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Putting Up The Prozac Dosage



The Dr. called me today (because I had left a message saying I had questions about side effects) and he said some stuff that surprised me. Before I even spoke he told me that if Ewen is uncomfortable from the medicine 3 weeks in then he needs to stop it. I said that we weren't even up to the 10mg yet so I don't know if it is working for him or not yet. I said that I don't know if the jitteriness and lethargy are from the medicine and the hives went away so maybe the other stuff will too. He said that I know my kid and if he is uncomfortable, then to stop it. I said, well I want to give it the 6-8 weeks you hear about and he said it should work within 2 weeks. I was surprised at that because online everyone says give it 6-8 weeks. He said that the 6-8 weeks thing we hear about has to do with the fact that when there are clinical trials, the kids on placebo stop getting better at 6-8 weeks but the kids on Prozac keep getting better. That is something I had never heard before.

I was confused about what to do. We have an appt in 5 days so he said that I should put Ewen's dosage up to 10mg today until then and if he is doing better we know it is working and if he feels bad we will stop it. I said OK.

I don't know what to think. The Prozac has given us a light at the end of the tunnel and to take it away before giving it what everyone online says to give it, seems depressing. So I will try the 10mg with Ewen and see how it goes.  This makes me nervous though. With my own experience it took the Zoloft 4 weeks to start working at all and the side effects sucked but I got through them with the Ativan. Maybe it was the wrong medicine for me (and it was) but it worked for a long time until I was able to find the right medicine for me (Buspar), which hasn't shown to help kids apparently.

OK. just gave him 10 mg (2.5 ML's). He is having a good day. I hope this helps him.


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