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Prozac and/or Buspar



Kid #1 - Ewen (age 11)

Today he is on 6.5 weeks of Prozac and although he has come extremely far, he is not back to his best and still huffs all the time and is not able to find peace when he takes a break from being distracted by something he is very interested in. He said he feels awful when he just sits there without something taking up his brain power. We sat on is bed today and talked after I booted him off his computer. He seemed to me that he was experiencing terrible discomfort and anguish.

He is supposed to shadow at a local private school next thursday, but he couldn't even come with me today to a reading group I used to volunteer at helping kids. He was a mess today. I'm wondering if the Prozac just isn't right for him, or perhaps we need to get to 8 weeks? I think now about Buspar and what if I was allowed to have him put on that in the beginning of all this mess like I asked and practically begged (because it helps me for anxiety), if he would be doing better now without the horrible jittery side effects? The reason I think specifically about that is because of kid #2

good:
can go to sleep without bad anxiety
can have fun again
some days he seems just fine
can laugh and tell jokes
generally isn't exhausted after soccer anymore

bad:
can't enjoy down time
gets depressed from the side effects bothering him
huffs much of the time except when he sleeps
not fully recovered
today he said he couldn't focus on anything properly and felt confused all morning

Kid #2 - Amira (age 13)

She is on day 3 of just 2.5 mg 2x a day, of Buspar that was prescribed to her by her pediatrician, and already she is so much better. She isn't anxious and the past 2 nights she has gone to sleep without crying. She has been much better at her tutor's house too. It might just be a coincidence. Maybe she would have been fine anyway. But it also shows that the Buspar certainly isn't hurting her or causing her any negative side effects. She seems to me, much better.

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