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Prozac?

Today we went to see a new doctor and we talked about instead of Intuiv, starting Ewen on a very, very lose dose of Prozac and titrating up very, very slowly. I think that makes sense.  It is in liquid form so we can titrate it how we want to. He will have such a low dose that it will barely do anything at all for a week but his body and brain will be getting used to the weirdness of a new drug. Then we can put it up super slowly, hopefully with no "activating".  I hope it is the right thing to do.

We can continue with the Propranolol with it too. I feel a bit of hope again. I met with the Dr. by myself today to make sure that he was right for Ewen and that I liked what he said. He made the most sense in correlation with what I have read and researched and experienced myself. He knew the science and was able to explain his reasons for why kids don't get benzodiazepines (they just don't respond and react to them like adults do). But he said we could give one at night if we needed to and see if it helps. I think that would be amazing if Ewen could get to sleep or possibly even take a bath at night until the Prozac kicks in.

I don't know if this is the right thing. I hope I am not failing Ewen again. But it seems like it might work?  I'm so worried but when I read about Prozac online the reviews are much more positive than anything else I have seen so far about any medicine. It is also the only one that England approves for children. We will see.
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