP about any behavior changes.

I would be *very* annoyed too.

[egoldber]

I just wanted to follow up about the 2D6 testing here. She did come back positive one of the 2D6 variants for impaired medication processing. So we are keeping her at her very low dose SSRI right now. It seems to be working for her and the psychiatrist agreed that knowing this, we need to keep her dose low.

Thanks to Indianamom for posting about this!!!

[bubbaray]

I totally missed this thread. So sorry you've had troubles, Beth. Glad things seem better now.

I'm also sorry to hear the school didn't communicate with you. That is sooooo FRUSTRATING!

[Indianamom2]

I just wanted to follow up about the 2D6 testing here. She did come back positive one of the 2D6 variants for impaired medication processing. So we are keeping her at her very low dose SSRI right now. It seems to be working for her and the psychiatrist agreed that knowing this, we need to keep her dose low.

Thanks to Indianamom for posting about this!!!

Yay! I'm glad I could help. Hopefully this will be a positive step forward with all medicine dosing. It can't hurt!

I was wondering if you'd gotten the test results back yet. Our DD was not positive, so at least we know that now.

I'm so glad this was helpful.

[Melbel]

Thanks for posting and update Beth. I missed the original thread, but it is helpful on our journey. I am finding that DS is starting to exhibit some depression symptoms on his anxiety medications, so we may be switching over to a SSRI. Did your psychiatrist discuss any pros/cons of Prozac vs. Lexapro? They are both in the same class.